Tex. Health & Safety Code § 791.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Owner" includes an individual, firm, association, or private corporation.
(2) "Story" has its usual architectural meaning and includes:
(A) a basement that extends five feet or more above the grade line on one or more sides of a building;
(B) a balcony or mezzanine floor of a building;
(C) a roof garden; or
(D) an attic used for any purpose.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.791.htm
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- sha256 97df8c412fd97cd3144f45a25f57a4cdb5cad965e42449bfa82ef4797d57630d
- 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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