147-B - License. - New York Statutes

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