2019 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.