N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 513: Access to criminal history information through the division of criminal justice services

§ 513. Access to criminal history information through the division of

criminal justice services. In connection with the administration of this

article, the commissioner is authorized to request, receive and review

criminal history information through the division of criminal justice

services, referred to as "the division" for the purposes of this

section, with respect to any person seeking authorization under this

article to undertake a hemp pilot project or a hemp license; and/or each

individual who has substantial management responsibility for the

authorized or licensed activity or those in control of the entity,

including principals, officers, or other such persons. Those persons for

whom criminal history information is sought shall promptly submit to the

division his or her fingerprints in such form and in such manner as

specified by the division, for the purpose of conducting a search

identifying criminal convictions and pending criminal charges and

returning a report thereon in accordance with the procedures and

requirements established by the division pursuant to the provisions of

article thirty-five of the executive law, which shall include the

payment of the specified processing fees for the cost of the division's

full search and retain procedures and a national criminal history record

check for such information. The commissioner, or his or her designee,

shall submit such fingerprints and the processing fee to the division.

The division shall forward to the commissioner a report with respect to

the person's previous criminal convictions and pending criminal charges,

if any, or a statement that the person has no such previous criminal

history according to its files. Fingerprints submitted to the division

pursuant to this section may also be submitted to the federal bureau of

investigation for a national criminal history record check as described

in this section. If additional copies of fingerprints are required, the

person to be fingerprinted shall furnish them upon request.