For expiration of this section, see Subsection (b). 

Sec. 2058.0021.  APPLICABILITY OF 2010 FEDERAL CENSUS; TEMPORARY PROVISION.  (a)  Except as expressly provided by other law and notwithstanding the definition of "population" in Sections 311.005 and 312.011, a statute that applies to a political subdivision having a certain population according to the most recent federal census:
(1)  continues to apply to the same political subdivisions to which the statute applied under the 2010 federal census, regardless of whether the political subdivisions continue to have the population prescribed by the statute according to the 2020 federal census; and
(2)  does not apply to a political subdivision to which the statute did not apply under the 2010 federal census, regardless of whether the political subdivision has the population prescribed by the statute according to the 2020 federal census. 
(b)  This section expires September 1, 2023.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 682 (H.B. 2025), Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2021.