Bill Text: TX HB2256 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the view of the State Capitol.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2256 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2256-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2256 | ||
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| relating to the view of the State Capitol. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 3151, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 3151.0021 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 3151.0021. DEFINITION OF CONGRESS AVENUE VIEW | ||
| CORRIDOR. In this chapter, "Congress Avenue view corridor" means | ||
| all of the area between two lines: | ||
| (1) one of which begins at Texas Plane Coordinate | ||
| X-2817236.98, Y-226449.47 and terminates at Texas Plane Coordinate | ||
| X-2818255.32, Y-229927.70; and | ||
| (2) the second of which begins at Texas Plane | ||
| Coordinate X-2817394.92, Y-226404.24 and terminates at Texas Plane | ||
| Coordinate X-2818441.82, Y-229874.83. | ||
| SECTION 2. The heading to Section 3151.051, Government | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 3151.051. PROHIBITED CONSTRUCTION; CAPITOL VIEW | ||
| CORRIDOR. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 3151, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 3151.0511 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 3151.0511. PROHIBITED CONSTRUCTION; CONGRESS AVENUE | ||
| VIEW CORRIDOR. A person may not begin, in the Congress Avenue view | ||
| corridor, construction of a structure: | ||
| (1) on the west side of Congress Avenue that: | ||
| (A) is within 60 feet of Congress Avenue; and | ||
| (B) has a height that exceeds 90 feet; and | ||
| (2) on the east side of Congress Avenue that: | ||
| (A) is within 40 feet of Congress Avenue; and | ||
| (B) has a height that exceeds 90 feet. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 3151.053, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 3151.053. CONFLICT WITH OTHER [ |
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| If a requirement of this chapter conflicts with a requirement | ||
| enacted by a municipality or with any other requirement under state | ||
| law, the stricter requirement prevails. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2256 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 3, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 7, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2256 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
