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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="8-203" title_number="8" title_name="Juries and Jurors" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Jury Plan">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A circuit court may propose to the Supreme Court of Maryland a change to the circuit court’s jury plan at any time, by filing the proposal with the Supreme Court of Maryland.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within 60 days after a circuit court files a proposal under this subsection, the Supreme Court of Maryland shall approve or disapprove the proposal.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A proposal approved under this subsection is effective:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>61 days after a circuit court files the proposal; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any earlier date that the Supreme Court of Maryland sets.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the Supreme Court of Maryland orders a circuit court to change its jury plan, the circuit court shall do so.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A change that the Supreme Court of Maryland orders is effective:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>On the day the Court sets; but</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Not later than 90 days after the date of approval of the circuit court’s change.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
