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	Amend HB 218 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTION to the bill and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of the 
bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Not later than the 30th day after the effective 
date of this Act, the Attorney General of Texas must render an 
opinion determining if this Act has the purpose or 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).