2009 Texas Code
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
TITLE 9. SAFETY
CHAPTER 793. DISABLING FIRE EXIT ALARMS  

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

TITLE 9. SAFETY

SUBTITLE C. FIRE

CHAPTER 793. DISABLING FIRE EXIT ALARMS

Sec. 793.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Fire exit" means a door, window, or other means of egress

from a building that has been expressly designated as a fire

escape or emergency exit by a sign, light, or other device

located on or in the immediate vicinity of the fire escape or

exit.

(2) "Fire exit alarm" means a device designed to sound an alarm

when a fire exit is opened or an attempt to open a fire exit is

made.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 793.002. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an

offense if:

(1) the person intentionally or knowingly causes a fire exit

alarm to fail to sound an alarm; and

(2) the person is not authorized to do so by a person having

lawful custody or control of the building or the part of the

building in which the fire exit is located.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.