2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 29 - Growth of Hemp › 509 - Hemp Grower's Authorization, License; Fees; Requirements.

§ 509. Hemp grower's authorization, license; fees; requirements. 1. No
  person  shall: (a) grow, cultivate, process, produce, sell or distribute
  hemp in the state unless authorized by the commissioner as  part  of  an
  agricultural  research  pilot program established under this article; or
  (b) grow, cultivate and process hemp in connection with its growing  and
  cultivation  or  sell  hemp  plants  or hemp seed unless licensed by the
  commissioner. Mere transportation, such as by common carrier or  another
  entity  or individual, does not constitute activity subject to licensing
  under this article.
2. A hemp grower license does not authorize the processing  or  retail
  sale  of  hemp for human consumption, as defined in section thirty-three
  hundred ninety-eight of the public health law, unless the licensee  also
  obtains  a cannabinoid hemp processor license, cannabinoid hemp retailer
  license,  or  any   other   license   required   pursuant   of   article
  thirty-three-B of the public health law.
3.   Applications  for  licenses,  authorizations  or  a  modification
  thereof, as set out in regulation, shall be upon a form specified by the
  commissioner, accompanied  by  a  reasonable  application  fee  for  new
  applications or significant modifications to an application, which shall
  be  established  by  regulation  and which may be made non-refundable by
  regulation.
4. The commissioner may also  assess  a  reasonable  authorization  or
  licensing  fee established by regulation, scaled to cover the estimated,
  or if known, actual costs of inspections, regulatory testing  and  other
  administrative  expenses  of  the authorized or licensed activity, which
  fee shall be paid prior to the issuance of the authorization or license.
5. The applicant, if an individual, shall be asked to furnish together
  with the application evidence of his or her good moral character and, if
  an entity, the applicant shall be asked to  furnish  together  with  the
  application  evidence of the good moral character of the individuals who
  have or  will  have  substantial  responsibility  for  the  licensed  or
  authorized  activity  and  those  in  control  of  the entity, including
  principals, officers, or others exercising such control.  The  names  of
  such individuals shall be set forth in the application.
6.  The applicant shall furnish evidence of his, her or its experience
  and  competency,  and  that  the  applicant  has  adequate   facilities,
  equipment,  process  controls, testing capability and security, to grow,
  cultivate  and  process  hemp  in  connection  with  its   growing   and
  cultivation or to sell hemp plants or hemp seed.
7.  The  department  shall  provide  an application for renewal of any
  license issued under this article not less than ninety days prior to the
  expiration of the  current  license.  A  renewal  application  shall  be
  submitted  to  the  commissioner  at  least  thirty  days  prior  to the
  expiration of the authorization or license, on a form or forms  provided
  by the commissioner for such purpose.