Are the Advertising Association fees and assessments refundable for Annex Brands franchisees?

aphic area. The fees and additional assessments of the Association will be allocated equitably among members of the Association. The Association fees and assessments will be the greater of $150 or 1% of Gross Receipts per month. The board of directors of the Association, or a regional licensee if there is one, may also periodically impose special assessments on the Association's members. The Association will require Franchisee to pay fees and assessments by automatic bank draft. These fees and assessments are non-refundable and are not collected for any 3rd party. The Association's bylaws will provide for each member to receive an annual accounting of expenditures by the Association. Franchisor, in its sole discretion, may elect to collect Association fees (including single-member Association fees) and/or assessments by automatic bank draft, and/or may elect to use these fees and/or assessments to fund multiple-Association local, regional, or national marketing, or advertising, efforts. Any Association fees and/or assessments collected by Franchisor that are not spent in the year in which they are collected will roll over into the Fund (see Subsection 10.A of this

Source: Item 22 — Contracts (FDD pages 109–110)