BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

1769

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 8-201, 8-202, 8-206 (a) and 8-208(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

8-201.

(A)    The Circuit court of a county shall maintain in
operation a written plan for random selection of grand and
petit jurors designed to achieve the objectives of this
title. The Court of Appeals from time to time may adopt
rules governing the provisions and the operation of plans
formulated under this title.

(B)    THE PLAN MAY PROVIDE FOR AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CIRCUIT COURT OF A COUNTY AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF
THE COURTS, UNDER WHICH THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE MAY AGREE
TO PROVIDE TO THE CIRCUIT COURT LISTS OF RANDOMLY SELECTED
PROSPECTIVE JURORS IN THE NUMBERS AND AT THE TIMES SPECIFIED
BY THE CIRCUIT COURT, AND FROM THE SOURCES SPECIFIED IN THIS
TITLE. THE AGREEMENT ALSO MAY PROVIDE FOR MAILING JUROR
QUESTIONNAIRES OR SUMMONSES, OR BOTH, BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICE, AND FOR OTHER SERVICES PERTAINING TO JURY SELECTION
AGREEABLE TO BOTH THE CIRCUIT COURT AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICE.

8-202.

Among other things, the juror selection plan referred
to in § 8-201 shall:

(a)    Either designate a jury commissioner, or
authorize the clerk of the court, to manage the jury
selection process. If a jury commissioner is designated,
the manner of his appointment shall be established by the
plan and his compensation set by law. The clerk or the jury
commissioner, shall act under the supervision and control of
a jury judge who is the administrative judge or another
judge of the Circuit court of the county as provided by the
plan;

(b)    Specify detailed procedures to be followed by the
jury commissioner or clerk in selecting names from the voter
registration lists or from other sources as are necessary to
carry out the policy of §§ 8-102 and 8-103 of this title.
These procedures shall be designed to assure the random
selection of a fair cross section of the citizens of the
State who reside in the county where the court convenes [and