Required provisions -- Prospective and qualified juror pools

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    (a)    Each jury plan shall set intervals for creation of a prospective juror pool and a qualified juror pool.

    (b)    (1)    Each jury plan shall set a minimum number of names to be selected from the source pool as prospective jurors.

        (2)    The minimum number shall be:

            (i)    At least 150; and

            (ii)    Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, at least 0.5% of the total number of names in the source pool.

        (3)    If the minimum percentage under paragraph (2)(ii) of this subsection would be cumbersome and unnecessary, a jury plan may set a smaller number.

        (4)    A jury judge for a county may order its jury commissioner to have additional names selected from the county’s source pool as the judge considers necessary.


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