Tex. Gov't Code § 468.002 · Chapter 468. STATE DEMOGRAPHER
DESIGNATION OF STATE DEMOGRAPHER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The governor shall appoint an employee or officer of a state agency as the state demographer from a list submitted by the speaker of the house of representatives and the lieutenant governor.
(b) To be eligible for designation as state demographer, a person must have:
(1) a graduate degree with specialization in demography or a closely related field of study; and
(2) extensive experience in employing demographic and related socioeconomic data for use by legislative, public, and private entities.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 245, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.468.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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