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Amend CSHB 3 in Article III by adding the following 
appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering the other SECTIONS 
of Article III accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  (a) The changes in law made by this Act may not 
be implemented unless the United States District Court for the 
District of Columbia issues a declaratory judgment pursuant to 
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1973c) 
that the changes made by this Act do not not have the purpose and 
will not 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).
	(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date the governor 
signs this Act into law or, if this Act becomes law without the 
signature of the governor, not later than the 30th day after the 
last day on which the governor could have signed this Act into law, 
the attorney general shall file an action in the United States 
District Court for the District of Columbia seeking a declaratory 
judgment as described by Subsection (a) of this section.
	(c) No officer or employee of this state or of a political 
subdivision of this state may submit this Act or the changes made by 
this Act to the United States Attorney General or the United States 
Department of Justice for preclearance pursuant to Section 5 of the 
Voting Rights Act of 1965.  Preclearance of the changes in law made 
by this Act, including a failure to interpose an objection to those 
changes, by the United States Attorney General or the United States 
Department of Justice pursuant to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act 
of 1965 does not affect the prerequisite to implementing this Act 
prescribed by Subsection (a) of this section.