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650 – Short Title.

§ 650. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Membership campground act”.

651 – Definitions.

§ 651. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the terms: 1. “Advertising” means any written, printed, audio or visual communication by a membership campground operator or an employee or agent of a membership campground operator made in conjunction with the promotion and sale of campground memberships. 2. “Business day” means any calendar day except […]

652 – Applicability.

§ 652. Applicability. 1. Except as provided herein, this article shall apply to the sale or offer of sale of membership camping contracts to residents of the state if the facilities which are the subject of the membership camping contract are in the state, or if the sale or offer of sale is made in […]

653 – Specific Disclosures.

§ 653. Specific disclosures. 1. Prior to the execution of a membership camping contract, the purchaser must be provided with a disclosure document which shall begin with the following language printed in upper case boldface type of a minimum size of ten points: DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT CONTAINS IMPORTANT MATTERS CONCERNING THE PURCHASE OF […]

654 – Right of Cancellation.

§ 654. Right of cancellation. 1. The purchaser may cancel a membership camping contract with or without cause within three business days after the execution of such contract. Notice of cancellation shall be delivered by hand or mailed to the address specified in the contract. Notice of cancellation shall be deemed timely given if postmarked […]

654-A – Cancellation of Membership Camping Contracts.

§ 654-a. Cancellation of membership camping contracts. 1. For the purposes of this section the following terms shall have the following meanings: a. “adult care facility” shall have the same meaning as such term is defined in subdivision twenty-one of section two of the social services law, provided, however, that for the purposes of this […]

655 – Restriction on Conveyance of Campgrounds.

§ 655. Restriction on conveyance of campgrounds. 1. No membership campground operator shall convey or transfer a membership campground unless the transferee takes title or possession subject to all rights of purchasers; or the membership campground operator immediately substitutes for the use of purchasers another campground which is located within a fifty-mile radius and is […]

656 – Advertising Standards.

§ 656. Advertising standards. Membership campground operators, their employees and agents shall be subject to all relevant provisions of this chapter, including, but not limited to, sections three hundred forty-nine, three hundred fifty, and three hundred sixty-nine-ee in the marketing, promotion, and advertising of membership camping contracts.

657 – Escrow.

§ 657. Escrow. 1. All monies, except dues, paid under a membership camping contract that is sold under a representation that a major capital improvement shall be constructed shall be placed in escrow. 2. All such funds received by a membership campground operator shall be kept and maintained in an interest bearing account separate and […]

658 – Violations.

§ 658. Violations. Any membership campground operator or his agents, employees or assignees who violate any provision of this article shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for each such violation.

659 – Contracts Void and Unenforceable.

§ 659. Contracts void and unenforceable. 1. Any membership camping contract which does not comply with the applicable provisions of this article shall be void and unenforceable as contrary to public policy. 2. Any waiver by the purchaser of the provisions of this article shall be deemed void and unenforceable by the seller and contrary […]

660 – Construction.

§ 660. Construction. 1. This article neither enlarges nor diminishes the rights of parties in private litigation except as provided in this section. 2. Any person who has been injured by reason of any violation of this article may bring an action in his own name to enjoin such unlawful act or practice, an action […]