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CT Gen Stat § 42-103pp (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 734b - Time Shares|Section 42-103pp - Cancellation of purchase contract.

 (a) A purchaser may cancel a purchase contract before midnight of the fifth calendar day after the date the purchaser signs and receives a copy of the purchase contract or receives the required time share disclosure statement, whichever is later. A developer may offer a cancellation period that is longer than five calendar days if required in the jurisdiction where the time share property is located.(b) A purchaser shall not waive any right of cancellation under this section. A contract containing a waiver is voidable by the purchaser.(c) If a purchaser elects to cancel a purchase contract under this section, the purchaser may do so by hand-delivering notice of cancellation to the developer, by mailing notice by prepaid United States mail or by faxing notice to the developer or to the developer's agent for service of process or by providing notice by overnight common carrier delivery service to the developer or the developer's agent for service of process.(d) Cancellation shall be without penalty, and all payments made by the purchaser before cancellation shall be refunded and any negotiable instrument executed by the purchaser shall be returned not later than twenty business days after the date on which the developer receives a timely notice of cancellation or on or before the fifth day after the date the developer receives good funds from the purchaser, whichever is later.(P.A. 09-156, S. 14.)History: P.A. 09-156 effective January 1, 2010.
CT Gen Stat § 42-103rr (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 734b - Time Shares|Section 42-103rr - Exchange company. Liability exceptions.

 (a) An exchange company may employ seasonal demand and unit occupancy restrictions in the operation of its exchange program.(b) A developer shall not incur any liability arising out of the use, delivery or publication to a purchaser of written information or audio-visual materials provided to such developer by the exchange company in accordance with section 42-103nn, unless the developer knows or has reason to know that the materials are inaccurate or false.(c) No exchange company shall have any liability with respect to any violation under sections 42-103cc to 42-103ddd, inclusive, arising out of the use by a developer of information relating to an exchange program other than that provided to the developer by the exchange company.(d) An exchange company may elect to deny exchange privileges to any purchaser whose use of the accommodations of the purchaser's time share plan is denied, and no exchange program or exchange company shall be liable to any of its members or third parties on account of any such denial of exchange privileges.(e) Except for written information or audio-visual materials provided to a developer by an exchange company, an exchange company shall not incur liability as a result of (1) a representation made by a developer that relates to any exchange program or exchange company, or (2) the use, delivery or publication by a developer of information that relates to an exchange program or exchange company.(P.A. 09-156, S. 16.)History: P.A. 09-156 effective January 1, 2010.
CT Gen Stat § 42-103tt (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 734b - Time Shares|Section 42-103tt - Unfair trade practices. Use rights compliance. Nonmaterial error or omission.

 (a) Any of the following committed by a developer or other person shall be deemed an unfair trade practice under chapter 735a:(1) Failing to disclose the information required to be disclosed, to the extent applicable, by sections 42-103cc to 42-103ddd, inclusive;(2) Making false or materially misleading statements of fact concerning the characteristics of accommodations or amenities available to a consumer;(3) Making false or materially misleading statements of fact concerning the duration that accommodations or amenities will be available to a consumer;(4) Making false or materially misleading statements of fact concerning the conditions under which a purchaser of a time share interest may exchange the right to occupy a unit for the right to occupy a unit in the same or another time share property;(5) Representing that a prize, gift or other benefit will be awarded in connection with a promotion with the intent not to award that prize, gift or benefit in the manner represented;(6) Failing to provide a copy of the purchase contract to the purchaser at the time the contract is signed by the purchaser;(7) Failing to provide the annual statement required by subsection (a) of section 42-103ww; or(8) Failing to maintain a one-to-one use right to use night ratio for a time share plan during a consecutive twelve-month period, as determined under subsection (c) of this section.(b) The provisions of this section are not exclusive and are in addition to any other unfair trade practices provided for under any other law.(c) A developer complies with the one-to-one use right to use night ratio referred to in subdivision (8) of subsection (a) of this section if the sum of the nights that purchasers are entitled to use in a given twelve-month period do not exceed the number of nights available for use by those purchasers during the same twelve-month period. No individual time share unit may be counted as providing more than three hundred sixty-five use nights per twelve-month period or more than three hundred sixty-six use nights per twelve-month period that includes February twenty-ninth. The use rights of each purchaser shall be counted without regard to whether the purchaser's use rights have been suspended for failure to pay assessments or for other reasons.(d) A nonmaterial error or omission is not actionable if a developer has complied with sections 42-103cc to 42-103ddd, inclusive, in good faith. Any nonmaterial error or omission is not sufficient to permit a purchaser to cancel a purchase contract after the period provided for cancellation expires under said sections.(P.A. 09-156, S. 18.)History: P.A. 09-156 effective January 1, 2010.
CT Gen Stat § 42-103vv (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 734b - Time Shares|Section 42-103vv - Developer prohibitions. Penalty.

 (a) Except as provided in sections 42-103cc to 42-103ddd, inclusive, no developer shall (1) offer or dispose of a time share interest in a time share property that has not been registered with the Department of Consumer Protection, or (2) accept reservations and deposits from prospective purchasers.(b) Any developer who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. A developer shall not be prosecuted for more than one offense involving the same promotion, even if mailed or distributed to more than one person.(P.A. 09-156, S. 20.)History: P.A. 09-156 effective January 1, 2010.
CT Gen Stat § 42-103xx (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 734b - Time Shares|Section 42-103xx - Treatment of assessments collected by managing entity. Disclosures. Fiduciary duty of managing entity.

 (a) A managing entity that manages two or more single-site time share plans shall not commingle the assessments collected from purchasers of one time share plan with the assessments collected from purchasers of any other single-site plan for which it is the managing entity unless the practice is disclosed in the time share disclosure statement for each time share property and an appropriate statement is included in the declaration required by section 42-103gg for each time share property.(b) A managing entity that manages a multisite time share plan may deposit assessments collected from purchasers of one time share property into a common account with assessments collected from purchasers of other time share properties participating in the same multisite time share plan only if the practice is disclosed in the time share disclosure statement for each time share property in the multisite time share plan and an appropriate statement is included in the declaration required by section 42-103gg for each time share plan.(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow a managing entity to commingle assessments of a multisite time share plan with the assessments of a separate multisite time share plan or a time share plan that is not a part of the multisite time share plan.(d) In matters related to the funds of the owners of time share interests and the association, the managing entity shall have a duty to act in the best interests of each owner of a time share interest in the time share plan and the association.(P.A. 09-156, S. 22.)History: P.A. 09-156 effective January 1, 2010.
CT Gen Stat § 42-103zz (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 734b - Time Shares|Section 42-103zz - Costs of delinquent assessment collection. Notice to purchaser.

 Notwithstanding any provision of section 42-103yy or 36a-805, any costs of collection, including reasonable collection agency fees and reasonable attorney's fees incurred in the collection of a delinquent assessment, shall be paid by the purchaser and shall be secured by a lien in favor of the managing entity upon the time share interest with respect to which the delinquent assessment has been incurred. In the event that the managing entity turns the matter over to a consumer collection agency, the managing entity shall advise the purchaser not later than sixty days prior to turning the matter over to the consumer collection agency that the purchaser may be liable for the fees of the consumer collection agency and that a lien may result therefrom.(P.A. 09-156, S. 24.)History: P.A. 09-156 effective January 1, 2010.
CT Gen Stat § 42-103aaa (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 734b - Time Shares|Section 42-103aaa - Books and records.

 (a) A developer or managing entity, on written request by an owner, shall make available for examination at its registered office or principal place of business and at any reasonable time or times the relevant books and records relating to the collection and expenditure of assessments.(b) A developer or managing entity shall maintain in its records a copy of each purchase contract for an accommodation sold by the developer for a time share period unless the contract has been canceled. If a sale of the time share estate is pending, the developer shall retain a copy of the contract until a deed of conveyance, agreement for deed or lease is recorded in the real property records of the town, county or other jurisdiction in which the time share property is located.(P.A. 09-156, S. 25.)History: P.A. 09-156 effective January 1, 2010.
CT Gen Stat § 42-103bbb (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 734b - Time Shares|Section 42-103bbb - Time share resale broker requirements. Rebuttable presumption. Exclusions.

 (a) A time share resale broker who acts on behalf of a time share owner other than a developer or its affiliate, shall, prior to offering in this state:(1) Be licensed as a real estate broker pursuant to the provisions of section 20-311; and(2) Comply with the provisions of sections 42-103ccc and 42-103ddd and submit copies to the department of the contract and disclosures required by section 42-103ddd.(b) For purposes of this section, a rebuttable presumption shall exist that a person who has acquired twelve or more time share interests and offers them for resale in any twelve-month period did not acquire them for the personal use and occupancy of such person.(c) Unless the method for resale of time shares is for the purpose of evading the provisions of sections 42-103cc to 42-103ddd, inclusive, a person shall not be deemed to be a time share resale broker if such person:(1) Is a licensed real estate salesperson in this state who resells or offers to resell time share interests in a time share plan as an agent for a developer who is registered under sections 42-103cc to 42-103aaa, inclusive, provided such salesperson (A) delivers all disclosures required of a developer under sections 42-103cc to 42-103aaa, inclusive, or (B) complies with the provisions of section 42-103ccc;(2) Is a developer who is registered under sections 42-103cc to 42-103aaa, inclusive, or is an affiliate of the developer that is also the managing entity, provided such developer or affiliated managing entity (A) delivers all disclosures required of a developer under sections 42-103cc to 42-103aaa, inclusive, or (B) complies with the provisions of section 42-103ccc;(3) Is an association that is not otherwise a developer, that sells or engages a third party to sell on its behalf, fifty or fewer time share interests in the time share plan that it governs in a given calendar year to persons who are not existing purchasers of that time share plan and such association is in compliance with section 42-103ccc; or(4) Is an exchange company that has filed pursuant to subsection (e) of section 42-103nn.(d) A time share resale broker who offers to resell a time share interest shall:(1) Provide a fully executed copy of the written agreement described in subsection (a) of section 42-103ddd to the time share owner on the date the owner signs the agreement; and(2) Make the disclosures required pursuant to subsection (a) of section 42-103ddd before accepting anything of value from the time share owner.(P.A. 09-156, S. 26.)History: P.A. 09-156 effective January 1, 2010.
CT Gen Stat § 42-103ccc (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 734b - Time Shares|Section 42-103ccc - Time share resale disclosure requirements.

 Before a purchaser signs any contract to purchase a time share resale, the person who is reselling the time share shall disclose in conspicuous type in the contract to purchase the time share resale the following information:(1) The name, address and telephone number of the time share plan and the managing entity of the time share plan;(2) The period of time or the duration of time during which the purchaser may use the time share interest;(3) A legal description of the time share interest being acquired;(4) The earliest date that the purchaser may use the time share interest;(5) The name, address, telephone number and Internet web site address, if applicable, of the entity from which the governing documents of the association, if any, and the time share instrument may be obtained, together with the following disclosure:“THERE ARE MANY IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE TIME SHARE PLAN WHICH YOU SHOULD REVIEW PRIOR TO PURCHASING A TIME SHARE INTEREST, INCLUDING THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM OR COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS; THE OWNERS' ASSOCIATION ARTICLES AND BYLAWS; THE CURRENT YEAR'S OPERATING AND RESERVE, IF ANY, BUDGETS; AND ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS AFFECTING THE USE OF THE TIME SHARE PLAN ACCOMMODATIONS AND AMENITIES.”;(6) The amount of the annual assessment for the time share interest for the current fiscal year and a statement indicating whether or not ad valorem real property taxes are included in the annual assessment;(7) If ad valorem real property taxes are not included in the annual assessment, the amount of ad valorem real property taxes for the most recent tax year for which a bill has been issued;(8) Whether all assessments against the time share interest are paid in full, and if not, the amount owed, and the consequences of failure to pay any assessment or real property taxes; and(9) Any other information required to be disclosed pursuant to regulations adopted by the commissioner.(P.A. 09-156, S. 27.)History: P.A. 09-156 effective January 1, 2010.
CT Gen Stat § 42-103ddd (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 734b - Time Shares|Section 42-103ddd - Time share resale agreement requirements. Exceptions.

 (a) An agreement for a time share resale entered into by a time share owner and a time share resale broker who offers to resell such owner's time share interest shall:(1) Be in writing; and(2) Contain disclosures in conspicuous type that set forth:(A) Whether any person other than the time share owner may use the time share interest during the period before the time share is resold;(B) Whether any person other than the time share owner may rent or exchange the use of the time share interest during the period before the time share is resold;(C) The name of any person who will receive any rents, profits or other consideration generated from the use of the time share interest during the period before the time share interest is resold;(D) A detailed description of any relationship between the person who resells the time share interest and any other person who receives any benefit from the use of the time share interest;(E) A description, including the amount, of any fee to be paid by the time share owner to the time share resale broker prior to the sale of the time share interest. If any such fee is charged by the time share resale broker prior to the sale of the time share interest, a statement shall be included disclosing (i) the number of time share interests sold by the time share resale broker compared to the number of time share interests listed by the time share resale broker for each of the past three years, or (ii) the ratio or percentage of the number of listings versus the number of time share interests sold for each of the past three years; and(F) A description of the amount or percentage and procedures for paying any commissions due to the time share resale broker upon resale of the time share interest.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 42-103cc to 42-103ddd, inclusive, any time share property established within this state on or before December 31, 2009, shall be exempt from the provisions of said sections, and shall be subject to the general statutes and the regulations of Connecticut state agencies as existed on said date.(P.A. 09-156, S. 28.)History: P.A. 09-156 effective January 1, 2010.
CT Gen Stat § 42-110c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 735a - Unfair Trade Practices|Section 42-110c - Exceptions.

 (a) Nothing in this chapter shall apply to: (1) Transactions or actions otherwise permitted under law as administered by any regulatory board or officer acting under statutory authority of the state or of the United States; or (2) acts done by the publisher, owner, agent or employee of a newspaper, periodical or radio or television station in the publication or dissemination of an advertisement, where the publisher, owner, agent or employee did not have knowledge of the false, misleading, unfair or deceptive character of the advertisement, and did not have direct financial interest in the sale or distribution of the advertised product or service.(b) The burden of proving exemption, as provided in this section, from the provisions of this chapter shall be upon the person claiming the exemption.(P.A. 73-615, S. 3, 16; P.A. 75-618, S. 2, 11; P.A. 76-303, S. 2, 4.)History: P.A. 75-618 referred to “unfair” character of advertisement in Subsec. (a); P.A. 76-303 specified transactions or actions otherwise permitted “under law”.Cited. 186 C. 507; 190 C. 510; 192 C. 558; 200 C. 172. Municipal housing authority is exempt from liability under CUTPA. 213 C. 354. Cited. 230 C. 486. Municipality is exempt from liability under CUTPA when acting pursuant to a pervasive statutory scheme. 249 C. 1.Cited. 42 CA 599. Town may not be sued under CUTPA for allegedly overcharging for building permit fees because CUTPA does not apply to the system of issuing building permits and collecting fees which is authorized and regulated by state statute and regulation. 142 CA 326.Cited. 40 CS 336; 45 CS 11.Subsec. (a):Cited. 199 C. 651. Subdiv. (1): CUTPA is subject to the remoteness doctrine as a limitation on standing, and complaint brought re increased power generation at nuclear power station failed to allege direct harm. 300 C. 542.
CT Gen Stat § 42-110e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 735a - Unfair Trade Practices|Section 42-110e - Appeals.

 Any person required by an order of the commissioner to cease and desist from using any method, act or practice declared unlawful by section 42-110b or to make restitution may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183. Appeals under this section shall be privileged cases to be heard by the court as soon after the return day as shall be practicable.(P.A. 73-615, S. 5, 16; P.A. 76-436, S. 280, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 122, 125; P.A. 81-356, S. 2.)History: P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 replaced detailed appeal provisions with requirement that appeals be made in accordance with Sec. 4-183 but retained provision re privileged status of cases; P.A. 81-356 allowed appeals by persons required to make restitution.Cited. 186 C. 507; 192 C. 558; 217 C. 404.
CT Gen Stat § 42-110f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 735a - Unfair Trade Practices|Section 42-110f - Powers of receiver. Restitution. Judicial supervision.

 When a receiver is appointed by the court pursuant to this chapter, he shall have the power to sue for, collect, receive and take into his possession all the goods and chattels, rights and credits, moneys and effects, lands and tenements, books, records, documents, papers, choses in action, bills, notes and property of every description, derived by, or aiding in any manner, any practice declared to be illegal and prohibited by this chapter, including property with which such property has been mingled if it cannot be identified in kind because of such commingling, and to sell, convey, and assign the same and hold and dispose of the proceeds thereof under the direction of the court. Any person who has suffered damages as a result of the use or employment of any unlawful practices and submits proof to the satisfaction of the court that he has in fact been damaged, may participate with general creditors in the distribution of the assets to the extent he has sustained out-of-pocket losses. In the case of a partnership or business entity, the receiver shall settle the estate and distribute the assets under the direction of the court. The court shall have jurisdiction of all questions arising in such proceedings and may make such orders and judgments therein as may be required.(P.A. 73-615, S. 6, 16.)Cited. 186 C. 507; 192 C. 558.
CT Gen Stat § 42-110h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 735a - Unfair Trade Practices|Section 42-110h - Class actions.

 As soon as practicable after the commencement of an action brought as a class action, the court shall determine by order whether it is to be so maintained. An order under this section may be conditional, and it may be amended before decision on the merits. An order issued under this section shall be immediately appealable by either party.(P.A. 73-615, S. 8, 16; P.A. 84-468, S. 3, 10; P.A. 00-196, S. 59.)History: P.A. 84-468 deleted former Subsecs. (a), (b) and (d) to (h), inclusive, detailing procedure for class actions; P.A. 00-196 made a technical change.Cited. 186 C. 507; 241 C. 278.Cited. 23 CA 585.Cited. 42 CS 198.
CT Gen Stat § 42-110i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices|Chapter 735a - Unfair Trade Practices|Section 42-110i - Settlement of class actions.

 Section 42-110i is repealed.(P.A. 73-615, S. 9, 16; P.A. 75-618, S. 6, 11; P.A. 76-435, S. 60, 82; P.A. 79-210, S. 2; P.A. 84-468, S. 9, 10.)