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§ 51.5 Termination of coverage.

Code of Federal RegulationsTitle 28. Judicial AdministrationEffective: April 15, 2011 (Approx. 3 pages)

§ 51.5 Termination of coverage.

Code of Federal RegulationsTitle 28. Judicial AdministrationEffective: April 15, 2011 (Approx. 3 pages)

Code of Federal Regulations
Title 28. Judicial Administration
Chapter I. Department of Justice
Part 51. Procedures for the Administration of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as Amended (Refs & Annos)
Subpart A. General Provisions
Effective: April 15, 2011
28 C.F.R. § 51.5
§ 51.5 Termination of coverage.
(a) Expiration. The requirements of section 5 will expire at the end of the twenty-five-year period following the effective date of the amendments made by the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, César E. Chávez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Velásquez, and Dr. Hector P. Garcia Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 (VRARA), which amendments became effective on July 27, 2006. See section 4(a)(8) of the VRARA.
(b) Bailout. Any political subunit in a covered jurisdiction or a political subdivision of a covered State, a covered jurisdiction or a political subdivision of a covered State, or a covered State may terminate the application of section 5 (“bailout”) by obtaining the declaratory judgment described in section 4(a) of the Act.

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[Order No. 3262–2011, 76 FR 21243, April 15, 2011]
SOURCE: Order No. 3262–2011, 76 FR 21243; 52 FR 490, Jan. 6, 1987, unless otherwise noted.
Current through June 11, 2024, 89 FR 49586. Some sections may be more current. See credits for details.
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