{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-37.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 37.001","heading":"DEFINITION.","body":"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:\n(1) fire, flood, earthquake, hurricane, tornado, or wind, rain, or snow storm;\n(2) labor dispute or strike;\n(3) power failure, transportation failure, or interruption of communication facilities;\n(4) shortage of fuel, housing, food, transportation, or labor;\n(5) robbery, burglary, or attempted robbery or burglary;\n(6) epidemic or other catastrophe; or\n(7) riot, civil commotion, enemy attack, or other actual or threatened act of lawlessness or violence.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 3. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES","SUBTITLE A. BANKS","CHAPTER 37. EMERGENCIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.37.htm#37.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"82c7fecf9538b1db2f6f9d5d4057cce00f9c21b84e21b8c3ba5769b7878f72af","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-36.314","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-37.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}