Tex. Health & Safety Code § 791.006 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
INSPECTION; APPROVAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A fire escape subject to this chapter and each extension or addition to that fire escape shall be inspected before being approved for use.
(b) The inspection may be conducted by:
(1) the state fire marshal;
(2) an inspector of the State Board of Insurance;
(3) the chief of a municipal fire department; or
(4) a municipal fire marshal.
(c) A fire escape or an addition or extension to a fire escape may not be approved unless it meets the requirements of this chapter.
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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- 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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