Sec. 791.052.  CRIMINAL PENALTY.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person obstructs a fire escape or a hallway or entrance leading to a fire escape in a manner that prevents free access to or use of the fire escape.  A door equipped with a lock requiring a key to operate is an obstruction.
(b)  A person commits an offense if the person is the owner of a building required to be equipped with fire escapes and the person fails or refuses to comply with this chapter.
(c)  A person commits an offense if the person serves as an agent in the care, management, supervision, control, or renting of a building for an owner who is not a resident of this state and the owner fails or refuses to comply with this chapter as it applies to that building.
(d)  An offense under this section is punishable by a fine of not less than $20 or more than $50.  If the defendant is a corporation, each officer or member of the board of directors of the corporation is subject to the fine.
(e)  Each day's failure or refusal to comply constitutes a separate offense.  Each day that an agent represents a nonresident owner who is not in compliance constitutes a separate offense.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.