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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

98 STAT. 366

PUBLIC LAW 98-353—JULY 10, 1984 SEC. 396. (a) Chapter 5 of title 11, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:

Securities. 11 USC 559.

"§ 559. Contractual right to liquidate a repurchase agreement "The exercise of a contractual right of a repo participant to cause the liquidation of a repurchase agreement because of a condition of the kind specified in section 365(e)(1) of this title shall not be stayed, avoided, or otherwise limited by operation of any provision of this title or by order of a court or administrative agency in any proceeding under this title, unless, where the debtor is a stockbroker or securities clearing agency, such order is authorized under the provisions of the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 (15 U.S.C. 78aaa et seq.) or any statute administered by the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the event that a repo participant liquidates one or more repurchase agreements with a debtor and under the terms of one or more such agreements has agreed to deliver assets subject to repurchase agreements to the debtor, any excess of the market prices received on liquidation of such assets (or if any such assets are not disposed of on the date of liquidation of such repurchase agreements, at the prices available at the time of liquidation of such repurchase agreements from a generally recognized source or the most recent closing bid quotation from such a source) over the sum of the stated repurchase prices and all expenses in connection with the liquidation of such repurchase agreements shall be deemed property of the estate, subject to the available rights of setoff. As used in this section, the term 'contractual right' includes a right set forth in a rule or bylaw, applicable to each party to the repurchase agreement, of a national securities exchange, a national securities association, or a securities clearing agency, and a right, whether or not evidenced in writing, arising under common law, under law merchant or by reason of normal business practice.". (b) The analysis of sections for chapter 5 of title 11, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: "559. Contractual right to liquidate a repurchase agreement.".

Subtitle G—Amendments to Title 11, Section 365 of the United States Code to Provide Adequate Protection for Timeshare Consumers

Ante, p. 364. Real property.

SEC. 401. Title 11, United States Code, section 101 is hereby amended by— (1) redesignating paragraph (43), as redesignated by section 391, as paragraph (44); and (2) adding the following paragraph after paragraph (42), as redesignated in section 391: "(43) 'timeshare plan' means and shall include that interest purchased in any arrangement, plan, scheme, or similar device, but not including exchange programs, whether by membership, agreement, tenancy in common, sale, lease, deed, rental agreement, license, right to use agreement, or by any other means, whereby a purchaser, in exchange for consideration, receives a right to use accommodations, facilities, or recreational sites, whether improved or unimproved, for a specific period of time less than a full year during any given year, but not necessarily 8i for consecutive years, and which extends for a period of more