[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR51.15]

[Page 84]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 51--PROCEDURES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF SECTION 5 OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 51.15  Enabling legislation and contingent or nonuniform requirements.

    (a) With respect to legislation (1) that enables or permits the 
State or its political subunits to institute a voting change or (2) that 
requires or enables the State or its political sub-units to institute a 
voting change upon some future event or if they satisfy certain 
criteria, the failure of the Attorney General to interpose an objection 
does not exempt from the preclearance requirement the implementation of 
the particular voting change that is enabled, permitted, or required, 
unless that implementation is explicitly included and described in the 
submission of such parent legislation.
    (b) For example, such legislation includes--
    (1) Legislation authorizing counties, cities, school districts, or 
agencies or officials of the State to institute any of the changes 
described in Sec. 51.13,
    (2) Legislation requiring a political subunit that chooses a certain 
form of government to follow specified election procedures,
    (3) Legislation requiring or authorizing political subunits of a 
certain size or a certain location to institute specified changes,
    (4) Legislation requiring a political subunit to follow certain 
practices or procedures unless the subunit's charter or ordinances 
specify to the contrary.