Tex. Finance Code § 183.113
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 183.113, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 183.113. REPORTS OF APPARENT CRIME.
Official statutory text
(a) A state trust company that is the victim of a robbery, has a shortage of corporate or fiduciary funds in excess of $5,000, or is the victim of an apparent or suspected misapplication of its corporate or fiduciary funds or property in any amount by a director, manager, managing participant, officer, or employee shall report the robbery, shortage, or apparent or suspected misapplication of funds or property to the banking commissioner within 48 hours after the time it is discovered. The initial report may be oral if the report is promptly confirmed in writing. The state trust company or a director, manager, managing participant, officer, employee, or agent is not subject to liability for defamation or another charge resulting from information supplied in the report.
(b) A report filed with the banking commissioner under this section may be a copy of a written report filed with an appropriate federal agency.
(b) A report filed with the banking commissioner under this section may be a copy of a written report filed with an appropriate federal agency.
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