Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 744 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL-AGE AND BEFORE OR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS
Subchapter N - INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ACTIVE PLAY SPACE AND EQUIPMENT
Division 2 - SWINGS
Section 744.3153 - Are there additional safety requirements for tire swings or other multi-axis swings?

(1) Not be made from heavy truck tires, or tires with exposed steel-belted radials;

(2) Not be suspended from a composite structure or with other swings in the same swing bay;

(3) Have drainage holes drilled in the underside of the tire and maintained to facilitate water drainage; and

(4) Have a minimum clearance between the seating surface of a tire swing and the uprights of the supporting structure of 30 inches or more when the tire is in a position closest to the support structure.