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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain statutes and governmental actions that relate |
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to the federal census. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2058.001(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) A governmental entity shall recognize and act on a |
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published report or count relating to a federal decennial census |
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and released by the director of the Bureau of the Census of the |
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United States Department of Commerce on the later of: |
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(1) [on] September 1 of the year after the calendar |
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year during which the census was taken [if the report or count is |
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published on or before that date]; or |
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(2) [on] the first day of the first calendar month |
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occurring after the 150th day after the date of the [its] |
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publication of the report or count [if the report or count is |
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published after September 1 of the year after the calendar year |
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during which the census was taken]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2058.002, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows: |
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(c) Nothing in this chapter prohibits the legislature from |
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acting on published reports and counts described by Section |
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2058.001(b) and relating to the 2020 federal decennial census, |
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regardless of the date the reports or counts are published. |
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(d) Notwithstanding any other law, the commissioners court |
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of a county may act on published reports or counts described by |
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Section 2058.001(b) and relating to the 2020 federal decennial |
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census, and any information provided by the state relating to |
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redistricting based on those reports or counts, in carrying out the |
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commissioners court's duties under Chapter 42, Election Code, with |
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respect to establishing or changing election precincts, regardless |
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of the date the reports or counts are published or the information |
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is provided or any required period for those duties as provided by |
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law. |
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(e) This subsection and Subsections (c) and (d) expire |
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September 1, 2023. |
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SECTION 3. Chapter 2058, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 2058.0021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2058.0021. APPLICABILITY OF 2010 FEDERAL CENSUS; |
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TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) Except as expressly provided by other law |
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and notwithstanding the definition of "population" in Sections |
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311.005 and 312.011, a statute that applies to a political |
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subdivision having a certain population according to the most |
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recent federal census: |
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(1) continues to apply to the same political |
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subdivisions to which the statute applied under the 2010 federal |
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census, regardless of whether the political subdivisions continue |
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to have the population prescribed by the statute according to the |
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2020 federal census; and |
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(2) does not apply to a political subdivision to which |
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the statute did not apply under the 2010 federal census, regardless |
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of whether the political subdivision has the population prescribed |
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by the statute according to the 2020 federal census. |
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(b) This section expires September 1, 2023. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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