(a) A person who wishes to amend the registration of a timeshare plan shall submit an application to amend the registration using forms approved by the Commission. A developer may file an application to amend a registration before the occurrence of the change. The Commission may not accept for filing an application submitted without a completed application form and the appropriate filing fee.     
      (b) For the purposes of §221.023 and subsections (b)(26), (c)(9) and (d)(32) of §221.032 of the Texas Timeshare Act, a developer shall file amendments to the registration reporting to the Commission any material or materially adverse change in any document contained in a registration.     
      (c) "Material" includes, but is not limited to:      
        (1) a change of developer;       
        (2) a change of exchange company or association with an additional exchange company;       
        (3) an increase in assessments of 15% or more;       
        (4) any substantial change in the accommodations that are part of the timeshare plan;       
        (5) an increase or decrease in the number of timeshare interests in the timeshare plan registered by the Commission;       
        (6) a change of escrow agent or type of escrow or other financial assurance;       
        (7) if applicable, an increase of more than 20% in an original alternative assurance as defined by §221.063(a) of the Texas Timeshare Act;       
        (8) a change to a substantive provision of the escrow agreement between the escrow agent and the developer;       
        (9) a change of management company; or       
        (10) a change to a substantive provision of the management agreement.       
      (d) "Materially adverse" means any material change to the timeshare plan that substantially reduces the benefits or increases the costs to purchasers.     
      (e) Material or materially adverse does not include the correction of any typographical or other nonsubstantive changes.     
      (f) If the Commission determines that a registration, if amended in the manner indicated in an application to amend a registration, would continue to satisfy all requirements for registration, the Commission shall promptly notify the applicant in writing that the registration has been amended, specifying the effective date of the amendment.     
      (g) If the Commission determines that a registration, if amended in the manner indicated in an application to amend a registration, would fail to satisfy a requirement for registration, the Commission shall promptly notify the applicant of any deficiency. The Commission may require the applicant to revise and resubmit written documents filed with the application or to provide additional information if the Commission determines that the application or written material filed with the application is incomplete or inaccurate. Upon submission by an applicant of a response sufficient in the opinion of the Commission to cure any deficiency in the application, the Commission shall promptly notify the applicant that the registration has been amended, specifying the effective date of the amendment.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §543.3 adopted to be effective August 30, 2022, 47 TexReg 5116