In this chapter:

1. (1) "Financial responsibility" means the ability to respond in damages for liability for a collision that:

   1. (A) occurs after the effective date of the document evidencing the establishment of the financial responsibility; and
   2. (B) arises out of the operation of a motor vehicle by an employee of a valet parking service.

2. (2) "Public accommodation" means any:

   1. (A) inn, hotel, or motel;
   2. (B) restaurant, cafeteria, or other facility principally engaged in selling food for consumption on the premises;
   3. (C) bar, nightclub, or other facility engaged in selling alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises;
   4. (D) motion picture house, theater, concert hall, stadium, or other place of exhibition or entertainment; or
   5. (E) other facility used by or open to members of the public.
3. (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.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 98, eff. September 1, 2023.