Section 13113.9 Of Article 1. General From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 12. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.
13113.9
. (a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) "Burglar bars" are security bars located on the inside or
outside of a door or window of a residential dwelling.
(2) "Residential dwelling" means a house, apartment, motel, hotel,
or other type of residential dwelling subject to the State Housing
Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 17910) of Division 13) and a
manufactured home, mobilehome, and multiunit manufactured housing as
defined in the Mobilehome-Manufactured Housing Act of 1980 (Part 2
(commencing with Section 18000) of Division 13).
(b) On or before July 1, 1998, the State Fire Marshal shall
develop and adopt regulations for the labeling and packaging of
burglar bars addressing the requirements in the California Building
Standards Code intended to promote safety in the event of a fire. For
this purpose, the regulations shall include specification of the
language to be printed on the packaging, the location of the language
on the packaging, and the height and stroke of the print type to be
utilized. The regulations shall direct the consumer or installer to
contact the local fire department or local building official to
determine whether the city or county requires that the burglar bars
have a release mechanism on the outside for use by the fire
department in the event of a fire emergency.
(c) Burglar bars shall not be sold in California at wholesale or
retail unless the burglar bars are either labeled or their packaging
contains the warning information specified in the regulations adopted
pursuant to subdivision (b).
(d) Any contractor or installer of burglar bars shall provide the
owner of the residential dwelling a copy of the warning information
required pursuant to subdivision (b) prior to installing burglar
bars.
(e) No person shall install unopenable burglar bars on a
residential dwelling (1) where the California Building Standards Code
requires openable burglar bars for emergency escape or rescue, or
(2) on mobilehomes, manufactured homes, or multiunit manufactured
housing unless at least one window or door to the exterior in each
bedroom is openable for emergency escape or rescue.