N.Y. GBS Law § 899-E — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 39-E / Section 899-E
Certificate of registration; issuance or denial; renewal
Status: in_force

§ 899-e. Certificate of registration; issuance or denial; renewal. 1.\nExcept as otherwise provided in subdivision two of this section, the\nsecretary of state shall issue a certificate of registration to an\nindividual who complies with subdivision one of section eight hundred\nninety-nine-d of this article or whose application has been accepted\nunder subdivision two of section eight hundred ninety-nine-d of this\narticle.\n  2. The secretary of state may refuse to issue a certificate of\nregistration if the secretary of state determines that the applicant has\nengaged in conduct that has a significant adverse effect on the\napplicant's fitness to act as an athlete agent. In making the\ndetermination, the secretary of state may consider whether the applicant\nhas:\n  (a) been convicted of a crime that, if committed in this state, would\nbe a crime involving moral turpitude or a felony;\n  (b) made a materially false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent\nrepresentation in the application or as an athlete agent;\n  (c) engaged in conduct that would disqualify the applicant from\nserving in a fiduciary capacity;\n  (d) engaged in conduct prohibited by section eight hundred\nninety-nine-l of this article;\n  (e) had a registration or licensure as an athlete agent suspended,\nrevoked or denied, or been refused renewal of registration or licensure\nas an athlete agent in any state;\n  (f) engaged in conduct the consequence of which was that a sanction,\nsuspension or declaration of ineligibility to participate in an\ninterscholastic or intercollegiate athletic event was imposed on a\nstudent-athlete or educational institution; or\n  (g) engaged in conduct that significantly adversely reflects on the\napplicant's credibility, honesty or integrity.\n  3. In making a determination under subdivision two of this section,\nthe secretary of state shall consider the factors set forth in article\ntwenty-three of the correction law.\n  4. An athlete agent may apply to renew a registration by submitting an\napplication for renewal in such form as shall be prescribed by the\nsecretary of state. An application filed pursuant to this section shall\nbe a public record. The application for renewal shall be signed by the\napplicant under penalty of perjury and shall contain current information\non all matters required in an original registration.\n  5. An individual who has submitted an application for renewal of\nregistration or licensure in another state, in lieu of submitting an\napplication for renewal in the form prescribed pursuant to subdivision\nfour of this section, may file a copy of the application for renewal and\na valid certificate of registration or licensure from the other state.\nThe secretary of state shall accept the application for renewal from the\nother state as an application for renewal in this state if the\napplication to the other state:\n  (a) was submitted in the other state within six months next preceding\nthe filing in this state and the applicant certifies the information\ncontained in the application for renewal is current;\n  (b) contains information substantially similar to or more\ncomprehensive than that required in an application for renewal submitted\nin this state; and\n  (c) was signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.\n  6. A certificate of registration or a renewal of a registration shall\nbe valid for two years.\n