HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 03 15 Repealing Election Bilingual Requirements
RESOLUTION NO. 07/15
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY
PARK, TEXAS, REPEALING RESOLUTION 07-10 APPROVING EXEMPTION FROM
THE BILINGUAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE FOR
PRECINCTS OR PARTS OF PRECINCTS WHOLLY WITHIN THE CITY OF
UNIVERSITY PARK; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY
PARK, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That based upon the 2000 United States Census, excerpts of which are
attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and made part hereof for all purposes, which show that 3.1 % of
the City's population is of Hispanic or Latino descent, the election precincts or parts thereof
wholly within the City of University Park were exempted from the bilingual requirements of the
Election Code pursuant to Section 272.003 by Resolution 07-10 on May 1,2007.
SECTION 2. That the City Secretary was authorized and directed by Resolution 07-10
to furnish a copy of the Resolution and the certificate of exemption to the appropriate offices of
the United States Department of Justice, did so and was thereafter notified by the Department,
through the Civil Rights Division, that the Department would not approve the exemption under
the Voting Rights Act.
SECTION 3. That Resolution 07-10 is hereby repealed for all purposes.
SECTION 4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its passage,
and it is accordingly so resolved.
DULY PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY
PARK, TEXAS, on the ih day of August 2007.
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