Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §452, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4, is amended to read:

1. Location. Location of agency stores, subject to section consistent with the provisions of sections 351, 453 and 605;

Sec. 2. 28-A MRSA §453, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 1993, c. 380, §2 and affected by §7, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 28-A MRSA §453, sub-§1, ¶D, as amended by PL 1997, c. 373, §46, is repealed.

Sec. 4. 28-A MRSA §453, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1997, c. 373, §46, is repealed.

Sec. 5. 28-A MRSA §453, sub-§2-A, as amended by PL 1997, c. 373, §46, is repealed.

Sec. 6. 28-A MRSA §453-A, first ¶, as amended by PL 1997, c. 373, §47, is further amended to read:

The bureau shall issue a new license for an agency liquor store within a municipality or unincorporated place by the following procedure. This section does not apply to transfers of agency liquor store licenses made pursuant to section 605.

Sec. 7. 28-A MRSA §457, as amended by PL 1997, c. 373, §49, is repealed.

Sec. 8. 28-A MRSA §605, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 373, §55, is further amended to read:

1. Transfer within same municipality of off-premise license. Upon receipt of a written application that must be in a form provided by the bureau pursuant to section 651, unless otherwise provided in this subsection, the bureau may shall transfer any retail liquor license or agency liquor store license from one place to another within the same municipality. If the approval of the municipal officers was required for the original license, the transfer may be made only with the approval of the municipal officers. No transfer may be made to premises for which the license could not have been originally legally issued.

Sec. 9. 28-A MRSA §651, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 373, §60, is further amended to read:

1. File application with bureau. An applicant for a liquor license or for the transfer of ownership or location of a liquor