N.Y. Agric. & Mkts. Law § 146

§ 146. Licensing. (a) No person shall distribute in this state any\ntype of fertilizer until a biennial license to distribute the same has\nbeen obtained from the commissioner by the person whose labelling is\napplied to such fertilizer upon payment of a one hundred fifty dollar\nfee. All licenses shall expire on a date to be set by the commissioner\nin regulations.\n (b) The application shall include: (1) The name and address of\nlicensee;\n (2) Name and address of each manufacturing plant, blending plant and\nbulk storage facility within New York state which distributes commercial\nfertilizer, and\n (3) A list of the brand and product name of all commercial fertilizer\ndistributed in this state.\n (c) The licensee shall inform the director in writing of additional\ndistribution points established during the period of the license.\n (d) The commissioner is authorized and empowered to revoke the license\nof any distributor of commercial fertilizer, or to refuse to grant or to\nrenew the license of any distributor as herein provided, upon\nsatisfactory evidence that the licensee or applicant has used fraudulent\nor deceptive practices in the evasion or attempted evasion of the\nprovisions of this article, or of any rules or regulations promulgated\nhereunder or if the license application or the information furnished\nupon the sale of the commercial fertilizer is misleading or deceptive or\ntends to mislead or deceive as to its quality or the constituents or\nmaterials of which it is composed. No license shall be revoked or\nrefused until the distributor shall have been given an opportunity to\nappear for a hearing before the commissioner.\n