Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 791.002
Fire Escape Required

(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.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Source: Section 791.002 — Fire Escape Required, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­791.­htm#791.­002 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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