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hearing; summary action","url":"\/59.1-323\/","token":"59.1\/25\/2\/59.1-323","metadata":false},{"id":65193,"structure_id":14375,"section_number":"59.1-324","catch_line":"Cease and desist orders; temporary order","url":"\/59.1-324\/","token":"59.1\/25\/2\/59.1-324","metadata":false},{"id":75730,"structure_id":14375,"section_number":"59.1-325","catch_line":"Fees","url":"\/59.1-325\/","token":"59.1\/25\/2\/59.1-325","metadata":false}],"next_section":{"id":77098,"structure_id":14375,"section_number":"59.1-318","catch_line":"Application for registration of membership camping operator","url":"\/59.1-318\/","token":"59.1\/25\/2\/59.1-318","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/59.1-317\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 409 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1989, chapter 676.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62261,"section_number":"59.1-335","catch_line":"Penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-335\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":260773,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79575,"identifier":"59.1-317","token":"59.1\/25\/2\/59.1-317","url":"\/59.1-317\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-317\/","token":"59.1\/25\/2\/59.1-317","dublin_core":{"Title":"Administration; unlawful offer or execution of membership camping contract","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-317","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> This chapter shall be administered by the Virginia <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Agriculture and Consumer Services. <a id=\"paragraph-285125\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-317\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> It shall be unlawful for any <span class=\"dictionary\">membership camping operator<\/span> to offer to sell any <span class=\"dictionary\">membership camping contract<\/span> in this Commonwealth unless he is registered with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-285126\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-317\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> It shall be unlawful for any <span class=\"dictionary\">membership camping operator<\/span> registered under this chapter to sell any <span class=\"dictionary\">membership camping contract<\/span> which causes the total ratio of the outstanding and valid <span class=\"dictionary\">membership camping contracts<\/span> to exceed a ratio of fifteen such contracts for each <span class=\"dictionary\">camping site<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-285127\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-317\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADMINISTRATION; UNLAWFUL OFFER OR EXECUTION OF MEMBERSHIP CAMPING CONTRACT (\u00a7\n59.1-317)\n\nA. This chapter shall be administered by the Virginia Department of Agriculture\nand Consumer Services.\n\nB. It shall be unlawful for any membership camping operator to offer to sell any\nmembership camping contract in this Commonwealth unless he is registered with\nthe Commissioner.\n\nC. It shall be unlawful for any membership camping operator registered under\nthis chapter to sell any membership camping contract which causes the total\nratio of the outstanding and valid membership camping contracts to exceed a\nratio of fifteen such contracts for each camping site.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 409; 1989, c. 676.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}