(a) A governmental entity may not recognize or act on a report or publication, in any form, of a federal decennial census, in whole or in part, before September 1 of the year after the calendar year during which the census was taken.
(b) A governmental entity shall recognize and act on a published report or count relating to a federal decennial census and released by the director of the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce on the later of:
(1) September 1 of the year after the calendar year during which the census was taken; or
(2) the first day of the first calendar month occurring after the 150th day after the date of the publication of the report or count.