Tex. Health & Safety Code § 791.005 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
LOCATION OF FIRE ESCAPES.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Consistent with accessibility, each fire escape subject to this chapter must be located as far as possible from stairways, elevator hatchways, and other openings in the floors of the building served by the fire escape. If possible, each fire escape must be located at the end of a hallway or unobstructed passageway and as far apart as is consistent with the construction and location of the building.
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
- Text hash
- sha256 4573087094ac1ad0e9a87cafa9e152a3fb558f8cebae76dad3d9581ab16b3321
- 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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