§ 534-f. Pier superintendents and hiring agents. 1. No person shall\nact as a pier superintendent or as a hiring agent within the port of New\nYork district in this state without first having obtained from the\ncommission or previously, from the bi-state commission, a license to act\nas such pier superintendent or hiring agent, as the case may be, and no\nperson shall employ or engage another person to act as a pier\nsuperintendent or hiring agent who is not so licensed.\n 2. A license to act as a pier superintendent or hiring agent shall be\nissued only upon the written application, under oath, of the person\nproposing to employ or engage another person to act as such pier\nsuperintendent or hiring agent, verified by the prospective licensee as\nto the matters concerning that person, and shall state the following:\n (a) The full name and business address of the applicant;\n (b) The full name, residence, business address (if any), place and\ndate of birth and social security number of the prospective licensee;\n (c) The present and previous occupations of the prospective licensee,\nincluding the places where the person was employed and the names of the\nperson's employers;\n (d) Such further facts and evidence as may be required by the\ncommission to ascertain the character, integrity and identity of the\nprospective licensee; and\n (e) That if a license is issued to the prospective licensee, the\napplicant will employ such licensee as pier superintendent or hiring\nagent, as the case may be.\n 3. No such license shall be granted:\n (a) Unless the commission shall be satisfied that the prospective\nlicensee possesses good character and integrity;\n (b) If the prospective licensee has, without subsequent pardon, been\nconvicted by a court of the United States, or any state or territory\nthereof, of the commission of, or the attempt or conspiracy to commit,\ntreason, murder, manslaughter or any crime punishable by death or\nimprisonment for a term exceeding three hundred sixty-four days or any\nof the following misdemeanors or offenses: illegally using, carrying or\npossessing a pistol or other dangerous weapon; making or possessing\nburglar's instruments; buying or receiving stolen property; unlawful\nentry of a building; aiding an escape from prison; unlawfully\npossessing, possessing with intent to distribute, sale or distribution\nof a controlled dangerous substance (controlled substance) or a\ncontrolled dangerous substance analog; and violation of this act. Any\nsuch prospective licensee ineligible for a license by reason of any such\nconviction may submit satisfactory evidence to the commission that such\nperson has for a period of not less than five years, measured as\nhereinafter provided, and up to the time of application, so acted in a\nmanner as to warrant the grant of such license, in which event the\ncommission may, in its discretion, issue an order removing such\nineligibility. The aforesaid period of five years shall be measured\neither from the date of payment of any fine imposed upon such person or\nthe suspension of sentence or from the date of the person's unrevoked\nrelease from custody by parole, commutation or termination of sentence;\n (c) If the prospective licensee knowingly or willfully advocates the\ndesirability of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United\nStates by force or violence or shall be a member of a group which\nadvocates such desirability, knowing the purposes of such group include\nsuch advocacy.\n 4. When the application shall have been examined and such further\ninquiry and investigation made as the commission shall deem proper and\nwhen the commission shall be satisfied therefrom that the prospective\nlicensee possesses the qualifications and requirements prescribed in\nthis section, the commission shall issue and deliver to the prospective\nlicensee a license to act as pier superintendent or hiring agent for the\napplicant, as the case may be, and shall infor
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