§ 899-D — Registration as athlete agent; form; requirements

§ 899-d. Registration as athlete agent; form; requirements. 1. An\napplicant for registration shall submit an application therefor to the\nsecretary of state in such form as shall be prescribed by the secretary\nof state. An application filed pursuant to this section shall be a\npublic record. The application shall be in the name of an individual\nand, except as otherwise provided in subdivision two of this section,\nsigned or otherwise authenticated by the applicant under penalty of\nperjury, and state or contain:\n (a) the name of the applicant and the address of the applicant's\nprincipal place of business;\n (b) the name of the applicant's business or employer, if applicable;\n (c) any business or occupation engaged in by the applicant for the\nfive years next preceding the date of submission of the application;\n (d) a description of the applicant's: (i) formal training as an\nathlete agent; (ii) practical experience as an athlete agent; and (iii)\neducational background relating to the applicant's activities as an\nathlete agent;\n (e) the names and addresses of three individuals not related to the\napplicant who are willing to serve as references;\n (f) the name, sport and last known team for each individual for whom\nthe applicant acted as an athlete agent during the five years next\npreceding the date of submission of the application;\n (g) the names and addresses of all persons who are: (i) with respect\nto the athlete agent's business if it is not a corporation, the\npartners, members, officers, managers, associates or profit-sharers\nhaving an interest of five percent or greater of the business; and (ii)\nwith respect to a corporation employing the athlete agent, the officers,\ndirectors and any shareholder of the corporation having an interest of\nfive percent or greater;\n (h) whether the applicant or any person named pursuant to paragraph\n(g) of this subdivision has been convicted of a crime that, if committed\nin this state, would be a crime involving moral turpitude or a felony,\nand identify the crime;\n (i) whether there has been any administrative or judicial\ndetermination that the applicant or any person named pursuant to\nparagraph (g) of this subdivision has made a false, misleading,\ndeceptive or fraudulent representation;\n (j) any instance in which the conduct of the applicant or any person\nnamed pursuant to paragraph (g) of this subdivision resulted in the\nimposition of a sanction, suspension or declaration of ineligibility to\nparticipate in an interscholastic or intercollegiate athletic event on a\nstudent-athlete or educational institution;\n (k) any sanction, suspension or disciplinary action taken against the\napplicant or any person named pursuant to paragraph (g) of this\nsubdivision by a governmental or quasi-governmental licensing entity or\nadjudicatory process arising out of occupational or professional\nconduct; and\n (l) whether there has been any denial of an application for,\nsuspension or revocation of, or refusal to renew the registration or\nlicensure of the applicant or any person named pursuant to paragraph (g)\nof this subdivision as an athlete agent in any state.\n 2. An individual who has submitted an application for, and holds a\ncertificate of, registration or licensure as an athlete agent in another\nstate, may submit a copy of the application and certificate in lieu of\nsubmitting an application in the form prescribed pursuant to subdivision\none of this section. The secretary of state shall accept the application\nand the certificate from the other state as an application for\nregistration in this state if the application to the other state:\n (a) was submitted in the other state within six months next preceding\nthe submission of the application in this state and the applicant\ncertifies that the information contained in the application is current;\n (b) contains information substantially similar to or more\ncomprehensive than that required in an application submitted in this\nstate; and\n (c) was signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.\n