(1998 Replacement Volume)

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

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

8-201.

(a) (1) 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.

(2) The Court of Appeals from time to time may adopt rules governing
the provisions and the operation of plans formulated under this title.

(b) (1) 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.

(2) 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.

(C) THE PLAN SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH THE JURY
COMMISSIONER OR CLERK PROVIDES TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
INFORMATION DISCLOSABLE TO THE BOARD UNDER § 8-212(C)(2) OF THIS SUBTITLE.

8-212.

(a) After the master jury wheel is emptied and refilled in accordance with §
8-202(2)(ii) of this subtitle, and after every person selected to serve as a juror before
the master wheel was emptied has completed [his] THE PERSON'S service, all records
and papers compiled and maintained by the jury commissioner or clerk before the
master wheel was emptied shall be preserved in the custody of the clerk or the jury
commissioner for four years or for a longer period if ordered by the circuit court of a
county.

(b) Until the master jury wheel has been emptied and refilled in accordance
with § 8-202(2) of this subtitle and every person who is selected to serve as a juror
before the master wheel was emptied has completed [his] THE PERSON'S service, the
contents of any records or papers used by the jury commissioner or clerk in connection
with the jury selection process may not be disclosed, except as PROVIDED IN
SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION.

(C) (1) THE CONTENTS OF RECORDS OR PAPERS MAY BE DISCLOSED AS
necessary for the support of a motion filed under § 8-211(a), (b), or (c) of this
subtitle[. The] BY THE parties in a case, WHO may inspect and copy these records or
papers at any reasonable time during the pendency of the motion upon a showing that
the inspection and copying is necessary to prepare for a hearing on the motion.