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2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 372
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(1) A COURT REPORTER SHALL PROVIDE, AS REQUESTED, A TRANSCRIPT
OF TESTIMONY GIVEN BEFORE A GRAND JURY FOR A COUNTY TO THE GRAND JURY
AND STATE'S ATTORNEY FOR THE COUNTY.
(2) EACH TRANSCRIPT OF TESTIMONY GIVEN BEFORE A GRAND JURY
FOR A COUNTY SHALL BE KEPT IN THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE'S ATTORNEY FOR
THE COUNTY.
(3) UNLESS THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR A COUNTY ORDERS OTHERWISE
AFTER HEARING THE STATE'S ATTORNEY FOR THE COUNTY, NEITHER THE ORIGINAL
NOR A COPY OF THE TRANSCRIPT OF TESTIMONY GIVEN BEFORE A GRAND JURY MAY
BE TAKEN FROM THE OFFICE OF THE STATE'S ATTORNEY FOR THE COUNTY, OTHER
THAN FOR USE OF THE GRAND JURY OR FOR PRODUCTION IN COURT.
(4) ON WRITTEN ORDER OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR A COUNTY,
GRANTED ON WRITTEN MOTION OF THE STATE'S ATTORNEY FOR THE COUNTY, THE
STATE'S ATTORNEY MAY HAVE THE NOTES AS TO, AND TRANSCRIPT OF, GRAND JURY
TESTIMONY DESTROYED.
(C) USE.
EXCEPT ON WRITTEN ORDER OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR A COUNTY AFTER
HEARING THE STATE'S ATTORNEY FOR THE COUNTY:
(1) A RECORD OF TESTIMONY GIVEN BEFORE A GRAND JURY IS FOR THE
EXCLUSIVE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE GRAND JURY AND THE STATE'S ATTORNEY;
AND
(2) A COURT REPORTER MAY NOT:
(I) ALLOW ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL UNIT OR PERSON TO
READ OR HAVE A COPY OF ALL OR ANY PART OF THE RECORD; OR
(II) DISCLOSE WHOLLY OR PARTLY THE CHARACTER OF THE
CONTENTS OF THE RECORD TO ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL UNIT OR PERSON.
COMMITTEE NOTE: Subsection (a) of this section is new language derived
from the first sentence of former Public Local Laws, Art. 1 [Allegany
County], § 32-6G, Public Local Laws, Art. 14 [Howard County], § 7.303,
and the first sentence of former Public Local Laws, Art. 16 [Montgomery
County], § 12-23, as they related to taking testimony, and revised to apply
statewide.
Subsection (b)(1) through (3) of this section is new language derived from
the first and second sentences of former Public Local Laws, Art. 1
[Allegany County], § 32-6G, Public Local Laws, Art. 14 [Howard
County], § 7.305 and the first through 5th clause of § 7.303, and the first
and fourth sentences of former Public Local Laws, Art. 16 [Montgomery
County], § 12-23, as they related to making, holding, and using
transcripts, and revised to apply statewide.
Subsection (b)(4) of this section is new language derived from the sixth
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