Section 407.1243 - Registration statement required, content - approval by attorney general, procedure - grandfather clause1. No travel club may offer vacation benefits for sale unless the travel club maintains an effective registration statement with the Missouri attorney general that discloses the following information: (1) The name of the travel club, including the name under which the travel club is doing or intends to do business, if it is different from the name of the travel club;(2) The name of any parent or affiliated organization that will engage in business transactions with the purchasers of travel benefits or accept responsibility for statements made by, or acts of, the travel club that relate to sales solicited by the travel club;(3) The travel club's business type and place of organization;(4) If the travel club is an entity, the travel club's formation and governing documents, including articles of organization, bylaws, operating agreements, and partnership agreements;(5) If operating under a fictitious business name, the location where the fictitious name has been registered and the same information for any parent or affiliated organization disclosed under subdivision (2) of this subsection;(6) The names and addresses of the principal owners, officers, and directors of the travel club;(7) The addresses where the travel club shall offer travel club memberships for sale;(8) The name and address of the registered agent in the state of Missouri for service of process for the travel club;(9) A brief description of the travel club memberships the travel club is offering for sale; and(10) The travel club has demonstrated that it possesses liquid assets of at least two hundred fifty thousand dollars in the form of one or more certificates of deposit or a letter of credit that is issued by a banking institution with assets of at least seventy-five million dollars. This provision shall also apply to renewals under section 407.1246. These liquid assets shall be available to the attorney general in the event that the travel club is adjudged to have failed to satisfy legal obligations to its members. Interest on any instrument provided shall accrue to the travel club.2. The attorney general shall evidence his or her receipt, approval, or disapproval, as the case may be, of a travel club's registration statement or registration renewal statement within thirty days from and after the submission. Upon compliance with the foregoing requirements, the attorney general shall approve the registration statement. Should any registration fail to address any of the registration conditions as set forth above, the attorney general shall advise in writing the registration deficiencies and the manner in which said deficiencies shall be cured. Such advice shall be provided by the attorney general within fifteen working days from the initial filing of the documents.3. Travel clubs that are operational prior to August 28, 2005, may continue their business activities during the pendency of the attorney general's processing of their registration statements; provided that such registration statement is filed with the attorney general within ninety calendar days of August 28, 2005. Registration of a travel club shall not be transferable.4. The registration statement shall additionally have appended thereto: (1) The form of contract under which the travel club proposes to sell travel club memberships which contains the rescission statement;(2) A check made to the order of the Missouri attorney general in the amount of fifty dollars. L. 2005S.B. 274 , A.L. 2009H.B. 83