Amend HB 2447 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:

SECTION ____.  (a) Section 797.001, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, and Section 6001.156(a), Insurance Code, as amended by this Act, do not apply to the sale or advertisement of an aerosol fire suppression device or similar fire suppression device that, on or before September 1, 2013, is:

(1)  listed for use as a portable fire extinguisher by a testing laboratory approved the Texas Department of Insurance, other than the National Fire Protection Association; and

(2)  approved for use as a portable fire extinguisher by the Texas Department of Insurance.

(b)  This section expires September 1, 2015.