707.50 Conversion building; tenants’ rights. (1) NOTICE OF CONVERSION. A developer of a time-share property which includes all or part of a conversion building, and any person in the business of selling real estate for the person’s own account who intends to offer time shares in a time-share property which includes all or part of a conversion building, shall give each residential tenant and residential subtenant in possession of the proposed time-share units 120 days’ prior written notice of the conversion. The notice shall set forth generally the rights of tenants and subtenants under this section and shall be personally delivered to the unit or mailed to the tenant and subtenant at the address of the unit or any other mailing address provided by a tenant. (1m) TENANTS’ RIGHTS. (a) A residential tenant or residential subtenant shall not be required to vacate the property during the notice period required under sub. (1) unless the tenancy is properly terminated under s. 704.17 or unless, with respect to a tenancy under a lease, as defined in s. 704.01 (1), the term of the lease expires. (b) The terms of a residential tenancy may not be altered during the notice period required under sub. (1). (c) Failure to give notice as required by this section is a defense to an action for possession. (2) NOTICE OF TERMINATION. If the notice provided under sub. (1) meets the requirements of s. 704.17 or 704.19, whichever may be applicable, and s. 704.21, the notice constitutes both a notice of conversion and notice of termination of tenancy. (3) PRIORITY OF LEASE. Nothing in this section permits ter-
May 22, 2026, are designated by NOTES. (Published 5-22-26)
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mination of a lease by a developer in violation of the terms of the lease. History: 1987 a. 399.
707.51
Protection of campground interests. (1) IN(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. CREASE IN DUES PAYMENTS.
History: 1987 a. 399.
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Campgrounds; breach by member. (1) TERMINATION FOR BREACH. A campground operator may not terminate a campground contract because of a campground member’s breach of rules or regulations or terms or conditions of the campground contract, other than terms or conditions for installment payments of the purchase price or for dues payments, unless the campground member has been given at least 30 days’ prior written notice of the breach and an opportunity within that period to cure the breach, and unless the breach constitutes any of the following: (a) A threat to others or to the property of others. (b) A repeated violation of rules or regulations or terms or conditions, after notice has been given of a previous breach. (c) A public nuisance. (d) An unreasonable infringement upon the rights of other campground members.
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(2) SUSPENSION. A campground operator, upon prior written notice, may immediately suspend a campground member’s right or privilege to use campgrounds and campground amenities upon a breach of rules or regulations or terms or conditions under sub. (1) (a) to (d) or upon failure to make installment payments of the purchase price or to make dues payments. (3) TERMINATION; INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS. A campground operator may not terminate a campground contract because of a campground member’s failure to make installment payments of the purchase price unless the campground member has been given at least 30 days’ prior written notice of the breach and an opportunity within that period to cure the breach. (4) TERMINATION; DUES PAYMENTS. A campground operator may not terminate a campground contract because of a campground member’s failure to make dues payments unless the default continues for more than 6 months. (5) REINSTATING A CAMPGROUND CONTRACT. A campground operator may reinstate a campground contract that was terminated or suspended for failure to make installment payments of the purchase price or dues payments if the campground member pays all delinquent amounts, together with any interest or penalties specified in the campground contract. (6) NO UNREASONABLE FORFEITURE. The termination of a campground contract because of a campground member’s breach may not result in an unreasonable forfeiture of the amount of the purchase price already paid. During the first 5 years after a campground contract is signed, the campground operator may not retain a forfeiture, as the result of a campground member’s breach, in an amount which exceeds that portion of the total purchase price which is equal to the percentage of the number of months the campground contract has been in effect during the first 5-year period plus 20 percent of the total purchase price. History: 1987 a. 399.