BILL ANALYSIS


                                                    C.S.S.B. 1426
                                                        By: Brown
                                                    State Affairs
                                                          4-25-95
                                   Committee Report (Substituted)
BACKGROUND

Current law does not include a "door club," a steel bar that is
placed in a steel sleeve in the floor and prevents a door from
opening completely, in the list of definitions of security devices
for doors.

PURPOSE

As proposed, C.S.S.B. 1426 requires a landlord to install a floor
mounted bolting security device at a tenant's request.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or
agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 92.151, Property Code, to define "floor
mounted bolting device" as a steel sleeve in the floor, on the
inside of an in swinging door, capable of preventing the door from
moving inward when inserted into its hole.  Requires the steel bar
to be capable of being adjusted from the inside so that the door
can be opened from the inside two inches to serve as a viewing
space while still preventing the door from being opened inwardly
further than two inches.  Redesignates existing Subdivisions (4)-(16) as Subdivisions (5)-(17).

SECTION 2. Amends Section 92.157, Property Code, to require a
landlord, at a tenant's request, to install, at the landlord's
expense, a floor mounted bolting device installed in accordance
with the manufacturer's recommended procedures and device purchased
at tenant's expense.  Redesignates existing Subsections (b) and (c)
as Subsections (c) and (d).

SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 1995.

SECTION 4. Emergency clause.