N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 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.