2020 New York Laws
AGM - Agriculture and Markets
Article 10 - Sale and Analysis of Commercial Fertilizer
146 - Licensing.

§  146.  Licensing.  (a)  No person shall distribute in this state any
type of fertilizer until a license  to  distribute  the  same  has  been
obtained  from the commissioner by the person whose labelling is applied
to such fertilizer upon payment of a one hundred fifty dollar  fee.  The
initial  license  issued hereunder shall expire on December thirty-first
of the next even numbered year following the year in which it was issued
and each renewal of that license shall be for a two year period,  ending
on  December  thirty-first.  Application  for  a renewal of such license
shall be made biennially, upon a form prescribed by the commissioner and
be submitted no later than thirty days prior to the  expiration  of  the
existing license.
  (b)  The  application  shall  include:  (1)  The  name  and address of
licensee;
  (2) Name and address of each manufacturing plant, blending  plant  and
bulk storage facility within New York state which distributes commercial
fertilizer, and
  (3)  A list of the brand and product name of all commercial fertilizer
distributed in this state.
  (c)  The  licensee  shall  inform  the  commissioner  in  writing   of
additional  distribution  points  established  during  the period of the
license.
  (d) The commissioner is authorized and empowered to revoke the license
of any distributor of commercial fertilizer, or to refuse to grant or to
renew  the  license  of  any  distributor  as  herein   provided,   upon
satisfactory evidence that the licensee or applicant has used fraudulent
or  deceptive  practices  in  the  evasion  or  attempted evasion of the
provisions of this article, or of any rules or  regulations  promulgated
hereunder  or  if  the  license application or the information furnished
upon the sale of the commercial fertilizer is misleading or deceptive or
tends to mislead or deceive as to its quality  or  the  constituents  or
materials  of  which  it  is  composed.  No  license shall be revoked or
refused until the distributor shall have been given  an  opportunity  to
appear for a hearing before the commissioner.