GENERAL EFFECTIVENESS OF SECURITY AGREEMENT

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this title, a security agreement is effective according to its terms between the parties, against purchasers of the collateral, and against creditors. (b) A transaction subject to this chapter is subject to any applicable rule of law that establishes a different rule for consumers and to: (1) Title 4, Finance Code; and (2) Subchapter E, Chapter 17. (c) In case of conflict between this chapter and a rule of law, statute, or regulation described in Subsection (b), the rule of law, statute, or regulation controls. Failure to comply with a statute or regulation described in Subsection (b) has only the effect the statute or regulation specifies. (d) This chapter does not: (1) validate any rate, charge, agreement, or practice that violates a rule of law, statute, or regulation described in Subsection (b); or (2) extend the application of the rule of law, statute, or regulation to a transaction not otherwise subject to it.