Texas Occupations Code 2401.001 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code 2401.001
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
In this chapter:
(1) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 17.006(1); Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.651.
(2) “Department” means the Department of Public Safety.
(2-a) “Executive director” means the executive director of the department.
(3) “Motor carrier” has the meaning assigned by 49 U.S. C. Section 13102.
(4) “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, or association.
(5) “Transportation service provider” or “freight forwarder” means a person, other than a motor carrier, who:
(A) represents to the public that the person provides transportation in this state only of property for compensation; and
(B) in the ordinary course of business:
(i) assembles and consolidates, or provides for assembling and consolidating, a shipment;
(ii) performs or provides for break-bulk and distribution operations of a shipment;
(iii) assumes responsibility for the land transportation of property at any place from origin to destination; and
(iv) uses a motor or rail carrier at any time during the transportation.