§ 651. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the terms:\n 1. "Advertising" means any written, printed, audio or visual\ncommunication by a membership campground operator or an employee or\nagent of a membership campground operator made in conjunction with the\npromotion and sale of campground memberships.\n 2. "Business day" means any calendar day except Sunday or any legal\nholiday.\n 3. "Dues" means the annual or periodic fees, other than the purchase\nprice or user fees, that must be paid as a condition to continued\nmembership in and use of a membership campground.\n 4. "Major capital improvement" means an upgrade or improvement or\nimprovements which, in the aggregate, cost in excess of fifty thousand\ndollars.\n 5. "Membership campground" means real property, together
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§ 651. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the terms:\n 1. "Advertising" means any written, printed, audio or visual\ncommunication by a membership campground operator or an employee or\nagent of a membership campground operator made in conjunction with the\npromotion and sale of campground memberships.\n 2. "Business day" means any calendar day except Sunday or any legal\nholiday.\n 3. "Dues" means the annual or periodic fees, other than the purchase\nprice or user fees, that must be paid as a condition to continued\nmembership in and use of a membership campground.\n 4. "Major capital improvement" means an upgrade or improvement or\nimprovements which, in the aggregate, cost in excess of fifty thousand\ndollars.\n 5. "Membership campground" means real property, together with such\nfixtures and improvements as campsites, bathrooms, showers, swimming\npools, tennis courts, recreational buildings, stores and other amenities\nthat are made available to purchasers of membership camping contracts.\n 6. "Membership camping contract" or "contract" means an agreement\noffered or sold evidencing a purchaser's right or license to use a\nmembership campground under terms wherein no exclusive right to use is\ngranted for a specific and identifiable unit, and where the operator\ndoes not assign a specific and fixed number of days or weeks which the\npurchaser may use and where the operator does not represent the contract\nas an investment opportunity under which the purchaser might assign,\nsell or transfer his or her contract for profit. This term does not\ninclude any arrangement or other device, whether by agreement or\notherwise, under which a purchaser has the one-time right to use a\nspecific, identified camping site, and related facilities, for a\nspecific, identified time period, such as with an overnight or a\nseasonal rental. This term also does not include reciprocal programs or\nany arrangement or other device under which a purchaser acquires any\nleasehold, fee, timeshare or other ownership interest in a campground.\n 7. "Membership campground operator" or "operator" means any person,\ncorporation, partnership, or other entity that owns or operates a\nmembership campground.\n 8. "Purchase price" means the purchase price of a camping contract,\nincluding finance charges and related closing costs, if any, but\nexcluding dues and user fees.\n 9. "Purchaser" means a person who enters into a membership camping\ncontract and obtains the right or license to use membership campgrounds.\n 10. "Reciprocal program" means any arrangement allowing a purchaser to\nuse campgrounds or other properties other than the membership campground\nwhich is the subject of the purchaser's membership camping contract.\n 11. "User fees" means optional fees that may be charged for specific\ngoods or services that are not covered under the membership camping\ncontract.\n