A membership camping operator shall disclose the following information to a purchaser before the purchaser signs a membership camping contract or gives any money or thing of value for the purchase of a membership camping contract. The disclosures shall be delivered to the purchaser prior to the time the contract is signed and may be presented in any format selected by the membership camping operator. The disclosures may be included in or as part of the contract at the option of the membership camping operator and shall clearly communicate all of the following as of a date no more than one (1) year prior to the date of purchase:

(1) The name and address of the principal place of business of the membership camping operator and any material affiliate of the membership camping operator;
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 66-32-303

  • Campground: means real property owned or operated by a membership camping operator which is available for camping by purchasers of membership camping contracts. See Tennessee Code 66-32-302
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Developer: means , in the case of any given property, any person or entity which is in the business of creating or which is in the business of selling its own time-share intervals in any time-share program. See Tennessee Code 66-32-102
  • Facilities: means the following amenities provided and located on property owned or operated by a membership camping operator: camping sites, rental trailers or cabins, swimming pools, sport courts, recreation buildings, and trading posts or grocery stores. See Tennessee Code 66-32-302
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Membership camping contract: means an agreement offered or sold within this state evidencing a purchaser's title to, interest in, right or license to use, for more than thirty (30) days, the campgrounds and facilities of a membership camping operator and includes a membership which provides for this use. See Tennessee Code 66-32-302
  • Membership camping operator: means any enterprise, other than one that is tax exempt under §. See Tennessee Code 66-32-302
  • Purchaser: means a person who enters into a membership camping contract and obtains the right to use the camping or outdoor facilities of a membership camping operator. See Tennessee Code 66-32-302
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) A brief description of the membership camping operator’s experience in the membership camping business, including the number of years the membership camping operator has been in the membership camping business;
(3) A brief description of the nature of the purchaser’s right or license to use the membership camping operator’s campground or facilities;
(4)

(A) The location of each of the membership camping operator’s campgrounds and a brief description of the significant facilities at each campground then available for use by purchasers and those which are represented to purchasers as being planned, together with a brief description of any facilities that are or will be available to nonpurchasers or nonmembers;
(B) “Significant facilities” includes, but is not limited to, each of the following: the number of campsites in each park; the number of campsites in each park with full or partial hookups; swimming pools; tennis courts; recreation buildings; restrooms and showers; laundry rooms; trading posts; or grocery stores; and
(C) “Partial hookups” means those hookups with at least one (1) of the following connections: electricity, water, or sewer connections;
(5) A brief description of the membership camping operator’s ownership of, or other right to use, the campgrounds represented to be available for use by purchasers, together with the duration of any material lease, license, franchise, or reciprocal agreement entitling the membership camping operator to use the campground, and any material provisions of any agreements which restrict a purchaser’s use of the campground;
(6) A summary or copy of the rules, restrictions, or covenants regulating the purchaser’s use of the membership camping operator’s campgrounds, including a statement of whether and how the rules, restrictions, or covenants may be changed;
(7) A description of any restraints on the transfer of the membership camping contract;
(8) A brief description of the policies relating to the availability of camping sites and whether reservations are required;
(9) A brief description of any grounds for forfeiture of a purchaser’s membership camping contract;
(10) A brief description of all payments of a purchaser under a membership camping contract, including initial fees and any further fees, charges, or assessments, together with any provisions for changing the payments;
(11) A copy of the membership camping contract signed by the purchaser;
(12) A statement of the purchaser’s right to cancel the membership camping contract as provided in § 66-32-304;
(13) A description of the manner in which the membership camping operator has complied or proposes to comply with § 66-32-307;
(14) A description of any liens, defects, or encumbrances on or affecting the title to the membership contracts or to the campgrounds;
(15) A statement of the amount, or a statement that there is no amount, included in the budget as a reserve for repairs and replacement;
(16) The projected common expense liability, if any, by category of expenditures for the members;
(17) Any initial or special fee due from the purchaser at closing, together with a description of the purpose and method of calculating the fee;
(18) A description of the insurance coverage, or a statement that there is no insurance coverage, provided for the benefit of members; and
(19) A statement of the means, including all financial arrangements, by which the developer proposes to assure the completion of all promised improvements.
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