CHAPTER 48

H.P. 189 - L.D. 250

An Act To Make Technical Corrections to Maine's Appellate

Jurisdiction Laws Concerning Involuntary Hospitalization

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §105, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. ZZZ, §3 and affected by §42, is amended to read:

3. Appellate jurisdiction. The Superior Court shall hear appeals as follows:

A. Administrative appeals brought pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter VII 7 and the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules 80B and 80C; and

B. Appeals from the District Court:

(1) Brought pursuant to Title 14, section 6008;

(2) Brought pursuant to Title 14, chapter 738; and

(3) As provided in Title 15, section 1.; and

(4)__Brought pursuant to Title 34-B, section 3864, subsection 11.

Sec. 2. 14 MRSA §1901, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. ZZZ, §7 and affected by §42, is amended to read:

3. Exceptions. An appeal from the District Court is to the Superior Court in the case of: