Section 44-3-178. Exceptions to public offering statement requirement under this article

   (a) In lieu of the public offering statement required by this article, the developer may give prospective purchasers a public offering statement or similar disclosure document which meets the requirements of the Federal Securities and Exchange Act of 1933 or, if the time-share project is located in another state, a public offering statement or similar disclosure document which that state may require to be prepared and provided to purchasers.

(b) A public offering statement need not be prepared or delivered in the case of:

   (1) A transfer of a time-share interval by any time-share interval owner or user other than the developer or such developer's agent;

   (2) A disposition pursuant to court order;

   (3) A disposition by a government or governmental agency;

   (4) A disposition by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure;

   (5) A disposition of a time-share interval in a time-share project situated wholly outside this state, provided that all solicitations and negotiations took place wholly outside this state and the sales agreement was executed wholly outside this state;

   (6) A gratuitous transfer of a time-share interval; or

   (7) Group reservations made for 15 or more people as a single transaction between a hotel and travel agent or travel groups for hotel accommodations when deposits are made and held for more than three years in advance.

Code 1981, § 44-3-178, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1255, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 44; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1260, § 1.