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.
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