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2025 Texas Statutes
Transportation Code
Title 2 - General Provisions Relating to Carriers
Chapter 7 - Connecting Carriers
Section 7.001. Definitions
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TX Transp Code § 7.001 (2025)
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Sec. 7.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Connecting carrier" means:
(A) an initial carrier; or
(B) each other common carrier that receives freight from another common carrier and recognizes or acts on a contract to transport the freight between points in this state.
(2) "Freight" includes baggage and other property transported by a common carrier.
(3) "Initial carrier" means a common carrier that contracts with a shipper of freight for delivery and initially transports the freight.
(4) "Shipper" includes the owner or the consignee of the freight and the owner's or consignee's agent.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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