WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 326

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

8-206.

(a)  The clerk or jury commissioner, or the Administrative
Office of the Courts, as appropriate, shall mail to every person
whose name is drawn from the master wheel under § 8-205 or from
the source list under § 8-202(b)(l), a juror qualification form,
with instructions to fill out, sign, certify, and return it by
mail, within ten days.

(1)  If the person is unable to fill out the form, he
shall have another person do it for him, and that person shall
indicate that he has done so, and the reason.

(2)  If it appears that there is an omission,
ambiguity, or error in a form, the clerk or jury commissioner
shall return the form with instructions to the person to make the
additions or corrections necessary and to return the form to the
clerk or jury commissioner within ten days of receipt.

(b)  Any person who fails to return a completed juror
qualification form as instructed may be summoned by the clerk or
jury commissioner to appear before the clerk or jury commissioner
to fill out a juror qualification form.

(c)  When a person appears for jury service, or is
interviewed by the jury judge, clerk, or jury commissioner, the
person may be required to fill out another juror qualification
form in the presence of the jury commissioner or the clerk of the
court, and at that time, if it appears warranted, the person may
be questioned, but only about his responses to questions
contained on the form and grounds for his excuse or
disqualification. The clerk or jury commissioner shall note any
additional information thus acquired on the juror qualification
form and transmit it to the jury judge.

8-208.

(a) The jury commissioner, or the clerk, shall maintain a
qualified jury wheel (or a device similar in purpose and
function, including a properly programmed electronic data
processing system or device) and place in this wheel the names of
all persons drawn from the master jury wheel who are determined
to be qualified as jurors under § 8-207 and not exempt under §
8-209 or excused under § 8-210.

(1) When necessary, the jury commissioner or the
clerk shall publicly draw at random from the qualified jury wheel
the number of names required for assignment to the petit jury

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