CHAPTER 2058. RECOGNITION OF FEDERAL CENSUS - Texas Statutes

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.