N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 231: Licenses, issuance of

§ 231. Licenses, issuance of. No person or corporation shall maintain

or operate any refrigerated warehouse and/or locker plant unless

licensed by the commissioner. Application shall be made upon a form

prescribed by the commissioner. The applicant shall satisfy the

commissioner of his or her character, financial responsibility, and

competency to operate a refrigerated warehouse or locker plant. The

commissioner, if so satisfied, shall issue to the applicant a license or

licenses which will expire on the thirtieth of September of the next odd

numbered year following its issuance. Application for renewal of such

license or licenses 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 or licenses.