Tex. Health & Safety Code § 756.082 · Subchapter F. SECURITY BARS
SECURITY BARS ON RESIDENTIAL DWELLING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person may not install security bars on a door or window of a bedroom in a residential dwelling unless:
(1) the security bars on at least one door or window in the bedroom have an interior release mechanism; or
(2) at least one window or door from the bedroom to the exterior may be opened for emergency escape or rescue.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1522, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.756.htm
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