| To be eligible for appointment as a District Judge, a person | must be a member of the bar of the State. The term | "District Judge" includes the Chief Judge and Deputy Chief | Judge. |
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| | Sec. 9. 4 MRSA §157-C, as amended by PL 1983, c. 112, is further | amended to read: |
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| §157-C. Judge or Active Retired Judge of the District Court to |
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| | A Judge or an Active Retired Judge of the District Court or | Administrative Court may be assigned by the Chief Justice of the | Supreme Judicial Court to sit in the Superior Court in any | county, and when so directed he shall have has authority and | jurisdiction therein as if he were a regular Justice of the | Superior Court; and whenever the Chief Justice of the Supreme | Judicial Court so directs, he that judge may hear all matters and | issue all orders, notices, decrees and judgments that any Justice | of the Superior Court is authorized to hear and issue. |
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| | No Judge or Active Retired Judge of the District Court or | Administrative Court so sitting in the Superior Court shall may | act in any case in which he that judge has sat in the District | Court or Administrative Court nor in which he that judge | otherwise has an interest. |
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| | The order of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court | directing a Judge or an Active Retired Judge of the District | Court or Administrative Court to sit in the Superior Court shall | must be filed with the Executive Clerk of the Supreme Judicial | Court, but need not be docketed or otherwise recorded in any case | heard by him that judge. |
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| | Sec. 10. 4 MRSA §157-E, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 891, Pt. A, §6, | is repealed. |
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| | Sec. 11. 4 MRSA §184 is enacted to read: |
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| §184.__Licensing and appellate actions |
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| | 1.__Notice and hearing.__In any action within the District | Court's jurisdiction under section 152, subsection 9 or 10, all | parties must be afforded an opportunity for hearing after | reasonable notice. |
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| | 2.__Complaint filed.__On commencement of any case, a written | complaint must be filed with the District Court.__A copy of the | complaint and summons must be served on the defendant either by | personal delivery in hand, by leaving it with a person of |
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