{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-756.082","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 756.082","heading":"SECURITY BARS ON RESIDENTIAL DWELLING.","body":"A person may not install security bars on a door or window of a bedroom in a residential dwelling unless:\n(1) the security bars on at least one door or window in the bedroom have an interior release mechanism; or\n(2) at least one window or door from the bedroom to the exterior may be opened for emergency escape or rescue.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1522, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 9. SAFETY","SUBTITLE A. PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 756. MISCELLANEOUS HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS","SUBCHAPTER F. SECURITY BARS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.756.htm#756.082","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"3a36d117f28caaae9b3ce7c05d09178be7d12f217a17b33cbc8c364f2bbc59e0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-756.081","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-756.083"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}