Tex. Transp. Code § 7.002 · Chapter 7. CONNECTING CARRIERS

DUTIES OF CONNECTING CARRIER.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Each connecting carrier that transports freight is:

(1) an agent of each other connecting carrier that transports the freight; and

(2) considered to be under a contract with each other connecting carrier and the shipper to provide the safe and speedy transportation of the freight from its point of shipment to its destination.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.7.htm
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