N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 147-b: License

§ 147-b. License. No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale in

this state any soil or plant inoculant unless licensed as provided in

this section. Application for a license shall be made upon a form

prescribed by the commissioner and shall include a statement as to

whether the inoculant is represented as effective for inoculating

legumes or for some other purpose, and, if represented as effective for

the inoculation of legumes, for which legume or legumes it is so

represented. With the application, the applicant shall present a

representative sample of the soil or plant inoculant described in the

application. The commissioner, if satisfied that the inoculant may be

depended upon to produce an effective inoculation for the purpose

represented, shall issue to such applicant a license for the sale of

such inoculant, expiring on December thirty-first of the next even

numbered year following its issuance. Application for renewal of such

license for a period of two years shall be made biennially upon a form

prescribed by the commissioner and submitted no later than thirty days

prior to the expiration of the existing license.