§ 220. Licenses for participants and employees at race meetings. * 1.\nFor the purpose of maintaining a proper control over race meetings\nconducted pursuant to sections two hundred five and two hundred six of\nthis article, the commission shall license owners, which term shall be\ndeemed to include part-owners and lessees, trainers, assistant trainers\nand jockeys, jockey agents, stable employees, non-publicly appointed\nmembers of the board of a franchised corporation, and such other persons\nas the commission may by rule prescribe at running races and at\nsteeplechases, provided, however, that no such license shall be required\nfor seasonal employees hired solely to work for no longer than six weeks\nduring the summer meet at Saratoga racetrack, and any such other times\nas race dates historically assigned to Belmont Park are conducted at the\nSaratoga racetrack in two thousand twenty-four and two thousand\ntwenty-five as approved in writing by the commission. In the event that\na proposed licensee is other than a natural person, the commission shall\nrequire by regulation disclosure of the names and addresses of all\nowners of an interest in such entity. The commission may retain, employ\nor appoint such officers, employees and agents, as it may deem necessary\nto receive, examine and make recommendations, for the consideration of\nthe commission, in respect of applications for such licenses; prescribe\ntheir duties in connection therewith, and fix their compensation\ntherefor within the limitations prescribed by law. Each applicant for a\nlicense shall pay to the commission an annual license fee as follows:\nowner's license, if a renewal, fifty dollars, and if an original\napplication, one hundred dollars; trainer's license, thirty dollars;\nassistant trainer's license, thirty dollars; jockey's license, fifty\ndollars; jockey agent's license, twenty dollars; and stable employee's\nlicense, five dollars. Each applicant may apply for a two-year or\nthree-year license by payment to the commission of the appropriate\nmultiple of the annual fee. The commission may by rule fix the license\nfees to be paid by other persons required to be licensed by the rules of\nthe commission, not to exceed thirty dollars per category. The\napplication for the license shall be in writing in such form as the\ncommission may prescribe, and contain such information as the commission\nmay require. The commission shall henceforth cause all applicants for\nlicenses to be photographed and fingerprinted and may issue\nidentification cards to licensees. Such fingerprints shall be submitted\nto the division of criminal justice services for a state criminal\nhistory record check, as defined in subdivision one of section three\nthousand thirty-five of the education law, and may be submitted to the\nfederal bureau of investigation for a national criminal history record\ncheck. A fee equal to the actual cost of issuance shall be charged for\nthe initial issuance of such identification cards. Each such license\nunless revoked for cause shall be for the period of no more than one,\ntwo or three years, determined by rule of the commission, expiring on\nthe applicant's birth date. Licenses of non-publicly appointed members\nof the board of a franchised corporation shall be issued without fee and\nremain in effect for the duration of their board service. Licenses\ncurrent on the effective date of this provision shall not be reduced in\nduration by this provision. An applicant who applies for a license that,\nif issued, would take effect less than six months prior to the\napplicant's birth date may, by payment of a fifty percent higher fee,\nreceive a license which shall not expire until the applicant's second\nsucceeding birth date. All receipts of the commission derived from the\noperation of this section shall be paid by it into the state treasury on\nor before the tenth day of each month. All officials connected with the\nactual conduct of racing shall be su
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