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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing a patron of a pay-to-park or valet parking |
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service with certain information; providing a civil penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 5, Business & Commerce Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 109 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 109. PAY-TO-PARK AND VALET PARKING SERVICES |
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Sec. 109.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Pay-to-park service" means a business that |
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provides a place to park the motor vehicles of patrons of a public |
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accommodation in a garage, lot, or other facility for a fee. |
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(2) "Valet parking service" means a parking service |
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through which the motor vehicles of patrons of a public |
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accommodation are parked for a fee by a third party who is not an |
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employee of the public accommodation. |
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(3) "Owner" means a person who owns the pay-to-park or |
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valet parking service. The term does not include the owner of the |
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property on which the pay-to-park or valet parking service is |
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provided unless the service is also owned by the owner of the |
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property. |
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(4) "Public accommodation" means any: |
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(A) inn, hotel, or motel; |
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(B) restaurant, cafeteria, or other facility |
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principally engaged in selling food for consumption on the |
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premises; |
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(C) bar, nightclub, or other facility engaged in |
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selling alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises; |
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(D) motion picture house, theater, concert hall, |
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stadium, or other place of exhibition or entertainment; or |
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(E) other facility used by or open to members of |
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the public. |
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Sec. 109.002. REQUIREMENT OF CONTACT INFORMATION. (a) The |
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receipt or claim ticket that an operator of a pay-to-park or valet |
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parking service provides to a patron must state the owner's name, |
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address, and telephone number. |
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(b) If a pay-to-park service does not provide a patron with |
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a receipt or claim ticket, the operator shall prominently display |
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the owner's name, address, and telephone number on a sign on or |
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immediately adjacent to the payment receptacle or other device for |
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making payment for the service. |
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Sec. 109.003. CIVIL PENALTY. A pay-to-park or valet |
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parking service that violates this chapter is subject to a civil |
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penalty not to exceed $200 for each violation. |
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Sec. 109.004. SUIT FOR CIVIL PENALTY. The attorney general |
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or a county or district attorney may bring an action to recover a |
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civil penalty imposed under Section 109.003. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |