Section 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.