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Management Program. Amendments to Rule 17-108 provide that fee
schedules for persons conducting alternative dispute proceedings
are set by the circuit administrative judge, rather than the
county administrative judge.
The two Rules changes in Category Sixteen are proposed at
the request of the State Board of Law Examiners. Proposed
amendments to Rules 6 and 9 of the Rules Governing Admission to
the Bar of Maryland allow the Board additional time to process a
petition to take an examination and modify the provisions
pertaining to certification of eligibility to take the
examination.
In Category Seventeen are amendments to Rules 1-201, 1-202,
1-203, 1-204, 1-301, 1-311, 1-321, 1-404, 2-112, 2-121, 2-126,
2-201, 2-211, 2-212, 2-213, 2-214, 2-221, 2-241, 2-301, 2-302,
2-303, 2-304,2-305, 2-322, 2-323, 2-324, 2-325, 2-403, 2-404,
2-414, 2-418, 2-433, 2-506, 2-510, 2-511, 2-519, 2-520, 2-522,
2-532, 2-533, 2-534, 2-535, 2-601, 2-602, 2-613, 2-632, 2-648,
3-112, 3-121, 3-126, 3-201, 3-211, 3-212, 3-213, 3-214 3-241,
3-301, 3-302, 3-303, 3-305, 3-506, 3-510, 3-519, 3-533, 3-534,
3-535, 3-601, 3-602, 3-632, 3-648, 15-504, and 15-505. All are
proposed to clarify the source of Maryland Rules that are derived
from or otherwise based on federal rules. Because some federal
rules have been renumbered, the source notes to some Maryland
Rules no longer are accurate. By adding to the source note the
date of the version of the federal rule that corresponds to the
Maryland Rule, the source notes are made historically accurate.
The final category, Category Eighteen, contains
miscellaneous, mostly “housekeeping,” amendments to sixteen Rules
and one Form. Most of the proposed changes conform the Rule or
Form to a statute, a case, or another Rule or clarify, correct,
or restyle it. In this Category are Rules 1-322, 2-541, 2-644,
2-645, 3-645, 2-649, 3-649, 3-731, 5-407, 5-412, 9-208, 12-103,
14-206, 14-306, 15-502, and 16-401 and Form No. 5 in the Appendix
of Form Interrogatories. Three of the proposals go beyond mere
“housekeeping.” The proposed amendment to Rule 1-322 makes clear
that when a rule requires that a pleading, motion, or other paper
be “filed,” the pleading, motion, or other paper must be in
writing and delivered to the clerk of the court or a judge of
that court. The addition of the word “only” to subsection (b)(1)
of Rule 2-541 is proposed to close a potential loophole that
could provide a way around the limitations imposed by Rule 9-208.
The proposed amendments to Rule 15-502 conform the Rule to the
“separate document” requirement of Rule 2-601 and require that
the reasons for the issuance or denial of an injunction be stated
in writing or on the record.
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