Tex. Health & Safety Code § 793.002 · Chapter 793. DISABLING FIRE EXIT ALARMS
CRIMINAL PENALTY.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if:
(1) the person intentionally or knowingly causes a fire exit alarm to fail to sound an alarm; and
(2) the person is not authorized to do so by a person having lawful custody or control of the building or the part of the building in which the fire exit is located.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
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.793.htm
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- 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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