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Tex. Transportation Code § 342.304

This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 342.304, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.

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§ 342.304. FAILURE TO SERVE.

Official statutory text

(a) If the holder of a license to operate a ferry, on being tendered the authorized toll, does not, without reasonable cause, transport a person or the person's property of the type usually transported by the ferry, the holder is liable to the person in the amount of $2 for each 30 minutes of delay.

(b) A suit under this section must be filed in a justice court of the county in which the license is issued.

(c) A person who brings suit under this section and prevails is also entitled to recover costs of suit.

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