[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: 28CFR55.7]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 55--IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT REGARDING LANGUAGE MINORITY GROUPS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B--Nature of Coverage
 
Sec. 55.7  Termination of coverage.

    (a) Section 4(f)(4). A covered State, a political subdivision of a 
covered State, or a separately covered political subdivision may 
terminate the application of section 4(f)(4) by obtaining the 
declaratory judgment described in section 4(a) of the Act.
    (b) Section 203(c). The requirements of section 203(c) apply until 
August 6, 2007. A covered jurisdiction may terminate such coverage 
earlier if it can prove in a declaratory judgment action in a United 
States district court, that the illiteracy rate of the applicable 
language minority group is equal to or less than the national illiteracy 
rate.

[Order 655-76, 41 FR 29998, July 20, 1976, as amended by Order 1246-87, 
53 FR 736, Jan. 12, 1988; Order No. 1752-93, 58 FR 35373, July 1, 1993]