{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-646.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 646.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Department\" means the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.\n(2) \"Motor transportation broker\" means a person who:\n(A) sells, offers for sale, provides, or negotiates for the transportation of cargo by a motor carrier operated by another person; or\n(B) aids or abets a person in performing an act described by Paragraph (A).\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.153(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1287 (H.B. 2202), Sec. 64, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE F. COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 646. MOTOR TRANSPORTATION BROKERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.646.htm#646.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"cec1525ef34cdd6be5a808f1e91c49226f101b6a8bcb79ecc00d055ad1fcf1fb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-645.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-646.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}