{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-791.011","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 791.011","heading":"GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.","body":"(a) A fire escape shall be constructed and arranged in a manner that:\n(1) permits exit on the fire escape from each floor of the building above the first floor; and\n(2) provides an uninterrupted exit from the building to the grade.\n(b) The materials, construction, erection, and test of a fire escape must comply with the minimum specifications established under this subchapter for that type of fire escape.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 9. SAFETY","SUBTITLE C. FIRE","CHAPTER 791. FIRE ESCAPES","SUBCHAPTER B. MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS FOR FIRE ESCAPES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.791.htm#791.011","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"822026eb5c36358d79e61b8b65a68035a6913e1f6f46ec8f62b8282cb0901090","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-791.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-791.012"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}