2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 4 - Quarter Horse Racing and Breeding › 409 - Licenses for Participants and Employees at Quarter Horse Race Meetings.

§  409.  Licenses for participants and employees at quarter horse race
  meetings. 1. For the  purpose  of  maintaining  a  proper  control  over
  quarter  horse  race meetings conducted pursuant to sections two hundred
  twenty-two through seven hundred five of this  chapter,  the  commission
  may  license  jockeys  or riders and such other persons participating in
  quarter horse race meets, as  the  commission  may  by  rule  prescribe,
  including,  if  the  commission deems it necessary to do so, owners, and
  some or all persons exercising their occupation or employed  at  quarter
  horse  race  meets.  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; jockey's license, fifty dollars; jockey agent'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 by such association or corporation  licensed  to
  conduct   pari-mutuel  quarter  horse  racing,  including  officers  and
  directors thereof, whether or not such person be  licensed,  shall  file
  fingerprints  and  a  photograph  with the commission within thirty days
  after being so employed or taking such  office.  Every  person  employed
  after  January  first, nineteen hundred seventy-one, 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 or after taking
  such office. 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 quarter 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 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
  (1)  has  been  convicted  of a crime involving moral turpitude; (2) has
  engaged in bookmaking or other form of illegal gambling;  (3)  has  been
  found guilty of any fraud in connection with racing or breeding; (4) has
  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) has 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  quarter  horse  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 the commission may deem necessary, desirable or proper to  effectuate
  the  provisions of sections two hundred twenty-two through seven hundred
  five of this chapter.