Sec. 6001.001.  PURPOSE.  The purpose of this chapter is to safeguard lives and property by:
(1)  regulating:
(A)  the leasing, selling, installing, and servicing of portable fire extinguishers; and
(B)  the planning, certifying, installing, and servicing of fixed fire extinguisher systems; and
(2)  prohibiting portable fire extinguishers, fixed fire extinguisher systems, or extinguisher equipment that is not listed by a testing laboratory approved by the department.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 1J.001, eff. April 1, 2009.
Amended by: 
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1004 (H.B. 2447), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.