Texas Statutes
Chapter 686 - Valet Parking Services
Section 686.001. Definitions

Sec. 686.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Financial responsibility" means the ability to respond in damages for liability for an accident 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.

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