Texas § GV.2058.001 - GOVERNMENTAL RECOGNITION OF AND ACTION ON FEDERAL CENSUS
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§ GV.2058.001. GOVERNMENTAL RECOGNITION OF AND ACTION ON FEDERAL CENSUS
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 on the later of: (1) September 1 of the year after the calendar year during which the census was taken; or (2) the first day of the first calendar month occurring after the 150th day after the date of the publication of the report or count. (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. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 682 (H.B. 2025 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2021.
Source: official Texas text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section GV.2058.001 ("GOVERNMENTAL RECOGNITION OF AND ACTION ON FEDERAL CENSUS") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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