- (a) The department may lease a rest area to a person engaging in sales, services, or other commercial activities that serve the needs of the traveling public.
- (b) The department shall require the person to maintain the rest area in a proper manner and repair promptly any damage to the rest area caused by the person or a customer of the person, or pay to the state all expenses incurred by the department in repairing the damage.
- (c) The department shall adopt rules to implement this section.
- (d) Section 94.002, Human Resources Code, does not apply to a lease authorized under this section.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.