Terms Used In N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 96-Z-3

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Disposal plant: means the premises or place where bodies, carcasses or portions thereof of dead, dying, diseased, disabled or condemned animals or inedible meat are received and held for the purpose of burning, processing or rendering or otherwise obtaining the hides, skins, grease or meat therefrom in any manner whatsoever. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 96-Y
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Transportation service: means the operation within the state of a vehicle or vehicles by a person not otherwise licensed to operate a disposal plant, for the purpose of transporting for hire unprocessed animal bodies, carcasses or portions thereof, and meat or meat products which are not intended for eventual use for human consumption. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 96-Y

The commissioner may decline to grant a license or may suspend or revoke a license already granted, after written notice to the applicant or licensee and an opportunity to be heard, when (1) any statement in the application or upon which it was issued is or was false or misleading, (2) the applicant or licensee does not have adequate physical facilities for the operation of a disposal plant or transportation service, (3) facilities are not maintained in a manner and as required by rules and regulations duly promulgated by the commissioner, (4) applicant, an officer, director, partner, or holder of ten per centum or more of the voting stock of an applicant has been convicted of a felony by a court of the United States or any state or territory thereof, without subsequent pardon by the governor or other appropriate authority of the state or jurisdiction in which such conviction occurred, or the receipt of a certificate of relief from disabilities or a certificate of good conduct pursuant to article twenty-three of the correction law, (5) when applicant or licensee is a partnership or corporation, any partner, officer, director, holder or owner of ten percent or more of the stock, has previously been responsible, in whole or in part, for any act on account of which a license may be denied, suspended or revoked pursuant to the provisions of this article, or (6) the applicant or licensee has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter or rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.