Sec. 19. 5 MRSA c. 375, sub-c. VI is amended by repealing the subchapter headnote and enacting the following in its place:

SUBCHAPTER VI

DISTRICT COURT

Sec. 20. 5 MRSA §10051, as amended by PL 1995, c. 140, §1, is further amended to read:

§10051. Jurisdiction of District Court; retained powers of agency

1. Jurisdiction. Except as provided in section 10004; Title 8, section 279-B; Title 10, section 8003; Title 20-A, sections 10712 and 10713; Title 29-A; Title 32, chapters 105 and 114; and Title 35-A, section 3132, the Administrative District Court has exclusive jurisdiction upon complaint of any agency or, if the licensing agency fails or refuses to act within a reasonable time, upon complaint of the Attorney General, to revoke or suspend licenses issued by the agency and has original jurisdiction upon complaint of an agency to determine whether renewal or reissuance of a license of that agency may be refused.

2. Complaining agency. The complaining agency shall retain retains every other power granted to it by statute or necessarily implied therein, except the power of revoking or suspending licenses issued by it. Such retained powers shall include, but are not be limited to, the granting or renewing of licenses, the investigating and determining of grounds for the filing of a complaint under this section, and the prosecution of such complaints.

3. Appellate jurisdiction. The Administrative District Court has exclusive jurisdiction to review disciplinary decisions of occupational licensing boards and commissions taken pursuant to Title 10, section 8003 and licensing decisions of the Bureau of Liquor Enforcement taken pursuant to Title 28-A, sections 453-A, 458 and 653. The Maine Administrative Procedure Act, chapter Chapter 375, subchapter VII, governs these proceedings as far as applicable, substituting "Administrative District Court" for "Superior Court."

4. Violations. The Administrative District Court shall have has exclusive jurisdiction to hear complaints of the Public Utilities Commission for violations of Title 35-A, section 704.