N.Y. Agric. & Mkts. Law § 147-b

§ 147-b. License. No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale in\nthis state any soil or plant inoculant unless licensed as provided in\nthis section. Application for a license upon a form prescribed by the\ncommissioner shall be made biennially. The application shall include a\nstatement as to whether the inoculant is represented as effective for\ninoculating legumes or for some other purpose, and if represented as\neffective for the inoculation of legumes, for which legume or legumes it\nis so represented. With the application, the applicant shall present a\nrepresentative sample of the soil or plant inoculant described in the\napplication. The commissioner, if satisfied that the inoculant may be\ndepended upon to produce an effective inoculation for the purpose\nrepresented, shall issue to such applicant a license for the sale of\nsuch inoculant, expiring on December thirty-first of the year following\nthe year in which it is issued. The applicant shall pay biennially, at\nthe time of presenting the application, to the commissioner for\nremittance to the state treasury, a license fee of twenty dollars for\neach brand of inoculants as defined in the rules and regulations adopted\nby the commissioner as provided in this article.\n