367.801 Definitions for KRS 367.801 to 367.819 and 367.990.
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As used in KRS 367.801 to 367.819 and KRS 367.990, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1)"Office" means the Office of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney
General.
(2)"Person" means natural persons, corporations, trusts, partnerships, incorporated or
unincorporated associations, or any other legal entity.
(3)"Offeror" means a person who is engaged in the business of selling business
opportunities including any subsidiary business which affiliates with the offeror for
goods or services or locations.
(4)"Consumer/investor" means a person who has purchased or is solicited for the
purchase of a business opportunity.
(5)"Business opportunity" means the sale or lease, or offer to sell or lease, of any
products, equipment, supplies, or services for the purpose of enabling the consumer
investor to start a business when:
(a)The offeror obtains an initial required consideration of not less than five
hundred dollars ($500) from the purchase or lease of the business opportunity
or inventory associated therewith; and
(b)The offeror has represented, directly or indirectly, that the consumer/investor
will earn, can earn, or is likely to earn a gross or net profit in excess of the
initial required investment paid by the consumer/investor for the business
opportunity; or
(c)1. The offeror has represented that he has knowledge of the relevant
market and that the market demand will enable the consumer/investor to
earn a profit from the business opportunity; or
2. The offeror has represented that locations will be provided or assistance
will be given directly or indirectly to the consumer/investor in finding
locations for the use or operation of the business opportunity including,
but not limited to, supplying the consumer/investor with names of
locator companies, contracting with the consumer/investor to provide
assistance with or supply names of or collect a fee on behalf of or for a
locator company; or
3. The offeror has represented that there is a guaranteed market or that the
offeror will buy back or is likely to buy back any product made,
manufactured, produced, fabricated, grown, or bred by the
consumer/investor using, in whole or in part, the products, supplies,
equipment, or services which were initially sold or offered for sale to the
consumer/investor by the offeror.