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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="12-309" title_number="12" title_name="Appeals, Certiorari, and Certification of Questions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Review of Decisions of Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A petition for judicial review of a final decision by the State Board of Contract Appeals in an appeal from the award of a video lottery operation license by the Video Lottery Facility Location Commission may be heard in the circuit court of any county in which venue would be appropriate under § 6–201 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except for cases that the court considers to require a higher priority, a proceeding under this section, including any subsequent appellate judicial review, shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Take precedence on the court’s docket;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Be heard at the earliest practicable date; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Be expedited in every way.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a party to a proceeding under this section may appeal the decision of the circuit court only by a petition to the Supreme Court of Maryland for the issuance of a writ of certiorari.</text>
  </level>
</section>
