§ 899-bbb. Document destruction contractors. 1. On or after October\nfirst, two thousand eight, no person, firm or corporation shall hold\nhimself, herself or itself out to be a document destruction contractor\nin New York state without first registering with the department as\nprovided in this section.\n 2. Any person, firm or corporation seeking a certificate of\nregistration as a document destruction contractor shall file with the\ndepartment an application for registration in such form and detail as\nthe department shall prescribe, including the following:\n (a) the name and residence address of the applicant;\n (b) the business name, if other than applicant;\n (c) the place, including the city, town or village, with the street\nand number, where the business is to be located;\n (d) the business telephone of the applicant;\n (e) the length of time that the applicant has been a document\ndestruction contractor;\n (f) a statement indicating whether the applicant has:\n (i) been convicted of any crime or is a debtor on any unpaid civil\njudgment relating to work as a document destruction contractor; and\n (ii) at any time in the past been issued a registration pursuant to\nthis section, and if so, whether such registration was ever revoked or\nsuspended;\n (g) satisfactory evidence of good moral character;\n (h) a statement indicating the methods of document destruction\nutilized by the applicant;\n (i) a sworn statement by the applicant that the information set forth\nin the application is current and accurate; and\n (j) a complete set of two fingerprint cards for each principal and\nofficer of the applicant on a standard fingerprint card approved by the\ndivision of criminal justice services. Such cards shall be retained by\nthe department and used solely for the purpose of conducting an\ninvestigation pursuant to subdivision twelve of this section. If\nadditional copies of fingerprints are required the applicant shall\nfurnish them upon request.\n 3. In determining whether to issue or renew a registration, the\nsecretary of state may consider the character, competency and integrity\nof the applicant.\n 4. The secretary of state may refuse to issue a registration to any\nperson, firm or corporation whom he or she finds has been convicted of\nany crime, or failed to pay any final civil judgment, relating to work\nas a document destruction contractor, if such refusal will, in the\njudgment of the secretary of state, best promote the interests of the\npeople of this state.\n 5. (a) A registration issued or renewed under the provisions of this\nsection shall entitle a person to act as a registered document\ndestruction contractor in the state of New York for a period of two\nyears from the effective date of the registration. Any registration\ngranted under this section may be renewed by the department upon\napplication and payment of the fee for such renewal by the holder\nthereof, in such form as the department may prescribe.\n (b) The secretary of state shall have the authority to assign\nstaggered expiration dates for registrations at the time of renewal. If\nthe assigned date results in a term that exceeds twenty-four months, the\napplicant shall pay an additional pro-rated adjustment together with the\nregular renewal fee.\n (c) The secretary of state shall issue each document destruction\ncontractor a unique registration number.\n 6. (a) Each original application or application for renewal for\nregistration as a document destruction contractor shall be accompanied\nby a fee of fifty dollars for each biennial registration period.\n (b) Notice in writing in the manner and form prescribed by the\ndepartment shall be given to the department at its offices in Albany\nwithin ten days of changes of name or address by registered document\ndestruction contractors. The fee for filing each change of name or\naddress notice shall be ten dollars.\n (c) In the case of loss, destruction or damage, the department may
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