This section says which timeshare properties this chapter applies to, and lists specific exemptions and carve-outs.
Sec. 221.003. APPLICABILITY. (a) This chapter applies to all timeshare properties that are located in this state or offered for sale in this state. (b) Timeshare properties located outside this state are subject only to Subchapters C through H and J. (c) This chapter applies to any timeshare property in existence on or after August 26, 1985, but does not affect a timeshare contract in existence before that date. (d) A timeshare property subject to this chapter is not subject to: (1) Section 5.008 or 5.012; (2) Chapter 202; (3) Chapter 207; or (4) Chapter 209, unless an individual timeshare owner continuously occupies a single timeshare property as the owner's primary residence 12 months of the year. (e) If a person with a specific program that might otherwise be subject to this chapter received from the commission, before January 31, 2005, a written determination that the program is exempt from this chapter as the chapter existed when the determination was made, the program remains exempt from this chapter if: (1) the program does not vary materially from the terms on which the exemption was granted; or (2) the program varies materially from the terms on which the exemption was granted, but the person receives from the commission a new written determination that the program is exempt from this chapter. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 6.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Renumbered from Sec. 201.003 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 13.03(b), eff. Aug. 28, 1989. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 539 (H.B. 1045), Sec. 2, eff. January 15, 2006. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 1372), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 554 (H.B. 2261), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.