707.43 Multilocation developer; additional requirements.

(1) Definition. As used in this section, “multilocation developer" means a developer creating or selling its own time shares in more than one time-share property under a program permitting time-share owners, by reservation or other similar procedure, to occupy time-share units in more than one time-share property.

(2) Additional requirements. If time-share owners are permitted or required to participate in a multilocation program, the time-share disclosure statement or a supplement delivered with the statement shall contain or fully and accurately disclose, in addition to the information required by s. 707.41 (4) and, if applicable, ss. 707.42, 707.44 and 707.45, all of the following information:

(a) A complete and accurate description of the procedure to qualify for and effectuate use rights in time-share units in the multilocation program.

(b) A complete and accurate description of all limitations, restrictions or priorities employed in the operation of the multilocation program, including limitations on reservations, use or entitlement rights based on the season, unit size, levels of occupancy or class of owner, expressed in boldface type, and, if the limitations, restrictions or priorities are not uniformly applied by the multilocation program, a clear description of the manner in which they are applied.

(c) Whether use is arranged on a space-available basis and whether the multilocation developer guarantees fulfilling specific requests for use.

(d) The name and address of the site of each time-share property included in the multilocation program.

(e) The number of time-share units in each time-share property which is available for occupancy and all of the following about each such time-share unit:

1. The interest which the multilocation developer has in the time-share unit and, if less than fee ownership, a statement of all relevant terms of the multilocation developer's interest in the time-share unit.

2. Whether the time-share unit may be withdrawn from the multilocation program.

(f) All of the following information, which shall be independently audited by an independent, certified public accountant or accounting firm in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles:

1. The number of time-share owners in the multilocation program.

2. For each time-share property in the multilocation program, the number of properly made requests for use of time-share units in the time-share property.

3. For each time-share property, the number of time-share owners who received the right to use a unit in the time-share property, expressed as a percentage of the time-share owners who properly requested such use in the time-share property.

(g) The following statement in boldface type: THE PERCENTAGE OF TIME-SHARE OWNERS WHO RECEIVED THE RIGHT TO USE A UNIT IN THE TIME-SHARE PROPERTY DOES NOT INDICATE A PURCHASER'S PROBABILITIES OF BEING ABLE TO USE ANY TIME-SHARE UNIT, SINCE AVAILABILITY AT INDIVIDUAL LOCATIONS MAY VARY.

History: 1987 a. 399.