NY Rac, Pari-Mut Wag & Breeding L § 1107 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Article 11 - Interstate Compact on Licensure of Participants in Live Horse Racing With Pari-Mutuel Wagering 1107 - Powers and Duties of Compact Committee.

§ 1107. Powers  and duties of compact committee. The compact committee   is hereby granted, to carry out its purposes, the power and duty:a. to determine which categories of participants in live racing,  such   as  owners,  trainers,  jockeys,  drivers, grooms, mutuel clerks, racing   officials, veterinarians, farriers, or others, shall be licensed by  the   compact  committee, and to establish the term, initial requirements, and   renewal requirements for each license category. With regard to obtaining   and weighing criminal history record information on each applicant,  and   all  non-arbitrary  other  licensure requirements, the compact committee   shall adopt licensure requirements comparable, in its judgment,  to  the   most restrictive party state's requirements for such a license;b.  to investigate license applicants and, as permitted by federal and   state law, to gather information,  including  criminal  history  records   from  the  federal  bureau  of  investigation and from state, local, and   foreign country law enforcement agencies (including the  Royal  Canadian   Mounted  Police),  necessary  to  decide  whether an applicant meets its   license requirements. Such criminal history record  information  may  be   received  and  reviewed  only by the officials on, and employees of, the   compact committee, and  that  information  may  be  used  only  for  the   purposes  of  this compact. No such official or employee may disclose or   disseminate such criminal history record information to  any  person  or   entity  other  than  another  official  on,  or employee of, the compact   committee. The compact committee, its employees, or its  designee  shall   take  the  fingerprints  of each license applicant and, pursuant to P.L.   92-544  or  P.L.  100-413,  forward  the   fingerprints   to   a   state   identification   bureau,   the   Association  of  Racing  Commissioners,   International (an association of state officials regulating  pari-mutuel   wagering,  designated  by the attorney general of the United States), or   another entity with an equivalent designation,  for  submission  to  the   federal  bureau  of  investigation  or  other  receiving law enforcement   agency;c. to issue and renew licenses for participants in live racing who are   found by the compact committee to have  met  its  licensure  or  renewal   requirements.  The  compact  committee  shall  not  have  the  power  or   authority to deny a license. If it determines that an applicant will not   be eligible, the compact committee shall notify the  applicant  that  it   will  not be able to process his or her licensure or renewal application   any further. That notification shall not constitute, and  shall  not  be   considered to be, the denial of a license. Although such applicant shall   have  the  right  to  present  further  evidence  and to be heard by the   compact committee, after receiving such notification, the final decision   on issuance or renewal of his or  her  license  shall  be  made  by  the   compact committee pursuant to its established requirements;d.  to  enter into contracts and agreements with governmental agencies   and other persons to provide personal services for its  activities,  and   such other services as may be necessary;e. to create, appoint, and abolish all those offices, employments, and   positions  (including  an  executive  director)  useful  to  fulfill its   purposes; to prescribe their powers, duties, and qualifications; to hire   persons therefor; and  to  provide  for  their  term,  tenure,  removal,   compensation,  and  fringe and retirement benefits, and other conditions   of employment;f. to borrow, accept, and contract for the services of personnel  from   any  state,  federal,  or  other  governmental agency, or from any other   person or entity;g. to acquire, hold, and dispose of any real or personal  property  by   gift, purchase, lease, license, and similar means; h. to charge and collect a fee, whether for licensure or renewal, from   each license applicant; andi.   to   receive   additional   funds   through  gifts,  grants,  and   appropriations.