Sec. 9. 4 MRSA §157-C, as amended by PL 1983, c. 112, is further amended to read:

§157-C. Judge or Active Retired Judge of the District Court to

sit in Superior Court

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.

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.

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.

Sec. 10. 4 MRSA §157-E, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 891, Pt. A, §6, is repealed.

Sec. 11. 4 MRSA §184 is enacted to read:

§184.__Licensing and appellate actions

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.

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