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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *hb0978* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | HOUSE BILL 978 | |
| 11 | 8 | D1 4lr2871 | |
| 12 | 9 | ||
| 13 | - | By: Delegates Young, Acevero, Conaway, Pasteur, and Taylor Taylor, Phillips, and | |
| 14 | - | Williams | |
| 10 | + | By: Delegates Young, Acevero, Conaway, Pasteur, and Taylor | |
| 15 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2024 | |
| 16 | 12 | Assigned to: Judiciary | |
| 17 | - | Committee Report: Favorable with amendments | |
| 18 | - | House action: Adopted | |
| 19 | - | Read second time: March 3, 2024 | |
| 20 | 13 | ||
| 21 | - | ||
| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 22 | 15 | ||
| 23 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 24 | 17 | ||
| 25 | 18 | Courts – Maryland Court Text Message System – Establishing, Implementing, 2 | |
| 26 | - | and Maintaining | |
| 19 | + | and Maintaining 3 | |
| 27 | 20 | ||
| 28 | 21 | FOR the purpose of establishing the Maryland Court Text Message System; requiring the 4 | |
| 29 | 22 | Administrative Office of the Courts to establish, implement, and maintain the 5 | |
| 30 | 23 | System; requiring the System to be made available to certain individuals; requiring 6 | |
| 31 | 24 | an individual to opt in to receive text messages through the System; requiring the 7 | |
| 32 | 25 | court to send out certain messages through the System; requiring the court to adhere 8 | |
| 33 | 26 | to certain privacy and data protection and security standards; requiring the Office 9 | |
| 34 | 27 | to submit a certain implementation plan to the General Assembly on or before a 10 | |
| 35 | - | certain date; and generally relating to the Maryland Court Text Message System 11 | |
| 36 | - | requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide an annual report to the 12 | |
| 37 | - | General Assembly containing certain information on the Maryland Judicial Public 13 | |
| 38 | - | Text Messaging System; and generally relating to the Maryland Judicial Public Text 14 | |
| 39 | - | Messaging System. 15 | |
| 28 | + | certain date; and generally relating to the Maryland Court Text Message System. 11 | |
| 40 | 29 | ||
| 41 | - | BY adding to | |
| 42 | - | Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings | |
| 43 | - | Section 14–101 through 14–105 to be under the new title “Title 14. Maryland Court | |
| 44 | - | Text Message System” | |
| 45 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland | |
| 46 | - | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) | |
| 30 | + | BY adding to 12 | |
| 31 | + | Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 13 | |
| 32 | + | Section 14–101 through 14–105 to be under the new title “Title 14. Maryland Court 14 | |
| 33 | + | Text Message System” 15 | |
| 34 | + | Annotated Code of Maryland 16 | |
| 35 | + | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 17 | |
| 47 | 36 | ||
| 48 | - | BY adding to 22 2 HOUSE BILL 978 | |
| 37 | + | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18 | |
| 38 | + | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19 | |
| 39 | + | ||
| 40 | + | Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 20 | |
| 41 | + | ||
| 42 | + | TITLE 14. MARYLAND COURT TEXT MESSAGE SYSTEM. 21 | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | 14–101. 22 | |
| 45 | + | ||
| 46 | + | (A) IN THIS TITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 23 | |
| 47 | + | INDICATED. 24 2 HOUSE BILL 978 | |
| 49 | 48 | ||
| 50 | 49 | ||
| 51 | - | Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 1 | |
| 52 | - | Section 13–103 2 | |
| 53 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland 3 | |
| 54 | - | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 4 | |
| 55 | 50 | ||
| 56 | - | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 5 | |
| 57 | - | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 6 | |
| 51 | + | (B) “COURT” MEANS THE SUPREME COURT OF MARYLAND, THE 1 | |
| 52 | + | APPELLATE COURT OF MARYLAND, A CIRCUIT COURT OF A COUNTY, THE DISTRICT 2 | |
| 53 | + | COURT OF MARYLAND, AN ORPHANS’ COURT OF A COUNTY, OR THE MARYLAND TAX 3 | |
| 54 | + | COURT. 4 | |
| 58 | 55 | ||
| 59 | - | ||
| 56 | + | (C) “OFFICE” MEANS THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS. 5 | |
| 60 | 57 | ||
| 61 | - | ||
| 58 | + | (D) “SYSTEM” MEANS THE MARYLAND COURT TEXT MESSAGE SYSTEM. 6 | |
| 62 | 59 | ||
| 63 | - | 14– | |
| 60 | + | 14–102. 7 | |
| 64 | 61 | ||
| 65 | - | (A) IN THIS TITLE THE FOL LOWING WORDS HAVE TH E MEANINGS 10 | |
| 66 | - | INDICATED. 11 | |
| 62 | + | (A) THERE IS A MARYLAND COURT TEXT MESSAGE SYSTEM. 8 | |
| 67 | 63 | ||
| 68 | - | (B) “COURT” MEANS THE SUPREME COURT OF MARYLAND, THE 12 | |
| 69 | - | APPELLATE COURT OF MARYLAND, A CIRCUIT COURT OF A COUNTY, THE DISTRICT 13 | |
| 70 | - | COURT OF MARYLAND, AN ORPHANS’ COURT OF A COUNTY , OR THE MARYLAND TAX 14 | |
| 71 | - | COURT. 15 | |
| 64 | + | (B) THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS: 9 | |
| 72 | 65 | ||
| 73 | - | (C) “OFFICE” MEANS THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS. 16 | |
| 66 | + | (1) SHALL ESTABLISH, IMPLEMENT, AND MAINTAIN THE SYSTEM; 10 | |
| 67 | + | AND 11 | |
| 74 | 68 | ||
| 75 | - | (D) “SYSTEM” MEANS THE MARYLAND COURT TEXT MESSAGE SYSTEM. 17 | |
| 69 | + | (2) MAY ADOPT RULES GOVER NING THE IMPLEMENTAT ION AND 12 | |
| 70 | + | OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE FUNDING FOR THE SYSTEM. 13 | |
| 76 | 71 | ||
| 77 | - | 14–102. 18 | |
| 72 | + | (C) THE PURPOSE OF THE SYSTEM IS TO SEN D TEXT MESSAGE S WITH 14 | |
| 73 | + | IMPORTANT COURT –RELATED APPOINTMENTS , PROCEEDINGS , AND 15 | |
| 74 | + | ANNOUNCEMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO H AVE OPTED IN TO RECEIVE THE TEXT 16 | |
| 75 | + | MESSAGES. 17 | |
| 78 | 76 | ||
| 79 | - | ||
| 77 | + | 14–103. 18 | |
| 80 | 78 | ||
| 81 | - | (B) THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS: 20 | |
| 79 | + | (A) (1) THE SYSTEM SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL INDIVIDUALS 19 | |
| 80 | + | WITH PENDING COURT D ATES, INCLUDING: 20 | |
| 82 | 81 | ||
| 83 | - | (1) SHALL ESTABLISH , IMPLEMENT, AND MAINTAIN THE SYSTEM; 21 | |
| 84 | - | AND 22 | |
| 82 | + | (I) DEFENDANTS; 21 | |
| 85 | 83 | ||
| 86 | - | (2) MAY ADOPT RULES GOVER NING THE IMPLEMENTAT ION AND 23 | |
| 87 | - | OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE FUNDIN G FOR THE SYSTEM. 24 | |
| 84 | + | (II) PLAINTIFFS; 22 | |
| 88 | 85 | ||
| 89 | - | (C) THE PURPOSE OF THE SYSTEM IS TO SEND TEX T MESSAGES WITH 25 | |
| 90 | - | IMPORTANT COURT –RELATED APPOINTMENTS , PROCEEDINGS , AND 26 | |
| 91 | - | ANNOUNCEMENTS TO IND IVIDUALS WHO HAVE OP TED IN TO RECEIVE TH E TEXT 27 | |
| 92 | - | MESSAGES. 28 | |
| 86 | + | (III) WITNESSES; 23 | |
| 93 | 87 | ||
| 94 | - | 14–103. 29 | |
| 88 | + | (IV) JURORS; AND 24 | |
| 89 | + | ||
| 90 | + | (V) ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS REQUIRED TO APPEAR I N COURT. 25 | |
| 95 | 91 | HOUSE BILL 978 3 | |
| 96 | 92 | ||
| 97 | 93 | ||
| 98 | - | ( | |
| 99 | - | ||
| 94 | + | (2) AN INDIVIDUAL MUST OPT IN TO RECEIVE TEXT M ESSAGES 1 | |
| 95 | + | THROUGH THE SYSTEM. 2 | |
| 100 | 96 | ||
| 101 | - | (I) DEFENDANTS; 3 | |
| 97 | + | (B) (1) THE COURT SHALL SEND OUT THE TEXT MESSAGES THROUGH THE 3 | |
| 98 | + | SYSTEM TO ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE OPTED IN TO RECEIVE THE TEXT 4 | |
| 99 | + | MESSAGES. 5 | |
| 102 | 100 | ||
| 103 | - | (II) PLAINTIFFS; 4 | |
| 101 | + | (2) THE TEXT MESSAGES REQ UIRED UNDER PARAGRAP H (1) OF THIS 6 | |
| 102 | + | SUBSECTION SHALL INCLUDE : 7 | |
| 104 | 103 | ||
| 105 | - | (III) WITNESSES; 5 | |
| 104 | + | (I) COURT DATES FOR CRIMI NAL, CIVIL, AND FAMILY LAW 8 | |
| 105 | + | PROCEEDINGS ; 9 | |
| 106 | 106 | ||
| 107 | - | ( | |
| 107 | + | (II) JURY DUTY SUMMONSES A ND INSTRUCTIONS ; 10 | |
| 108 | 108 | ||
| 109 | - | (V) ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS REQUIRED TO APPEAR I N COURT. 7 | |
| 109 | + | (III) SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT S WITH COURT OFFICIA LS OR 11 | |
| 110 | + | MANDATORY COURT –ORDERED PROGRAMS ; 12 | |
| 110 | 111 | ||
| 111 | - | ( | |
| 112 | - | ||
| 112 | + | (IV) DEADLINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS 13 | |
| 113 | + | OR PAYMENTS ; AND 14 | |
| 113 | 114 | ||
| 114 | - | (B) (1) THE COURT SHALL SEND OUT THE TEXT MESSAGE S THROUGH THE 10 | |
| 115 | - | SYSTEM TO ALL INDIVID UALS WHO HAVE OPTED IN TO RECEIVE THE TE XT 11 | |
| 116 | - | MESSAGES. 12 | |
| 115 | + | (V) ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS THE COURT 15 | |
| 116 | + | DEEMS APPROPRIATE AN D NECESSARY. 16 | |
| 117 | 117 | ||
| 118 | - | ( | |
| 119 | - | ||
| 118 | + | (C) THE COURT SHALL ADHER E TO ALL PRIVACY AND DATA PROTE CTION 17 | |
| 119 | + | SECURITY STANDARDS , INCLUDING BY: 18 | |
| 120 | 120 | ||
| 121 | - | ( | |
| 122 | - | ||
| 121 | + | (1) ENSURING A LL PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED UNDER 19 | |
| 122 | + | THIS TITLE IS USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS TITLE; AND 20 | |
| 123 | 123 | ||
| 124 | - | (II) JURY DUTY SUMMONSES A ND INSTRUCTIONS ; 17 | |
| 124 | + | (2) KEEPING ALL IDENTIFYING INFORMAT ION ABOUT AN INDIVID UAL 21 | |
| 125 | + | WHO OPTED IN TO JOIN THE SYSTEM CONFIDENTIAL UNLESS THE INDIVIDUAL 22 | |
| 126 | + | CONSENTS TO SHARE TH E INFORMATION WITH A THIRD PARTY. 23 | |
| 125 | 127 | ||
| 126 | - | (III) SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT S WITH COURT OFFICIA LS OR 18 | |
| 127 | - | MANDATORY COURT –ORDERED PROGRAMS ; 19 | |
| 128 | + | 14–104. 24 | |
| 128 | 129 | ||
| 129 | - | (IV) DEADLINES FOR THE SUB MISSION OF LEGAL DOC UMENTS 20 | |
| 130 | - | OR PAYMENTS ; AND 21 | |
| 130 | + | (A) ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1, 2024, THE OFFICE SHALL SUBMIT TO THE 25 | |
| 131 | + | GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT 26 | |
| 132 | + | ARTICLE, A DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING: 27 | |
| 131 | 133 | ||
| 132 | - | (V) ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMEN TS AND REMINDERS THE COURT 22 | |
| 133 | - | DEEMS APPROPRIATE AN D NECESSARY. 23 | |
| 134 | + | (1) BUDGET REQUIREMENTS ; 28 | |
| 134 | 135 | ||
| 135 | - | (C) THE COURT SHALL ADHER E TO ALL PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION 24 | |
| 136 | - | SECURITY STANDARDS , INCLUDING BY: 25 | |
| 137 | - | ||
| 138 | - | (1) ENSURING ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTE D UNDER 26 | |
| 139 | - | THIS TITLE IS USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS TITL E; AND 27 | |
| 140 | - | 4 HOUSE BILL 978 | |
| 141 | - | ||
| 142 | - | ||
| 143 | - | (2) KEEPING ALL IDENTIFYI NG INFORMATION ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL 1 | |
| 144 | - | WHO OPTED IN TO JOIN THE SYSTEM CONFIDENTIAL U NLESS THE INDIVIDUAL 2 | |
| 145 | - | CONSENTS TO SHARE TH E INFORMATION WITH A THIRD PARTY. 3 | |
| 146 | - | ||
| 147 | - | 14–104. 4 | |
| 148 | - | ||
| 149 | - | (A) ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1, 2024, THE OFFICE SHALL SUBMIT T O THE 5 | |
| 150 | - | GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT 6 | |
| 151 | - | ARTICLE, A DETAILED IMPLEMENT ATION PLAN FOR THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING: 7 | |
| 152 | - | ||
| 153 | - | (1) BUDGET REQUIREMENTS ; 8 | |
| 154 | - | ||
| 155 | - | (2) STAFFING NEEDS ; 9 | |
| 156 | - | ||
| 157 | - | (3) TECHNOLO GY INFRASTRUCTURE CA PABILITIES; AND 10 | |
| 158 | - | ||
| 159 | - | (4) ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE OFFICE DEEMS NECESSAR Y AND 11 | |
| 160 | - | APPROPRIATE . 12 | |
| 161 | - | ||
| 162 | - | (B) ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1, 2027, AND ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1 13 | |
| 163 | - | EACH YEAR THEREAFTER , THE OFFICE SHALL REPORT T O THE GENERAL 14 | |
| 164 | - | ASSEMBLY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, 15 | |
| 165 | - | ON: 16 | |
| 166 | - | ||
| 167 | - | (1) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING: 17 | |
| 168 | - | ||
| 169 | - | (I) WHETHER THE SYSTEM REDUCES THE 18 | |
| 170 | - | FAILURE–TO–APPEAR RATES AND NO –SHOW RATES IN COURT ; AND 19 | |
| 171 | - | ||
| 172 | - | (II) THE IMPACT OF THE SYSTEM ON JURY DUTY A TTENDANCE ; 20 | |
| 173 | - | ||
| 174 | - | (2) THE SYSTEM’S IMPACT ON THE EFFI CIENCY OF COURT 21 | |
| 175 | - | PROCEEDINGS ; AND 22 | |
| 176 | - | ||
| 177 | - | (3) BEGINNING IN FISCAL Y EAR 2026, AND EACH FISCAL YEAR 23 | |
| 178 | - | THEREAFTER , ANY IMPROVEMENTS THA T SHOULD BE MADE TO THE SYSTEM. 24 | |
| 179 | - | ||
| 180 | - | 14–105. 25 | |
| 181 | - | ||
| 182 | - | BEGINNING IN FISCAL Y EAR 2026, AND EACH FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER , THE 26 | |
| 183 | - | GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUD E IN THE ANNUAL BUDG ET BILL AN APPROPRIA TION OF 27 | |
| 184 | - | $500,000 FOR THE OFFICE TO ESTABLISH , IMPLEMENT, AND MAINTAIN THE 28 | |
| 185 | - | SYSTEM. 29 | |
| 186 | - | HOUSE BILL 978 5 | |
| 187 | - | ||
| 188 | - | ||
| 189 | - | 13–103. 1 | |
| 190 | - | ||
| 191 | - | (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 2 | |
| 192 | - | INDICATED. 3 | |
| 193 | - | ||
| 194 | - | (2) “MARYLAND JUDICIAL PUBLIC TEXT MESSAGING SYSTEM” 4 | |
| 195 | - | MEANS TEXT NOTIFICAT ION ABOUT COURT EVEN TS AND RELATED CASE 5 | |
| 196 | - | INFORMATION PERMANEN TLY AUTHORIZED UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 6 | |
| 197 | - | OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF MARYLAND ON APRIL 22, 7 | |
| 198 | - | 2020. 8 | |
| 199 | - | ||
| 200 | - | (3) “SYSTEM” MEANS THE MARYLAND JUDICIAL PUBLIC TEXT 9 | |
| 201 | - | MESSAGING SYSTEM. 10 | |
| 202 | - | ||
| 203 | - | (B) BEGINNING DECEMBER 1, 2024, AND EACH DECEMBER 1 THEREAFTER , 11 | |
| 204 | - | THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS SHALL REPORT T O THE GENERAL 12 | |
| 205 | - | ASSEMBLY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, 13 | |
| 206 | - | ON THE MARYLAND JUDICIAL PUBLIC TEXT MESSAGING SYSTEM. 14 | |
| 207 | - | ||
| 208 | - | (C) THE REPORT SHALL INCL UDE THE FOLLOWING IN FORMATION ON THE 15 | |
| 209 | - | SYSTEM FOR THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR: 16 | |
| 210 | - | ||
| 211 | - | (1) THE NUMBER OF INDIVID UALS WHO REQUESTED NOTIFICATI ON 17 | |
| 212 | - | UNDER THE SYSTEM; 18 | |
| 213 | - | ||
| 214 | - | (2) THE NUMBER OF INDIVID UALS WHO DECLINED TO RECEIVE 19 | |
| 215 | - | NOTIFICATION; 20 | |
| 216 | - | ||
| 217 | - | (3) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF N OTIFICATIONS SENT RE GARDING 21 | |
| 218 | - | PROCEEDINGS ; 22 | |
| 219 | - | ||
| 220 | - | (4) THE NUMBER OF NOTIFIC ATIONS SENT AT LEAST 7 DAYS BEFORE 23 | |
| 221 | - | A PROCEEDING ; 24 | |
| 222 | - | ||
| 223 | - | (5) THE NUMBER OF NOTIFIC ATIONS SENT 6 OR FEWER DAYS BEFORE 25 | |
| 224 | - | A PROCEEDING AND THE NUMBER OF THOSE NOTI FICATIONS SENT AT LE AST 1 DAY 26 | |
| 225 | - | BEFORE A PROCEEDING ; 27 | |
| 226 | - | ||
| 227 | - | (6) THE NUMBER OF NOTIFIC ATIONS THAT FAILED T O DELIVER; 28 | |
| 228 | - | ||
| 229 | - | (7) THE NUMBER OF REQUEST S BY PARTICIPANTS FO R ASSISTANCE; 29 | |
| 230 | - | AND 30 | |
| 231 | - | 6 HOUSE BILL 978 | |
| 232 | - | ||
| 233 | - | ||
| 234 | - | (8) THE RATE OF FAILURE T O APPEAR BY PARTICIP ANTS IN THE 1 | |
| 235 | - | SYSTEM COMPARED WITH THAT OF INDIVIDUALS DECLINING PARTICIPAT ION IN THE 2 | |
| 236 | - | SYSTEM. 3 | |
| 237 | - | ||
| 238 | - | (D) IN ADDITION TO INFORM ATION REQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION (C) OF 4 | |
| 239 | - | THIS SECTION, THE REPORT SHALL INC LUDE A REVIEW OF ANY FUTURE PLANS FOR 5 | |
| 240 | - | DEVELOPMENT , EXPANSION, AND IMPLEMENTATION O F THE SYSTEM. 6 | |
| 241 | - | ||
| 242 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 7 | |
| 243 | - | 1, 2024. 8 | |
| 136 | + | (2) STAFFING NEEDS ; 29 4 HOUSE BILL 978 | |
| 244 | 137 | ||
| 245 | 138 | ||
| 246 | 139 | ||
| 247 | - | Approved: | |
| 248 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 249 | - | Governor. | |
| 250 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 251 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. | |
| 252 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 253 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 140 | + | (3) TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE CAPABILITIES; AND 1 | |
| 141 | + | ||
| 142 | + | (4) ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE OFFICE DEEMS NECESSAR Y AND 2 | |
| 143 | + | APPROPRIATE . 3 | |
| 144 | + | ||
| 145 | + | (B) ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1, 2027, AND ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1 4 | |
| 146 | + | EACH YEAR THEREAFTER , THE OFFICE SHALL REPORT T O THE GENERAL 5 | |
| 147 | + | ASSEMBLY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, 6 | |
| 148 | + | ON: 7 | |
| 149 | + | ||
| 150 | + | (1) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING: 8 | |
| 151 | + | ||
| 152 | + | (I) WHETHER THE SYSTEM REDUCES THE 9 | |
| 153 | + | FAILURE–TO–APPEAR RATES AND NO–SHOW RATES IN COUR T; AND 10 | |
| 154 | + | ||
| 155 | + | (II) THE IMPACT OF THE SYSTEM ON JURY DUTY A TTENDANCE ; 11 | |
| 156 | + | ||
| 157 | + | (2) THE SYSTEM’S IMPACT ON THE EFFI CIENCY OF COURT 12 | |
| 158 | + | PROCEEDINGS ; AND 13 | |
| 159 | + | ||
| 160 | + | (3) BEGINNING IN FISCAL Y EAR 2026, AND EACH FISCAL YEAR 14 | |
| 161 | + | THEREAFTER , ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT SH OULD BE MADE TO THE SYSTEM. 15 | |
| 162 | + | ||
| 163 | + | 14–105. 16 | |
| 164 | + | ||
| 165 | + | BEGINNING IN FISCAL Y EAR 2026, AND EACH FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER , THE 17 | |
| 166 | + | GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUDE IN THE ANNUA L BUDGET BILL AN APP ROPRIATION OF 18 | |
| 167 | + | $500,000 FOR THE OFFICE TO ESTABLISH, IMPLEMENT, AND MAINTAIN THE 19 | |
| 168 | + | SYSTEM. 20 | |
| 169 | + | ||
| 170 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 21 | |
| 171 | + | 1, 2024. 22 |