{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-686.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 686.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Financial responsibility\" means the ability to respond in damages for liability for a collision that:\n(A) occurs after the effective date of the document evidencing the establishment of the financial responsibility; and\n(B) arises out of the operation of a motor vehicle by an employee of a valet parking service.\n(2) \"Public accommodation\" means any:\n(A) inn, hotel, or motel;\n(B) restaurant, cafeteria, or other facility principally engaged in selling food for consumption on the premises;\n(C) bar, nightclub, or other facility engaged in selling alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises;\n(D) motion picture house, theater, concert hall, stadium, or other place of exhibition or entertainment; or\n(E) other facility used by or open to members of the public.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 23.002, eff. March 1, 2004.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 98, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE H. PARKING, TOWING, AND STORAGE OF VEHICLES","CHAPTER 686. VALET PARKING SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.686.htm#686.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"44275e1e652063da095729034ddb56e92058a3dbadb4730b5a2b3ba44384e62f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-683.078","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-686.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}