Definitions

Sec. 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.