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.