Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:423.1

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the governing authority of the town of Mandeville shall have and exercise concurrent law enforcement jurisdiction over the roadway and shoulders of that portion of U.S. 190 commencing at the point where Wilkinson Street intersects said highway and extending eastward to the Bayou Castine Bridge.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 215, §1.