Sec. 791.011.  GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  A fire escape shall be constructed and arranged in a manner that:
(1)  permits exit on the fire escape from each floor of the building above the first floor;  and
(2)  provides an uninterrupted exit from the building to the grade.
(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.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.