- (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.