Private clubs may use a pool system, but if they use a replacement account, deposits, payments, records, and transfers must follow specific rules.
Sec. 32.06. POOL SYSTEM. (a) The pool system of storage may be used in any area. Under this system all members of a pool participate equally in the original purchase of all alcoholic beverages. The original purchase may be funded by a cash contribution from each member or from a loan to the club by a third person guaranteed by all the members. A person who provides a loan to the club under this subsection may be related or unrelated to the club. A loan for the original purchase may be repaid from the alcoholic beverages replacement account. The replacement of all alcoholic beverages shall be paid for either by money assessed equally from each member and collected in advance or by the establishment of an alcoholic beverages replacement account in which a designated percentage of each charge for the service of alcoholic beverages, as determined by the club's governing body, is deposited. (b) If an alcoholic beverages replacement account is used: (1) each service check may have printed on it the percentage of the service charge that is to be deposited in the alcoholic beverages replacement account; (2) no money other than the designated percentage of service charges may be deposited in the replacement account; (3) the replacement of alcoholic beverages may be paid for only from money in the replacement account; (4) the club's governing body may transfer from the replacement account to the club's general operating account any portion of the replacement account that the governing body determines is in excess of the amount that will be needed to purchase replacement alcoholic beverages or repay a loan for the original purchase of alcoholic beverages, but it may make only one transfer in a calendar month; and (5) the club shall maintain a monthly record of the total amount of alcoholic beverage service charges collected, the amount deposited in the replacement account, the amount used to purchase alcoholic beverages or repay a loan for the original purchase of alcoholic beverages, and the amount transferred to the club's general operating account. (c) A private club may combine the club's alcoholic beverages replacement account, general operating account, and any other account into a single master account if the master account is maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and the club is able to generate statements reflecting the funds allocated to each component account. If the club contracts with a third party to provide management or other services for the club, the club may permit the club's master account to be combined with the master accounts of other clubs to which the third party provides similar services if the combined account is maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and the third party is able to generate, for the commissioner's review on request, statements reflecting the funds allocated to each component account of the combined account and the club's master account. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 437, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 1968, ch. 777, Sec. 8, eff. Aug. 27, 1979; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1046, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1262 (H.B. 2065), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.