Tex. Transportation Code § 22.0815

This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 22.0815, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.

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§ 22.0815.

Official statutory text

Sec. 22.0815. OFFENSE: UNAUTHORIZED GROUND TRANSPORTATION. (a) In this section, "ground transportation business" means the transportation by motor vehicle of persons or baggage for compensation.

(b) A person commits an offense if, within the boundaries of an airport operated or controlled by a joint board for which the constituent agencies are populous home-rule municipalities, the person:

(1) solicits ground transportation business without the permission of the joint board, if required; or

(2) engages in ground transportation business without the permission of the joint board, if required.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

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