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§ 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 Sunday  or  any  legal  holiday.    3.  "Dues"  means the annual or periodic fees, other than the purchase  price or user fees, that must  be  paid  as  a  condition  to  continued  membership in and use of a membership campground.    4.  "Major  capital  improvement"  means  an upgrade or improvement or  improvements which, in the aggregate, cost in excess of  fifty  thousand  dollars.    5.  "Membership  campground"  means  real property, together with such  fixtures and improvements as  campsites,  bathrooms,  showers,  swimming  pools, tennis courts, recreational buildings, stores and other amenities  that are made available to purchasers of membership camping contracts.    6.  "Membership  camping  contract"  or  "contract" means an agreement  offered or sold evidencing a purchaser's  right  or  license  to  use  a  membership  campground  under terms wherein no exclusive right to use is  granted for a specific and identifiable unit,  and  where  the  operator  does  not  assign a specific and fixed number of days or weeks which the  purchaser may use and where the operator does not represent the contract  as an investment opportunity under which  the  purchaser  might  assign,  sell  or  transfer  his  or  her contract for profit. This term does not  include any  arrangement  or  other  device,  whether  by  agreement  or  otherwise,  under  which  a  purchaser  has  the one-time right to use a  specific,  identified  camping  site,  and  related  facilities,  for  a  specific,  identified  time  period,  such  as  with  an  overnight or a  seasonal rental. This term also does not include reciprocal programs  or  any  arrangement  or  other  device under which a purchaser acquires any  leasehold, fee, timeshare or other ownership interest in a campground.    7. "Membership campground operator" or "operator"  means  any  person,  corporation,  partnership,  or  other  entity  that  owns  or operates a  membership campground.    8. "Purchase price" means the purchase price of  a  camping  contract,  including  finance  charges  and  related  closing  costs,  if  any, but  excluding dues and user fees.    9. "Purchaser" means a person who enters  into  a  membership  camping  contract and obtains the right or license to use membership campgrounds.    10. "Reciprocal program" means any arrangement allowing a purchaser to  use campgrounds or other properties other than the membership campground  which is the subject of the purchaser's membership camping contract.    11.  "User  fees" means optional fees that may be charged for specific  goods or services that are not  covered  under  the  membership  camping  contract.

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Statutes > New-york > Gbs > Article-31 > 651

§ 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 Sunday  or  any  legal  holiday.    3.  "Dues"  means the annual or periodic fees, other than the purchase  price or user fees, that must  be  paid  as  a  condition  to  continued  membership in and use of a membership campground.    4.  "Major  capital  improvement"  means  an upgrade or improvement or  improvements which, in the aggregate, cost in excess of  fifty  thousand  dollars.    5.  "Membership  campground"  means  real property, together with such  fixtures and improvements as  campsites,  bathrooms,  showers,  swimming  pools, tennis courts, recreational buildings, stores and other amenities  that are made available to purchasers of membership camping contracts.    6.  "Membership  camping  contract"  or  "contract" means an agreement  offered or sold evidencing a purchaser's  right  or  license  to  use  a  membership  campground  under terms wherein no exclusive right to use is  granted for a specific and identifiable unit,  and  where  the  operator  does  not  assign a specific and fixed number of days or weeks which the  purchaser may use and where the operator does not represent the contract  as an investment opportunity under which  the  purchaser  might  assign,  sell  or  transfer  his  or  her contract for profit. This term does not  include any  arrangement  or  other  device,  whether  by  agreement  or  otherwise,  under  which  a  purchaser  has  the one-time right to use a  specific,  identified  camping  site,  and  related  facilities,  for  a  specific,  identified  time  period,  such  as  with  an  overnight or a  seasonal rental. This term also does not include reciprocal programs  or  any  arrangement  or  other  device under which a purchaser acquires any  leasehold, fee, timeshare or other ownership interest in a campground.    7. "Membership campground operator" or "operator"  means  any  person,  corporation,  partnership,  or  other  entity  that  owns  or operates a  membership campground.    8. "Purchase price" means the purchase price of  a  camping  contract,  including  finance  charges  and  related  closing  costs,  if  any, but  excluding dues and user fees.    9. "Purchaser" means a person who enters  into  a  membership  camping  contract and obtains the right or license to use membership campgrounds.    10. "Reciprocal program" means any arrangement allowing a purchaser to  use campgrounds or other properties other than the membership campground  which is the subject of the purchaser's membership camping contract.    11.  "User  fees" means optional fees that may be charged for specific  goods or services that are not  covered  under  the  membership  camping  contract.

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Statutes > New-york > Gbs > Article-31 > 651

§ 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 Sunday  or  any  legal  holiday.    3.  "Dues"  means the annual or periodic fees, other than the purchase  price or user fees, that must  be  paid  as  a  condition  to  continued  membership in and use of a membership campground.    4.  "Major  capital  improvement"  means  an upgrade or improvement or  improvements which, in the aggregate, cost in excess of  fifty  thousand  dollars.    5.  "Membership  campground"  means  real property, together with such  fixtures and improvements as  campsites,  bathrooms,  showers,  swimming  pools, tennis courts, recreational buildings, stores and other amenities  that are made available to purchasers of membership camping contracts.    6.  "Membership  camping  contract"  or  "contract" means an agreement  offered or sold evidencing a purchaser's  right  or  license  to  use  a  membership  campground  under terms wherein no exclusive right to use is  granted for a specific and identifiable unit,  and  where  the  operator  does  not  assign a specific and fixed number of days or weeks which the  purchaser may use and where the operator does not represent the contract  as an investment opportunity under which  the  purchaser  might  assign,  sell  or  transfer  his  or  her contract for profit. This term does not  include any  arrangement  or  other  device,  whether  by  agreement  or  otherwise,  under  which  a  purchaser  has  the one-time right to use a  specific,  identified  camping  site,  and  related  facilities,  for  a  specific,  identified  time  period,  such  as  with  an  overnight or a  seasonal rental. This term also does not include reciprocal programs  or  any  arrangement  or  other  device under which a purchaser acquires any  leasehold, fee, timeshare or other ownership interest in a campground.    7. "Membership campground operator" or "operator"  means  any  person,  corporation,  partnership,  or  other  entity  that  owns  or operates a  membership campground.    8. "Purchase price" means the purchase price of  a  camping  contract,  including  finance  charges  and  related  closing  costs,  if  any, but  excluding dues and user fees.    9. "Purchaser" means a person who enters  into  a  membership  camping  contract and obtains the right or license to use membership campgrounds.    10. "Reciprocal program" means any arrangement allowing a purchaser to  use campgrounds or other properties other than the membership campground  which is the subject of the purchaser's membership camping contract.    11.  "User  fees" means optional fees that may be charged for specific  goods or services that are not  covered  under  the  membership  camping  contract.