Tex. Transportation Code § 7.002
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 7.002, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 7.002. DUTIES OF CONNECTING CARRIER.
Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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