Section 591 - DefinitionsAs used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings. [1983, c. 248, §3(NEW).]
1.Manager. "Manager" means any person, other than all time-share owners or the association, designated in or employed pursuant to the time-share instrument or project instrument to manage the time-share units. [1983, c. 248, §3(NEW).]
2.Managing entity. "Managing entity" means the manager or, if there is no manager, the association of unit owners. [1983, c. 248, §3(NEW).]
3.Project. "Project" means real property subject to a project instrument containing more than one unit. A project may include units that are not time-share units. [1983, c. 248, §3(NEW).]
4.Project instrument. "Project instrument" means one or more recordable documents by whatever name denominated, applying to the whole of a project and containing restrictions or covenants regulating the use, occupancy or disposition of units in a project, including any amendments to the document, but excluding any law, ordinance or governmental regulation. [1983, c. 248, §3(NEW).]
5.Purchaser. "Purchaser" means any person, other than a developer, who by means of a voluntary transfer acquires a legal or equitable interest in a time share other than as security for an obligation. [1983, c. 248, §3(NEW).]
6.Time share. "Time share" means a time-share estate or a time-share license. [1983, c. 248, §3(NEW).]
7.Time-share estate. "Time-share estate" means any interest in a unit or any of several units under which the exclusive right of use, possession or occupancy of the unit circulates among the various time-share owners in the unit in accordance with a fixed time schedule on a periodically recurring basis for periods of time established by the schedule coupled with a freehold estate or an estate for years in a time-share property or a specified portion thereof. [1983, c. 248, §3(NEW).]
8.Time-share instrument. "Time-share instrument" means one or more documents, by whatever name denominated, creating or regulating time shares. [1983, c. 248, §3(NEW).]
9.Time-share license. "Time-share license" means a right to occupy a unit or any of several units during 3 or more separated time periods over a period of at least 3 years, including renewal options, not coupled with a freehold estate or an estate for years. [1983, c. 248, §3(NEW).]
10.Time-share owner. "Time-share owner" means a person who is an owner or co-owner of a time share other than as security for an obligation. [1983, c. 248, §3(NEW).]
11.Time-share property. "Time-share property" means one or more time-share units subject to the same time-share instrument, together with any other real estate or rights appurtenant to those units. [1983, c. 248, §3(NEW).]
12.Time-share unit. "Time-share unit" means a unit in which time shares exist. [1983, c. 248, §3(NEW).]
13.Unit. "Unit" means real property or a portion thereof designated for separate use. [1983, c. 248, §3(NEW).]
1983, c. 248, § 3 (NEW) .