§ 27-32-80 — Transfer of seller's interest in plan or facilities to third party.

It is a violation of this chapter for a seller of vacation time sharing plans to sell, lease, assign, or otherwise transfer or encumber the seller's interest in the vacation time sharing plan or the accommodations or facilities to a third party when the sale, lease, assignment, or other transfer substantially affects the rights of the purchasers of the vacation time sharing plan, unless: (1) the third party agrees in writing to honor fully the rights of purchasers of the vacation time sharing plan to occupy and use the accommodations or facilities; (2) the third party agrees in writing to honor fully the rights of purchasers of the vacation time sharing plan to cancel their contracts and receive an appropriate refund as provided in this chapter; (3) the third party agrees in writing to comply with the provisions of this chapter for as long as the third party continues to sell the vacation time sharing plan, or for as long as purchasers of the vacation time sharing plan are entitled to occupy the accommodations or use the facilities, whichever is longer in time; and (4) written notice is sent to each purchaser of a vacation time sharing plan affected by the transfer by certified mail within thirty days of the sale, lease, assignment, or other transfer.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 640, SECTION 1; 1979 Act No. 179, SECTION 1; 2003 Act No. 84, SECTION 1.