82R21981 JRJ-D
By: King of Parker H.B. No. 1975
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1975:
By: Berman C.S.H.B. No. 1975
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the submission of certain election changes under
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) For the purpose of obtaining preclearance
under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended (42
U.S.C. Section 1973c), the attorney general shall institute an
action in the United States District Court for the District of
Columbia for a declaratory judgment that any change in the
following laws that affects voting has neither the purpose nor will
have the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account
of race or color or in contravention of the guarantees set forth in
42 U.S.C. Section 1973b(f)(2):
(1) an Act of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session,
2011, relating to presenting proof of identification as a
requirement to vote; and
(2) a plan to apportion the state into districts used
to elect:
(A) members of the senate or the house of
representatives;
(B) members of the United States House of
Representatives from this state; and
(C) members of the State Board of Education.
(b) This section expires September 1, 2013.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.