Sec. E-1. 4 MRSA §2-A is enacted to read:
§2-A. Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court to sit in District Court, Administrative Court
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court may assign a Justice or Active Retired Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court to sit in the District Court or the Administrative Court, and when so directed the justice has authority and jurisdiction in the District Court or the Administrative Court as if the justice were a regular judge of that court. When assigned under this section, the justice may hear all matters and issue all orders, notices, decrees and judgments that any Judge of the District Court or the Administrative Court is authorized to hear and issue.
The order of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court directing a Justice or an Active Retired Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court to sit in the District Court or the Administrative Court 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 that justice.
Sec. E-2. 4 MRSA §807, sub-§3, ¶J, as amended by PL 1997, c. 466, §1 and affected by §28, is further amended to read:
J. For the purposes of defending a civil action filed against a corporation, an officer of the corporation if the corporation is organized in this State and has 5 or fewer shareholders; or
Sec. E-3. 4 MRSA §807, sub-§3, ¶K, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 466, §2 and affected by §28, is amended to read:
K. A person who is not an attorney, but who is representing the Department of Human Services in accordance with Title 19-A, section 1615; Title 19-A, section 2009, subsection 8; Title 19-A, section 2201, subsection 1-B; and Title 19-A, section 2202, subsection 1-B.; or
Sec. E-4. 4 MRSA §807, sub-§3, ¶L is enacted to read:
L. A person who is not an attorney, but who is representing the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources in accordance with Title 7, section 3909, subsection 2.
Sec. E-5. 19-A MRSA §652, sub-§8, as amended by PL 1997, c. 507, §1 and affected by §4, is further amended to read:
8. Parties under 16 years of age. The clerk may not issue a marriage license to a person under 18 16 years of age without:
A. The written consent of that minor's parents, guardians or persons to whom a court has given custody;
B. Notifying the judge of probate in the county in which the minor resides of the filing of this intention; and
C. Receipt of that judge of probate's written consent to issue the license. The judge of probate shall base a decision on whether to issue consent on the best interest of the parties under 18 16 years of age and shall consider the age of both parties and any criminal record of a party who is 18 years of age or older. The judge of probate, in the interest of public welfare, may order, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that a license not be issued. The judge of probate shall issue a decision within 30 days of receiving the notification under paragraph B.
Sec. E-6. Retroactivity. The section of this Act amending the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 19-A, section 652, subsection 8 applies retroactively to October 1, 1997.
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved.
Effective April 3, 1998.
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