Bill Text: TX HB3255 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of guidelines for the Office of the State Demographer to encourage the inclusion of a broad variety of racial/ethnic groups in estimates and projections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB3255 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3255-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3255 |
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relating to the creation of guidelines for the Office of the State | ||
Demographer to encourage the inclusion of a broad variety of | ||
racial/ethnic groups in estimates and projections. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 468.004, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 468.004. POWERS AND DUTIES. The state demographer | ||
shall: | ||
(1) disseminate demographic and related socioeconomic | ||
data to the public, with emphasis on data that may be useful to | ||
public policymakers; | ||
(2) provide annual population estimates for all | ||
counties and municipalities in the state; | ||
(3) provide biennial population projections for the | ||
state and all counties of the state; | ||
(4) adhere to current standards of practice when | ||
determining which racial/ethnic groups to include in estimates and | ||
projections; | ||
(5) provide information by request which justifies the | ||
omission of any particular racial/ethnic group from estimates and | ||
projections, including limitations of data and methodology; | ||
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relating to the impact that demographic and socioeconomic changes | ||
in the population of the state have on the demand for state | ||
services; and | ||
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to: | ||
(A) adequately monitor demographic and | ||
socioeconomic changes in the population of the state; and | ||
(B) assess the effectiveness of delivery of state | ||
services. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3255 was passed by the House on April | ||
26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 2, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3255 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
17, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |