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.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1004 (H.B. 2447), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.