NY Gen Bus L § 899-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 39-E - Uniform Athlete Agents Act 899-D - Registration as Athlete Agent; Form; Requirements.

§  899-d.  Registration  as  athlete  agent; form; requirements. 1. An applicant for registration shall submit an application therefor  to  the secretary  of state in such form as shall be prescribed by the secretary of state. An application filed pursuant  to  this  section  shall  be  a public  record.  The  application  shall be in the name of an individual and, except as otherwise provided in subdivision two  of  this  section, signed  or  otherwise  authenticated  by  the applicant under penalty of perjury, and state or contain:  (a) the name of the applicant  and  the  address  of  the  applicant's principal place of business;  (b) the name of the applicant's business or employer, if applicable;  (c)  any  business  or  occupation engaged in by the applicant for the five years next preceding the date of submission of the application;  (d) a description of  the  applicant's:  (i)  formal  training  as  an athlete  agent; (ii) practical experience as an athlete agent; and (iii) educational background relating to  the  applicant's  activities  as  an athlete agent;  (e)  the  names  and addresses of three individuals not related to the applicant who are willing to serve as references;  (f) the name, sport and last known team for each individual  for  whom the  applicant  acted  as  an  athlete  agent during the five years next preceding the date of submission of the application;  (g) the names and addresses of all persons who are: (i)  with  respect to  the  athlete  agent's  business  if  it  is  not  a corporation, the partners, members,  officers,  managers,  associates  or  profit-sharers having  an interest of five percent or greater of the business; and (ii) with respect to a corporation employing the athlete agent, the officers, directors and any shareholder of the corporation having an  interest  of five percent or greater;  (h)  whether  the  applicant or any person named pursuant to paragraph (g) of this subdivision has been convicted of a crime that, if committed in this state, would be a crime involving moral turpitude or  a  felony, and identify the crime;  (i)   whether   there   has   been   any  administrative  or  judicial determination that  the  applicant  or  any  person  named  pursuant  to paragraph  (g)  of  this  subdivision  has  made  a  false,  misleading, deceptive or fraudulent representation;  (j) any instance in which the conduct of the applicant or  any  person named  pursuant  to  paragraph  (g)  of this subdivision resulted in the imposition of a sanction, suspension or declaration of ineligibility  to participate in an interscholastic or intercollegiate athletic event on a student-athlete or educational institution;  (k)  any sanction, suspension or disciplinary action taken against the applicant or  any  person  named  pursuant  to  paragraph  (g)  of  this subdivision  by a governmental or quasi-governmental licensing entity or adjudicatory  process  arising  out  of  occupational  or   professional conduct; and  (l)  whether  there  has  been  any  denial  of  an  application  for, suspension or revocation of, or refusal to  renew  the  registration  or licensure of the applicant or any person named pursuant to paragraph (g) of this subdivision as an athlete agent in any state.   2.  An  individual  who  has submitted an application for, and holds a certificate of, registration or licensure as an athlete agent in another state, may submit a copy of the application and certificate in  lieu  of submitting an application in the form prescribed pursuant to subdivision one of this section. The secretary of state shall accept the application and  the  certificate  from  the  other  state  as  an  application  for registration in this state if the application to the other state:  (a) was submitted in the other state within six months next  preceding the  submission  of  the  application  in  this  state and the applicant certifies that the information contained in the application is current;  (b)   contains   information   substantially   similar   to   or  more comprehensive than that required in an  application  submitted  in  this state; and  (c) was signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.