1. Except as provided in subdivision two of this section, an athlete agent who violates the provisions of section eight hundred ninety-nine-l of this article shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
2. An athlete agent who violates: (a) the provisions of section eight hundred ninety-nine-l of this article, while such athlete agent’s certificate of registration is suspended, after the secretary of state has revoked or refused to renew such certificate of registration pursuant to section eight hundred ninety-nine-f of this article, or after the secretary of state has refused to issue a certificate of registration pursuant to section eight hundred ninety-nine-e of this article shall be guilty of a class E felony; or (b) paragraph (c) of subdivision two of section eight hundred ninety-nine-l, when he or she has been previously convicted within the last five years of having violated such paragraph shall be guilty of a class E felony.
