Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 766.0025
Fraternity and Sorority Houses

(a)

In this section, “fraternity or sorority house” means a dwelling that:

(1)

is a separate structure and that is not a multiunit residential property composed of multiple independent residential units; and

(2)

serves as living quarters for members of a fraternity or sorority.

(b)

The owner of a fraternity or sorority house must have working smoke detectors installed in the fraternity house or sorority house in accordance with the smoke detector requirements of the building code in effect in the political subdivision in which the fraternity or sorority house is located, including performance, location, and power source requirements.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1051 (H.B. 2118), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2007.

Source: Section 766.0025 — Fraternity and Sorority Houses, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­766.­htm#766.­0025 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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