BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE

TITLE 7.  RECEIPTS, DOCUMENTS OF TITLE, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS

CHAPTER 252.  BILLS OF LADING

Sec. 252.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
(1)  "Agent" includes an officer, employee, or receiver.
(2)  "Bill of lading" means a document evidencing the receipt of goods for shipment issued by a person engaged in the business of transporting or forwarding goods.  The term includes an air consignment note, air waybill, or other document for air transportation comparable to a bill of lading for marine or rail transportation.
(3)  "Goods" means all things treated as movable for purposes of a contract of storage or transportation.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.