4.01 Procedures for the selection of persons to serve on juries shall be governed by the applicable Kentucky Revised Statute and Administrative Procedures of the Court of Justice.

4.02 For the Breckinridge Circuit, a new grand jury and petit jury will be empanelled on the first Monday of March, June, September and December of each year. Jurors will be assigned to serve on the grand jury, district jury and circuit jury for a period of three (3) months. Once empanelled, these juries shall continue to serve in their respective capacities until a new petit or grand jury is empanelled or until the completion of the last case on which any individual juror is selected to serve, whichever occurs last.

4.03 For the Grayson Circuit, a new grand jury and petit jury will be empanelled on the first Monday of January, April, July and October of each year. Jurors will be assigned to serve on the grand jury, district jury and circuit jury for a period of three (3) months. Once empanelled, these juries shall continue to serve in their respective capacities until a new petit or grand jury is empanelled or until the completion of the last case on which any individual juror is selected to serve, whichever occurs last.

4.04 For the Meade Circuit, a new grand jury and petit jury will be empanelled on the first Monday of February, May, August and November of each year. Jurors will be assigned to serve on the grand jury, district jury and circuit jury for a period of three (3) months. Once empanelled, these juries shall continue to serve in their respective capacities until a new petit or grand jury is empanelled or until the completion of the last case on which any individual juror is selected to serve, whichever occurs last.

4.05 For any reason authorized by KRS 29A.100, the Chief Judge may excuse any juror from jury service at any time.

4.06 For any reason and without further notice, the Chief Judge may reassign the day on which new juries are empanelled.

4.07 The Chief Circuit Judge may summon for cause a Special Grand Jury to deal with a situation requiring lengthy investigation which cannot be handled during the term of the regular Grand Jury.

4.08 The Clerk of the Court will provide to the jurors, on the date of empanelment, a written schedule of trials previously set during their term of service and include thereon a telephone number by which an answering device may be accessed to confirm, as soon as such information becomes certain, whether trials previously scheduled are, in fact, to be conducted.

4.09 Except as provided in RCr 10.04 and CR 47.01, jurors on any jury panel for the 46^th Judicial Circuit shall not be examined while said jurors are actively serving on a case. After jurors have been discharged from jury service on said case, a juror may be interviewed, examined or questioned by any attorney or any other persons to the extent allowed by law. Contact with jurors is discouraged. Prior to any contact, each juror should be advised of his/her right not to speak with or discuss in any way his/her service as a juror, as well as his/her impressions, beliefs, positions on, or views concerning any aspect of any trial or proceeding in which he/she was involved.