Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
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.Tex. Transp. Code § 686.001
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 709,Sec. 98, eff. 9/1/2023.Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 23.002, eff. March 1, 2004.