Section 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.(c) Nothing in this chapter prohibits the legislature from acting on published reports and counts described by Section 2058.001(b) and relating to the 2020 federal decennial census, regardless of the date the reports or counts are published.(d) Notwithstanding any other law, the commissioners court of a county may act on published reports or counts described by Section 2058.001(b) and relating to the 2020 federal decennial census, and any information provided by the state relating to redistricting based on those reports or counts, in carrying out the commissioners court's duties under Chapter 42, Election Code, with respect to establishing or changing election precincts, regardless of the date the reports or counts are published or the information is provided or any required period for those duties as provided by law.(e) This subsection and Subsections (c) and (d) expire September 1, 2023.Tex. Gov't. Code § 2058.002
Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 682,Sec. 2, eff. 6/15/2021.Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993.