CHAPTER 2058. RECOGNITION OF FEDERAL CENSUS
GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBTITLE B. INFORMATION AND PLANNING
CHAPTER 2058. RECOGNITION OF FEDERAL CENSUS
Sec. 2058.001. GOVERNMENTAL RECOGNITION OF AND ACTION ON FEDERAL
CENSUS. (a) A governmental entity may not recognize or act on a
report or publication, in any form, of a federal decennial
census, in whole or in part, before September 1 of the year after
the calendar year during which the census was taken.
(b) A governmental entity shall recognize and act on a published
report or count relating to a federal decennial census and
released by the director of the Bureau of the Census of the
United States Department of Commerce:
(1) on September 1 of the year after the calendar year during
which the census was taken if the report or count is published on
or before that date; or
(2) on the date of its publication if the report or count is
published after September 1 of the year after the calendar year
during which the census was taken.
(c) In this section, "governmental entity" means the state or an
agency or political subdivision of the state.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1993.
Sec. 2058.002. EXCEPTIONS. (a) The legislature or the
Legislative Redistricting Board under Article III, Section 28, of
the Texas Constitution may officially recognize or act on a
federal decennial census before September 1 of the year after the
calendar year during which the census was taken.
(b) A political subdivision governed by a body elected from
single-member districts may recognize and act on tabulations of
population of a federal decennial census, for redistricting
purposes, on or after the date the governor receives a report of
the basic tabulations of population from the secretary of
commerce under 13 U.S.C. Section 141(c). This subsection does not
apply to a political subdivision that was not subject to a
statute requiring certain political subdivisions, classified by
population, to elect their governing bodies from single-member
districts under the preceding federal census.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1993.