N.Y. Cannabis Law § 62: Information to be requested in applications for licenses

§ 62. Information to be requested in applications for licenses. 1. The

board shall have the authority to prescribe the manner and form in which

an application must be submitted to the office for licensure under this

article.

2. The board is authorized to adopt regulations, including by

emergency rule, establishing information which must be included on an

application for licensure under this article. Such information may

include, but is not limited to: information about the applicant's

identity, including racial and ethnic diversity; ownership and

investment information, including the corporate structure; evidence of

good moral character, including the submission of fingerprints by the

applicant to the division of criminal justice services; information

about the premises to be licensed; financial statements; and any other

information prescribed by regulation.

3. All license applications shall be signed by the applicant (if an

individual), by a managing member (if a limited liability company), by

an officer (if a corporation), or by all partners (if a partnership).

Each person signing such application shall verify or affirm it as true

under the penalties of perjury.

4. All license or permit applications shall be accompanied by a check,

draft or other forms of payment as the board may require or authorize in

the amount required by this article for such license or permit.

5. If there are any proposed changes, after the filing of the

application or the granting of a license or permit, in any of the facts

required to be set forth in such application, a supplemental statement

giving notice of such proposed change, cost and source of money involved

in the change, duly verified or affirmed, shall be filed with the board

at least thirty days prior to such proposed change. Failure to do so

shall, if willful and deliberate, be cause for denial or revocation of

the license.

6. In giving any notice, or taking any action in reference to a

registered organization or licensee of a licensed premises, the board

may rely upon the information furnished in such application and in any

supplemental statement connected therewith, and such information may be

presumed to be correct, and shall be binding upon registered

organizations, licensee or licensed premises as if correct. All

information required to be furnished in such application or supplemental

statements shall be deemed material in any prosecution for perjury, any

proceeding to revoke, cancel or suspend any license, and in the board's

final determination to approve or deny the license.

7. The board may waive the submission of non-material information or

documentation described in this section, the waiver of which would not

be inconsistent with the purposes and goals set forth in this article,

for any category of license or permit, provided that it shall not be

permitted to waive the requirement for submission of any such category

of information solely for an individual applicant or applicants.

8. The board pursuant to regulation, may wholly prohibit and/or

prescribe specific criteria under which it will consider and allow

limited transfers or changes of ownership, interest, or control during

the registration or license application period and/or up to two years

after an approved applicant commences licensed activities.