{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-686.006","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 686.006","heading":"OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENT; OFFENSE.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person, while in the course and scope of the person's employment with a valet parking service, operates a motor vehicle of a patron of the service without the financial responsibility required by this chapter.\n(b) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), an offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $175 or more than $350.\n(c) If a person has been previously convicted of an offense under this section, an offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $350 or more than $1,000.\n(d) If the court determines that a person who has not been previously convicted of an offense under this section is economically unable to pay the fine, the court may reduce the fine to not less than $175.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 23.002, eff. March 1, 2004.","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#686.006","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"b775c5864391eba2fd001873b9a83e481938a1416891d634320f41a49979a118","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-686.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-686.007"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}