2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 3 - Harness Racing and Breeding › 309 - Licenses for Participants and Employees at Harness Race Meetings.

§  309.  Licenses  for  participants  and  employees  at  harness race
  meetings.   1. For the purpose of  maintaining  a  proper  control  over
  harness  race  meetings  conducted  pursuant  to  sections  two  hundred
  twenty-two through seven hundred five of this  chapter,  the  commission
  may  license  drivers  and  such  other persons participating in harness
  horse race meets, as the commission may by rule prescribe, including, if
  the commission deems it necessary so to do,  owners,  and  some  or  all
  persons  exercising  their occupation or employed at harness race meets,
  provided, however, that no such license shall be required  for  seasonal
  employees  hired  solely to work for no longer than six weeks during the
  summer meet at the Syracuse mile. Each applicant for a license shall pay
  to the commission an annual license fee as follows: owner's license,  if
  a  renewal,  fifty  dollars, and if an original application, one hundred
  dollars; trainer's license, twenty dollars; assistant trainer's license,
  twenty dollars; driver's license,  twenty  dollars;  farrier's  license,
  twenty  dollars;  and stable employee's license, five dollars. Such fees
  shall be paid to the commission and by it paid into the state  treasury.
  The  commission  may  by  rule  fix the license fees to be paid by other
  persons required to be licensed by the rules of the commission,  not  to
  exceed  twenty  dollars  per category. All such licenses, unless revoked
  for cause shall be for the period of no more  than  one,  two  or  three
  years,  as  determined  by  rule  of  the  commission,  expiring  on the
  applicant's birth date. Licenses current on the effective date  of  this
  provision  shall  not  be  reduced  in  duration  by  this provision. An
  applicant who applies for a license that, if issued, would  take  effect
  less than six months prior to the applicant's birth date may, by payment
  of  a  fifty percent higher fee, receive a license that shall not expire
  until the applicant's second succeeding birth date. For each category of
  license, the applicant may apply for a two  or  three  year  license  by
  payment to the commission of the appropriate multiple of the annual fee.
  The  applications  for  licenses  shall  be  in  writing, accompanied by
  fingerprints and a photograph of the applicant, and  shall  be  in  such
  form, and contain such other information, as the commission may require.
  Such fingerprints shall be submitted to the division of criminal justice
  services  for  a  state  criminal  history  record  check, as defined in
  subdivision one of section three thousand thirty-five of  the  education
  law,  and  may be submitted to the federal bureau of investigation for a
  national criminal history record check.
Every person employed after May first, nineteen hundred fifty-four, by
  such  association  or  corporation,  including  officers  and  directors
  thereof, whether or not such person be licensed, shall file fingerprints
  and  a  photograph  with  the  commission  within  ten  days  after such
  employment. The fingerprints so obtained from  applicants  for  licenses
  and  from employees not to be licensed shall be forthwith transmitted by
  the commission to the division of criminal justice services and may also
  be submitted to  the  federal  bureau  of  investigation  or  any  other
  government  agency  having  facilities for checking fingerprints for the
  purpose of establishing the identity and the previous  criminal  record,
  if  any,  of  such  person  and  such  agency  shall promptly report its
  findings to the commission in writing.
2. If the commission finds that the experience, character and  general
  fitness  of the applicant are such that the participation of such person
  in harness horse race meets will be consistent with the public interest,
  convenience  and  necessity  and  with  the  best  interests  of  racing
  generally  in  conformity  with  the  purposes  of  sections two hundred
  twenty-two through seven hundred five of this  chapter,  the  commission
  may thereupon grant a license.
Without  limiting  the generality of the foregoing, the commission may
  refuse to issue a license, pursuant to this section, if  the  commission
  finds that the applicant has:
a. been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude;
b. engaged in bookmaking or other form of illegal gambling;
c.  been  found guilty of any fraud or misrepresentation in connection
  with racing or breeding;
d. been found guilty of any violation or attempt to violate  any  law,
  rule  or  regulation  of racing in any jurisdiction for which suspension
  from racing might be imposed in such jurisdiction; or
e. violated any rule, regulation  or  order  of  the  commission.  The
  commission  may  suspend  or  revoke  a  license issued pursuant to this
  section if the commission determines that (i) the applicant or  licensee
  has (1) been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude; (2) engaged
  in  bookmaking  or other form of illegal gambling; (3) been found guilty
  of any fraud in connection with racing or breeding; (4) been  guilty  of
  any  violation  or attempt to violate any law, rule or regulation of any
  racing jurisdiction for which suspension from racing might be imposed in
  such jurisdiction; or (5) violated any rule, regulation or order of  the
  commission,  or (ii) the experience, character or general fitness of any
  applicant or licensee is such that the participation of such  person  in
  harness  racing  or  related  activities  would be inconsistent with the
  public interest, convenience or necessity or with the best interests  of
  racing generally.
3. Pending final determination of any question under this section, the
  commission  may issue a temporary license upon such terms and conditions
  as it  may  deem  necessary,  desirable  or  proper  to  effectuate  the
  provisions of sections two hundred twenty-two through seven hundred five
  of this chapter.