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California Health And Safety Code Section 17958.4

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(a)  Any city, county, or city and county, may, by
ordinance, establish a date by which all residential real property
with security window bars on bedroom windows shall meet current state
and local requirements for safety release mechanisms on security
window bars consistent with the applicable standards in the 1995
edition of the California Building Standards Code, or, for safety
release mechanisms on security window bars installed on or after
January 1, 2008, the current edition of the California Building
Standards Code, and any changes thereto made by the city, county, or
city and county pursuant to Section 17958.
   (b)  Disclosures of the existence of any safety release mechanism
on any security window bar shall be made in writing, and may be
included in existing transactional documents, including, but not
limited to, a real estate sales contract or receipt for deposit, or a
transfer disclosure statement pursuant to Section 1102.6 or 1106.6a
of the Civil Code.
   (c)  Enforcement of an ordinance adopted pursuant to subdivision
(a) shall not apply as a condition of occupancy or at the time of any
transfer that is subject to the Documentary Transfer Tax Act, Part
6.7 (commencing with Section 11901) of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

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