§ 78C-89. Registration as athlete agent; form; requirements.
§ 78C‑89. Registrationas athlete agent; form; requirements.
(a) An individualseeking registration as an athlete agent shall submit an application forregistration to the Secretary of State in a form prescribed by the Secretary ofState. The application must be in the name of an individual and, except asotherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, signed or otherwiseauthenticated by the applicant under penalty of perjury and must state orcontain the following:
(1) The name of theapplicant and the address of the applicant's principal place of business.
(2) The name of theapplicant's business or employer, if applicable.
(3) Any business oroccupation engaged in by the applicant for the five years immediately precedingthe date of submission of the application.
(4) A description of theapplicant's:
a. Formal training asan athlete agent.
b. Practical experienceas an athlete agent.
c. Educationalbackground relating to the applicant's activities as an athlete agent.
(5) The names andaddresses of three individuals not related to the applicant who are willing toserve as references.
(6) The name, sport, andlast known team for each individual for whom the applicant acted as an athleteagent during the five years immediately preceding the date of submission of theapplication.
(7) The names andaddresses of all persons who are:
a. With respect to theathlete agent's business if it is not a corporation, the partners, members,officers, managers, associates, or profit‑sharers of the business.
b. With respect to acorporation employing the athlete agent, the officers, directors, and anyshareholder of the corporation having an interest of five percent (5%) orgreater.
(8) Whether theapplicant or any person named under subdivision (7) of this subsection has beenconvicted of a crime that, if committed in this State, would be a crimeinvolving moral turpitude or a felony and identify the crime.
(9) Whether there hasbeen any administrative or judicial determination that the applicant or anyperson named under subdivision (7) of this subsection has made a false,misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent representation.
(10) Any instance in whichthe conduct of the applicant or any person named under subdivision (7) of thissubsection resulted in the imposition of a sanction, suspension, or declarationof ineligibility to participate in an interscholastic or intercollegiateathletic event on a student‑athlete or educational institution.
(11) Any sanction,suspension, or disciplinary action taken against the applicant or any personnamed under subdivision (7) of this subsection arising out of occupational orprofessional conduct.
(12) Whether there hasbeen any denial of an application for, suspension or revocation of, or refusalto renew the registration or licensure of the applicant or any person namedunder subdivision (7) of this subsection as an athlete agent in any state.
(b) An individual whohas submitted an application for registration or licensure as an athlete agentin another state or who holds a certificate of registration or licensure as anathlete agent in another state may submit a copy of the application andcertificate in lieu of submitting an application in the form prescribedpursuant to subsection (a) of this section. The Secretary of State shall acceptthe application and the certificate from the other state as an application forregistration in this State if the application to the other state satisfied allof the following criteria:
(1) Was submitted in theother state within six months immediately preceding the submission of theapplication in this State and the applicant certifies that the informationcontained in the application is current.
(2) Contains informationsubstantially similar to or more comprehensive than that required in anapplication submitted in this State.
(3) Was signed by theapplicant under penalty of perjury.
(c) An applicationfiled under this section is a "public record" within the meaning ofChapter 132 of the General Statutes. (2003‑375, s. 2.)