                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGISTRATION; FEES (§ 59.1-296.1)

A. It shall be unlawful for any health club to offer, advertise, or execute or
cause to be executed by the buyer any health club contract in this Commonwealth
unless each facility of the health club has been properly registered with the
Commissioner at the time of the offer, advertisement, sale or execution of a
health club contract. The registration shall (i) disclose the address,
ownership, date of first sales and date of first opening of the facility and
such other information as the Commissioner may require consistent with the
purposes of this chapter, (ii) be renewed annually on July 1, and (iii) be
accompanied by the appropriate registration fee per each annual registration in
the amount indicated below:
			Further, it shall be accompanied by a late fee of $50 if the registration
renewal is neither postmarked nor received on or before July 1. In the event
that a club operates multiple facilities, a $50 late fee for the first facility
and $25 for each additional facility shall accompany the registrations. For each
successive 30 days after August 1, an additional $25 shall be added for each
facility. Each separate facility where health club services are offered shall be
considered a separate facility and shall file a separate registration, even
though the separate facilities are owned or operated by the same health club.

B. Any health club that sells a health club contract prior to registering
pursuant to this section and, if required, submits the appropriate surety
required by &#xA7; 59.1-306 shall pay a late filing fee of $100 for each 30-day
period the registration or surety is late. This fee shall be in addition to all
other penalties allowed by law.

C. A registration shall be amended within 21 days if there is a change in the
information included in the registration.

D. All fees shall be remitted to the State Treasurer and shall be placed to the
credit and special fund of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services to be used in the administration of this chapter.

HISTORY: 1985, c. 585; 1988, c. 13; 1990, cc. 392, 433; 2010, c. 439; 2014, c.
459.