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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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GOVERNMENT CODE |
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Title 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT |
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Subtitle B. INFORMATION AND PLANNING |
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Chapter 2058. RECOGNITION OF FEDERAL CENSUS |
Sec. 2058.001. GOVERNMENTAL RECOGNITION OF AND ACTION ON FEDERAL CENSUS
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(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.