Texas Agriculture Code 71.011 – Protection of Carrier From Damages
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Terms Used In Texas Agriculture Code 71.011
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Department: means the Department of Agriculture. See Texas Agriculture Code 1.003
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
A carrier, including a railway, steamship, motorboat, bus, or truck, is not liable to a consignor or consignee for damages for refusing to receive and transport, or refusing to deliver across or into an area protected by a quarantine, any fruit, plant, shrub, or other carrier of an insect pest or plant disease in violation of an order or rule of the department under this subchapter.