Sec. 791.021. ADDITIONAL FIRE ESCAPES FOR CERTAIN FACILITIES. (a) This section applies to:
(1) a hospital;
(2) a seminary;
(3) a college;
(4) an academy;
(5) a school;
(6) a dormitory;
(7) a hotel or other facility for the accommodation of transient guests;
(8) a lodging house, apartment house, rooming house, or boardinghouse;
(9) a lodge hall;
(10) a theater or other public place of amusement; or
(11) any other facility used for public gatherings.
(b) Each facility subject to this section and Section 791.002 that has a lot area greater than 5,000 square feet shall provide, in addition to the fire escape required by Section 791.002, one additional fire escape for:
(1) each 5,000 square feet of area in excess of the initial 5,000 square feet; and
(2) the area in excess of the largest multiple of 5,000 square feet contained in the facility's lot area if that excess is more than 2,000 square feet.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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