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.