Tex. Fin. Code § 37.001 · Chapter 37. EMERGENCIES
DEFINITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter, "emergency" means a condition or occurrence that may interfere physically with the conduct of normal business at the offices of a bank or with the conduct of a particular bank operation, or that poses an imminent or existing threat to the safety or security of persons or property, including:
(1) fire, flood, earthquake, hurricane, tornado, or wind, rain, or snow storm;
(2) labor dispute or strike;
(3) power failure, transportation failure, or interruption of communication facilities;
(4) shortage of fuel, housing, food, transportation, or labor;
(5) robbery, burglary, or attempted robbery or burglary;
(6) epidemic or other catastrophe; or
(7) riot, civil commotion, enemy attack, or other actual or threatened act of lawlessness or violence.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.37.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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