Tex. Transp. Code Section 686.001
Definitions


In this chapter:

(1)

“Financial responsibility” means the ability to respond in damages for liability for a collision that:

(A)

occurs after the effective date of the document evidencing the establishment of the financial responsibility; and

(B)

arises out of the operation of a motor vehicle by an employee of a valet parking service.

(2)

“Public accommodation” means any:

(A)

inn, hotel, or motel;

(B)

restaurant, cafeteria, or other facility principally engaged in selling food for consumption on the premises;

(C)

bar, nightclub, or other facility engaged in selling alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises;

(D)

motion picture house, theater, concert hall, stadium, or other place of exhibition or entertainment; or

(E)

other facility used by or open to members of the public.

(3)

“Valet parking service” means a parking service through which the motor vehicles of patrons of a public accommodation are parked for a fee by a third party who is not an employee of the public accommodation.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 23.002, eff. March 1, 2004.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 98, eff. September 1, 2023.

Source: Section 686.001 — Definitions, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.­686.­htm#686.­001 (accessed May 18, 2024).

Accessed:
May 18, 2024

§ 686.001’s source at texas​.gov