Tex. Gov't Code § 3151.051 · Subchapter B. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES; CONFLICTING REQUIREMENTS
PROHIBITED CONSTRUCTION; CAPITOL VIEW CORRIDOR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person may not begin, in a Capitol view corridor, construction of a structure that would exceed the maximum permissible height computed in accordance with the following formula:
h = (((653' - eVP) x (b'))/b) - (eS - eVP)
where:
h is the maximum permissible height of the structure;
b is the distance between the selected view point and the center of the Capitol dome;
b' is the distance between the view point and the structure;
eS is the elevation of the structure; and
eVP is the elevation of the view point.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 7.001, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 2256), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2013.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.3151.htm
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- sha256 dc5ea85179982045954095cb154a8d461da77eeaa6559708cfd1e23c144bccf5
- Composed by
- 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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