Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 707 - Time-share ownership.
707.51 - Protection of campground interests.

707.51 Protection of campground interests.
(1) Increase in dues payments.
(a) Except as provided in par. (b), the total amount of dues payments in any year required to be paid by a campground member may not be increased over the total amount of dues payments required during the previous year by a percentage greater than the percentage increase in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined by the U.S. department of labor for the previous year, plus 3 percent.
(b) The limit on a dues payment increase provided in par. (a) does not apply if all of the following occur:
1. The campground operator proposes an increase greater than the limit.
2. The campground operator mails a ballot to each campground member to whom the increase would apply, at the campground member's last-known mailing address.
3. A majority of the campground members who return ballots approve the increase.
(2) Use of dues payments. Dues payments may not be used for any purposes other than those stated in the campground contract.
(3) Modification of campground rules.
(a) Except as provided in par. (b), with respect to a campground located in this state, the campground operator may not, in any manner that significantly degrades or diminishes the rights of the majority of campground members, adversely modify any campground rules or regulations or adversely modify rights to or the scope or nature of any campground or campground amenity, unless occasioned by unanticipated emergency circumstances, in which case the modifications may be made for a period not to exceed 90 days.
(b) Except as provided in par. (c), a campground operator may modify campground rules or regulations, or rights to or the scope or nature of a campground or campground amenity if all of the following occur:
1. The campground operator proposes a modification.
2. The campground operator mails a ballot to each campground member to whom the modification would apply, at the campground member's last-known mailing address.
3. A majority of the campground members who return ballots approve the modification.
(c) A campground operator may not under par. (b) terminate a campground contract or suspend a campground member's right or privilege to use a campground or campground amenities.
History: 1987 a. 399.

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