Tex. Health & Safety Code § 791.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
FIRE ESCAPE REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The owner of a building shall equip the building with at least one fire escape and with additional fire escapes as required by Subchapters C and D if the building has at least:
(1) three stories and is used as a facility subject to Subchapter C; or
(2) two stories and is used as a school.
(b) A fire escape required by this chapter must meet the specifications provided by this chapter for an exterior stairway fire escape, an exterior chute fire escape, a combination of those exterior fire escapes, or an interior fire escape.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source of truth
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- 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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Cited by 5 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Health & Safety Code § 791.002. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 791.015EXIT LIGHTS; GUIDE SIGNS.Printed as Section 791.002
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 791.021ADDITIONAL FIRE ESCAPES FOR CERTAIN FACILITIES.Printed as Section 791.002
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 791.022ADDITIONAL FIRE ESCAPES FOR CERTAIN OFFICE BUILDINGS, STORES, OR INDUSTRIAL PLANTS.Printed as Section 791.002
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 791.023ADDITIONAL FIRE ESCAPES FOR CERTAIN WAREHOUSES AND MILLS.Printed as Section 791.002
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 791.024ADDITIONAL FIRE ESCAPES FOR NONSCHOOL PUBLIC BUILDINGS.Printed as Section 791.002
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