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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Government Code § 3151.051: PROHIBITED CONSTRUCTION; CAPITOL VIEW CORRIDOR.

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  1. GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 11. STATE SYMBOLS AND HONORS; PRESERVATION
  3. SUBTITLE B. PRESERVATION
  4. CHAPTER 3151. PRESERVATION OF VIEW OF STATE CAPITOL
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES; CONFLICTING REQUIREMENTS

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.

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.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:16Z. Source file · JSON

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