§ 653. Specific disclosures. 1. Prior to the execution of a membership\ncamping contract, the purchaser must be provided with a disclosure\ndocument which shall begin with the following language printed in upper\ncase boldface type of a minimum size of ten points:\n DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT\n THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT CONTAINS IMPORTANT MATTERS CONCERNING THE\n PURCHASE OF A MEMBERSHIP CAMPING CONTRACT. STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT\n THESE DISCLOSURES BE MADE, BUT NO STATE AGENCY OR OFFICIAL HAS\n REVIEWED THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT. THE STATEMENTS\n CONTAINED HEREIN ARE ONLY SUMMARY IN NATURE. YOU SHOULD NOT RELY UPON\n ANY ORAL REPRESENTATIONS WHICH ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE DISCLOSURES\n CONTAINED HEREIN AS BEING CORRECT. A MEMBERSHIP CAMPGROUND OPERATOR IS\n PROHIBITED FROM MAKING ANY REPRESENTATIONS WHICH CONFLICT WITH THOSE\n CONTAINED IN THE CONTRACT OR THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT.\n 2. The disclosure document shall consist of a written statement\ncontaining all of the following information:\n a. The name and address of the membership campground operator.\n b. A description of the operator's business experience. Such\ndescription shall disclose any event within the last ten years in which\nthe operator has filed for or been subject to involuntary bankruptcy,\ninsolvency, or an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or has been\nconvicted of a felony in any criminal case or proceeding or has been the\nsubject of a judgment unless reversed on appeal in any civil or\nadministrative case or proceeding involving fraud, or deceptive\npractices, or violation of any law applicable to membership campgrounds.\nThe operator shall also make such disclosures as may be required and\nmutually agreed upon as a result of negotiations between the operator\nand the attorney general and contained in a consent order or assurance\nof discontinuance resulting from an investigation, action or proceeding\ncommenced by the attorney general.\n c. A brief description of the nature of the purchaser's right or\nlicense to use the membership campground operator's property or\nfacilities.\n d. The location of each membership campground owned by the membership\ncampground operator which is offered for purchaser's use and a brief\ndescription for each campground of the facilities then available for use\nby purchaser, and those facilities which are represented to purchaser as\nplanned, together with a brief description of any facilities that are or\nwill be available to non-purchasers or non-members. The description\nrequired herein shall include, but not be limited to, the number of\ncamping sites in each campground, the number of camping sites in each\ncampground with full or partial hook-ups, and a description of the\nfacilities at each campground.\n e. The following statement shall be given in the contract, printed in\nboldface type of a minimum size of ten points reading:\n PURCHASE A MEMBERSHIP CAMPING CONTRACT ONLY ON THE BASIS OF EXISTING\n FACILITIES. CONSTRUCTION OF PLANNED FACILITIES MAY SOMETIMES BE\n DELAYED OR TERMINATED FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.\n f. A description of the membership campground operator's ownership or\nother right to use the campground together with the duration of any\nlease, license, or franchise entitling the membership campground\noperator to use the property, and any material provisions of any\nagreements which restrict a purchaser's use of the property.\n g. A description of the effect on the purchaser's membership rights if\na subsequent holder, successor, assign or other person later acquires\nthe campground or campgrounds through foreclosure, bankruptcy, sale,\ndeed, or other conveyance.\n h. A copy of the rules, restrictions or covenants regulating the\npurchaser's use of the membership campground operator's property or\nproperties, including a statement of whether and how the rules,\nrestrictions or covenants may be changed.\n i. A brief description of all paym
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