{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2058.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 2058.002","heading":"EXCEPTIONS.","body":"(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.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 682 (H.B. 2025), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2021.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE B. INFORMATION AND PLANNING","CHAPTER 2058. RECOGNITION OF FEDERAL CENSUS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2058.htm#2058.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"107ecab1a6b33859e989c9c4ea787900e7300b837afa10e299a07246ee130e00","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2058.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2059.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}