Bill Text: NY S00157 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides the right to cancel a membership campground contract where the purchaser has been a member for at least five years, is medically unable to utilize the facilities, has paid all dues and fees through the current year and provides notice.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S00157 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S00157-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          157
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
       AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to cancellation of
         membership campground contracts
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  654  of  the  general business law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    3    3. A PURCHASER OF A MEMBERSHIP  CAMPGROUND  CONTRACT  SHALL  HAVE  THE
    4  RIGHT TO CANCEL SUCH CONTRACT UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
    5    A.  THE  PURCHASER  HAS BEEN A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING FOR A PERIOD OF
    6  NOT LESS THAN FIVE YEARS; OR
    7    B. THE PURCHASER HAS RECEIVED WRITTEN CERTIFICATION FROM  A  PHYSICIAN
    8  THAT  THEIR  HEALTH AND/OR PHYSICAL CONDITION WILL NO LONGER PERMIT SUCH
    9  PERSON TO UTILIZE THE FACILITIES OFFERED BY THE  MEMBERSHIP  CAMPGROUND;
   10  OR
   11    C.  THE PURCHASER HAS RELOCATED TO A PERMANENT RESIDENCE NOT LESS THAN
   12  FIVE HUNDRED MILES FROM THE MEMBERSHIP CAMPGROUND.
   13    WHERE A PURCHASER CANCELS A CONTRACT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SUCH
   14  PURCHASER SHALL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE PAID ALL OUTSTANDING FEES, DUES,  OR
   15  ANY  OTHER PAYMENTS DUE TO THE MEMBERSHIP CAMPGROUND THROUGH THE BALANCE
   16  OF THE CURRENT CALENDAR YEAR. NOTIFICATION OF THE  INTENT  TO  CANCEL  A
   17  MEMBERSHIP  CAMPGROUND  CONTRACT SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE MANAGEMENT OF
   18  THE MEMBERSHIP CAMPGROUND BY CERTIFIED UNITED STATES  MAIL  THIRTY  DAYS
   19  PRIOR TO CANCELLATION.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00655-01-1