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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 791.002: FIRE ESCAPE REQUIRED.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 9. SAFETY
- SUBTITLE C. FIRE
- CHAPTER 791. FIRE ESCAPES
- SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
(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.
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