Information to be furnished to purchasers by developer affiliated with company offering program.
1. A developer who affiliates his campground with a company offering a program for the exchange of rights of occupancy among members or with the members whose rights relate to other campgrounds, or both, shall give the member the following information:
(a) The name and address of the company offering the program.
(b) If the company is not a natural person, the names of the officers, directors, shareholders or partners owning at least 5 percent of the outstanding stock of that operator.
(c) A statement indicating whether the company or any of its officers, directors or partners has any legal or beneficial interest in any interest of the developer or managing agent in a plan to sell memberships included in the program, and if so, the name, location and nature of that interest.
(d) A statement that the member’s contract with the company is a contract separate and distinct from the contract of membership sold by the developer, unless the company and the developer or an affiliate are the same.
(e) A statement whether the member’s participation in the program is dependent upon the continued inclusion of the plan to sell memberships in the program.
(f) A statement indicating whether the member’s membership or participation in the program, is voluntary or mandatory.
(g) A complete and accurate description of:
(1) The terms and conditions of the member’s contractual relationship with the company and the procedure by which changes thereto may be made.
(2) The procedure to qualify for and make changes.
(3) Each limitation, restriction or priority of the program, including, but not limited to, a limitation on exchanges based on the seasons of the year, the size of the facilities or levels of occupancy, printed in boldface type, and, if those limitations, restrictions or priorities are not uniformly applied by the program, a clear description of the manner in which they are applied.
(h) A statement indicating whether an exchange is arranged on the basis of available space and whether there are any guarantees of fulfilling a specific request for an exchange.
(i) A statement indicating whether and under which circumstances a member, in dealing with the company, may lose the right to use and occupy a site in any properly requested exchange without being provided with substitute accommodations by the company.
(j) The fees to be paid by participants in the program, including a statement indicating whether any fees may be changed by the company and, if so, the circumstances under which those changes may be made.
(k) The name and address of the site of each campground included in the program.
(l) The number of sites in each campground included in the program which are available for occupancy, expressed in numerical groupings of from 1 to 5, 6 to 10, 11 to 20, 21 to 50 and over 50.
(m) The number of members with respect to each plan to sell memberships or other rights who are eligible to participate in the program, expressed in numerical groupings of from 1 to 100, 101 to 249, 250 to 499, 500 to 999 and at least 1,000, and a statement of the criteria used to determine those members who are eligible to participate in the program.
(n) The disposition made by the company of the memberships deposited with the program by members who are eligible to participate in the program and not used by the company in effecting exchanges.
(o) An annual report completed on or before July 1 of the succeeding year which must be independently certified by a certified public accountant or accounting firm in accordance with the standards of the Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, as those standards exist on June 7, 1985. The report must include:
(1) The number of members who are enrolled to participate in the program, including an indication of whether the relationship between the company and the members is based on the payment of a fee or is gratuitous.
(2) The number of campgrounds and camping sites included in the program, categorized by those campgrounds which are the subject of a contract between the developer or the association and the company and those campgrounds which are the subject of a contract between the company and members directly.
(3) The number of memberships for which the company has an outstanding obligation to provide an exchange to a member who relinquished a membership during the year in exchange for a membership in any future year.
(4) The number of exchanges confirmed by the company during the year.
2. The information required by subsection 1 must be delivered to the prospective member before the execution of any contract between the prospective member and a company or the contract of membership.
3. Upon the receipt of the information, the member shall certify in writing that he has received the information from the developer.
4. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the information required by subsection 1 must be accurate as of 30 days before the date on which the information is delivered to the prospective member. The information required by paragraphs (b), (c), (k), (l), (m) and (o) of subsection 1 must be consistent with the latest audited statement of the company which is prepared not more than 18 months before the information is delivered.
Last modified: February 27, 2006