Tex. Transp. Code § 342.306 · Subchapter E. CIVIL LIABILITY OF BRIDGE OR FERRY OWNER AND OPERATOR
RECOVERY UNDER BOND OR FROM SURETY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person injured by a license holder's violation of a condition of the bond required under Section 342.104 may sue on the bond in the person's name for recovery of the amount due because of the violation.
(b) If a judgment is obtained against a license holder for a violation of this chapter and execution is returned because no property of the license holder can be found on which to levy to satisfy judgment, the justice to whom execution is returned shall cite the license holder's sureties to appear and show cause why judgment should not be entered against the sureties for the amount of the judgment against the license holder that is not satisfied.
(c) If the sureties do not show cause as described by Subsection (b), the justice shall enter judgment and issue execution for satisfaction of judgment against the sureties.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.342.htm
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