Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 2878 amends the Alcoholic Beverage Code to define "restaurant club," to authorize a restaurant club to contract with another entity to manage the club, and to authorize the entity to establish and staff a membership committee, purchase and manage the club's alcoholic beverage inventory, establish prices for certain services, and keep club records. The bill authorizes certain individuals to form a committee to be designated as the charter members and as the members of the liquor pool of a restaurant club, authorizes the committee to sponsor an application for a private club registration permit as a nonprofit corporation, and includes certain other provisions relating to a club's bylaws and membership committees.

            House Bill 2878 authorizes a private club that was originally formed as an association of persons to incorporate and requires the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission to issue a replacement permit to the corporate entity on payment of a $100 service fee. The bill extends from three to seven days the amount of time a preliminary membership for a private club is valid. The bill authorizes, rather than requires, a service check for an alcoholic beverages replacement account to have the percentage of the service charge to be deposited in the account printed on it, authorizes certain records to be maintained in an electronic storage format, and requires the commission to provide a management entity written notice of a request for inspection of documents.