Amend CSSB 1 (house committee report) by striking page 47, lines 8 and 9, and substituting the following:

SECTION 10.04.  Subject to Section 10.05 of this article, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative session.

SECTION 10.05.  No provision of this Act shall take effect until:

(1)  the attorney general institutes an action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for a declaratory judgment that the changes in law made by this Act have 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 52 U.S.C. Section 10303(f)(2), and that court issues such a judgment; and

(2)  the United States attorney general issues a written opinion stating that the changes in law made by this Act have 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 52 U.S.C. Section 10303(f)(2).