{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-7.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 7.002","heading":"DUTIES OF CONNECTING CARRIER.","body":"Each connecting carrier that transports freight is:\n(1) an agent of each other connecting carrier that transports the freight; and\n(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.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CARRIERS","CHAPTER 7. CONNECTING CARRIERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.7.htm#7.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"b7bdcd86a82469cb34640a115d7223e9c62db196214feeb8dd8d91f6ae2f21cc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-7.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-7.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}