Texas Transportation Code

§ 5.004 — REQUIREMENT TO RECEIVE AND CARRY GOODS

TN § 5.004Title 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CARRIERS · Ch. 5. DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF COMMON CARRIERS

Statute text

(a)On the tender of the legal or customary rate for goods offered for transportation, a common carrier, other than a railroad, shall receive and transport the goods if in the order presented:

(1)the carrier has the capacity to safely carry the goods on the pending trip; and

(2)the goods are of the kind usually transported by the carrier and are offered at a reasonable time.

(b)A common carrier that violates Subsection (a) is liable:

(1)for damages to a person injured by the violation; and

(2)to the owner of the goods for a penalty of not less than $5 or more than $500.

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.