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Ch. 372 2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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with the Council on Jury Use and Management's preference for language
more understandable to the public.
Defined term: "Jury plan" § 8-101
8-217. AUTHORIZED PROVISIONS - DONATION PROGRAMS.
A JURY PLAN MAY CREATE A PROGRAM FOR DONATION OF STATE PER DIEMS
AND COUNTY SUPPLEMENTS BY PROSPECTIVE, QUALIFIED, OR SWORN JURORS.
COMMITTEE NOTE: This section is new and added to reflect the existence of
programs in several counties and other jurisdictions. See, e.g., Washington
Ethics Opinion 99-08 (9/21/99).
As to "county", see Art. 1, § 14 of the Code.
Defined terms: "Jury plan" § 8-101
"Prospective juror" § 8-101
"Qualified juror" § 8-101
SUBTITLE 3. PROSPECTIVE AND QUALIFIED JURORS.
PART I. PROSPECTIVE JURORS.
8-301. PROSPECTIVE JUROR POOL.
(A) SELECTION.
AT EACH INTERVAL SET IN A JURY PLAN FOR A COUNTY, ITS JURY
COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE NAMES SELECTED FROM THE SOURCE POOL IN THE
NUMBER THAT THE JURY COMMISSIONER DECIDES WILL SATISFY THE NEEDS FOR
JURY SERVICE FOR THE INTERVAL.
(B) POOL.
NAMES SELECTED UNDER THIS SECTION CONSTITUTE A PROSPECTIVE JUROR
POOL.
COMMITTEE NOTE: Subsection (a) of this section is new language derived
from former CJ § 8-205(a) and revised to clarify that the decision as to the
number needed is the jury commissioner's.
Subsection (b) of this section is new and added to distinguish this pool from
the source and qualified juror pools.
In subsection (a) of this section, reference to "each interval set in a jury
plan" is substituted for the former requirement "[w]hen directed by the
circuit court of a county", for consistency with former CJ § 8-202(2)(ii) now
revised CJ § 8-207(a).
Also in subsection (a) of this section, reference to having names "selected"
is substituted for the former duty to "publicly draw", and the newly defined
term "source pool" is substituted for the former, obsolete term "master jury
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