§ 557b-6

557B.6 Denial, suspension, or revocation of application or registration — penalties. 1. The attorney general may by order deny, suspend, or revoke a membership camping operator’s application or registration or impose a penalty of not more than five thousanddollars or a combination of suspension or revocation and penalty, if the attorney general findsthat the order is for the protection of prospective purchasers or purchasers of membershipcamping contracts and that one of the following applies: a. The membership camping operator’s advertising or sales techniques or trade practices have been or are deceptive, false, or misleading. b. The membership camping operator is not financially responsible or has insufficient capital to warrant its offering or selling membership camping contracts in this state. Theattorney general may require a surety bond or, if one is unobtainable, other evidence offinancial assurances satisfactory to the attorney general. c. The membership camping operator’s application for registration or an amendment to the registration is incomplete in a material respect. d.

inancial assurances satisfactory to the attorney general. c. The membership camping operator’s application for registration or an amendment to the registration is incomplete in a material respect. d. The membership camping operator has failed to file timely amendments to the application for registration as required by section 557B.3. e. The membership camping operator has failed to comply with any provision of this chapter that materially affects the rights of purchasers, prospective purchasers, or ownersof membership camping contracts. f. The membership camping operator has made a false or misleading representation or concealed material facts in any document or information filed with the attorney general. g. The membership camping operator has represented or is representing to purchasers in connection with the offer to sell membership camping contracts that a particular facilityis planned, without reasonable expectation that the facility will be completed within areasonable time or without the apparent means to ensure its completion. 2. An order denying, suspending, or revoking a registration or imposing a penalty shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the

ithout the apparent means to ensure its completion. 2. An order denying, suspending, or revoking a registration or imposing a penalty shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the applicant or registrant. The applicantor registrant has thirty calendar days from the date of mailing the order to request a hearingpursuant to chapter 17A. If a hearing is not requested within thirty days and is not orderedby the attorney general, the order shall remain in effect until modified or vacated by theattorney general. However, if the attorney general finds that the public health, safety, orwelfare imperatively requires emergency action, and incorporates a finding to that effect inthe order, summary suspension of a membership camping operator’s registration may beordered. If the membership camping operator desires to contest the summary order, themembership camping operator must request a hearing within fifteen calendar days of serviceof the summary order. If so requested, the hearing must be instituted within twenty calendardays of the request and the contest of the summary order must be promptly determined.

lendar days of serviceof the summary order. If so requested, the hearing must be instituted within twenty calendardays of the request and the contest of the summary order must be promptly determined. 87 Acts, ch 181, §10; 88 Acts, ch 1134, §99, 100; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §261Referred to in §557B.5 Sat Dec 23 11:05:15 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 557B.6 (15, 0)