Sec. 623.0155.  INDEMNIFICATION FROM MOTOR CARRIER PROHIBITED.  (a)  A person may not require indemnification from a motor carrier as a condition to:
(1)  the transportation of property for compensation or hire by the carrier;
(2)  entrance on property by the carrier for the purpose of loading, unloading, or transporting property for compensation or hire;  or
(3)  a service incidental to an activity described by Subdivision (1) or (2), including storage of property.
(b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to:
(1)  a claim arising from damage or loss from a wrongful or negligent act or omission of the carrier;  or
(2)  services or goods other than those described by Subsection (a).
(c)  In this section, "motor carrier" means a common carrier, specialized carrier, or contract carrier that transports property for hire.  The term does not include a person who transports property as an incidental activity of a nontransportation business activity regardless of whether the person imposes a separate charge for the transportation.
(d)  A provision that is contrary to Subsection (a) is not enforceable.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.139(a);  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1061, Sec. 19.