[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 28, Volume 2]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 28CFR55.7]



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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION

 

              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED)

 

PART 55_IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT 

REGARDING LANGUAGE MINORITY GROUPS--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart B_Nature of Coverage

 

Sec. 55.7  Termination of coverage.



    (a) Section 4(f)(4). A covered State, a political subdivision of a 

covered State, or a separately covered political subdivision may 

terminate the application of section 4(f)(4) by obtaining the 

declaratory judgment described in section 4(a) of the Act.

    (b) Section 203(c). The requirements of section 203(c) apply until 

August 6, 2007. A covered jurisdiction may terminate such coverage 

earlier if it can prove in a declaratory judgment action in a United 

States district court, that the illiteracy rate of the applicable 

language minority group is equal to or less than the national illiteracy 

rate.



[Order 655-76, 41 FR 29998, July 20, 1976, as amended by Order 1246-87, 

53 FR 736, Jan. 12, 1988; Order No. 1752-93, 58 FR 35373, July 1, 1993]