Sec. 149.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTERS 3 AND 4, BUSINESS & COMMERCE CODE. (a) Chapters 3 and 4, Business & Commerce Code, determine the rights, responsibilities, and liabilities of a person regarding an item drawn on, transferred to, or presented, remitted, collected, settled, negotiated, or otherwise handled by a credit union as if the credit union were a bank, unless otherwise provided by written agreement of the parties.
(b) In this section:
(1) "Credit union" means a credit union authorized to do business in this state under this subtitle or the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1751 et seq.).
(2) "Item":
(A) means an instrument, whether or not negotiable, for the payment of money; and
(B) does not include money.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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