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Pennsylvania Act 2002-180 — ATHLETICS AND SPORTS (5 PA.C.S.) - AMEND ATHLETE AGENTS
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ATHLETICS AND SPORTS (5 PA.C.S.) - AMEND ATHLETE AGENTS
Act of Dec. 9, 2002, P.L. 1423, No. 180 Cl. 05
Session of 2002
No. 2002-180
HB 2411
AN ACT
Amending Title 5 (Athletics and Sports) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, revising provisions relating to
athlete agents.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Part II of Title 5 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is repealed.
Section 2. Title 5 is amended by adding a part to read:
PART II
ATHLETE AGENTS
Subpart
A. General Provisions
B. Registration of Athlete Agents
SUBPART A
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter
31. Preliminary Provisions
CHAPTER 31
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Sec.
3101. Short title of part.
3102. Definitions.
3103. Administration.
3104. Service of process.
3105. Subpoenas.
3106. Rules and regulations.
§ 3101. Short title of part.
This part shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform
Athlete Agents Act.
§ 3102. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this part shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Agency contract." Any contract or agreement in which an
individual or a student athlete authorizes or empowers a person
to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the individual or the
student athlete one or more professional sports services
contracts.
"Athlete agent." A person who enters into an agency contract
with an individual or a student athlete or directly or
indirectly recruits or solicits an individual or a student
athlete to enter into an agency contract. The term does not
include a spouse, parent, sibling, son, daughter or grandparent
of the individual or student athlete, an individual acting
solely on behalf of a professional sports team or a coach,
trainer or other employee of a secondary or postsecondary school
who is acting on behalf of a student athlete of the same
secondary or postsecondary school, provided that such activities
are within the scope of employment of the coach, trainer or
other employee. The term includes a person who represents to the
public that the person is an athlete agent.
"Athletic director." An individual responsible for
administering the overall athletic program of an educational
institution or, if an educational institution has separately
administered athletic programs for male students and female
students, the athletic program for males or the athletic program
for females.
"Commission." The State Athletic Commission.
"Contact." A communication, direct or indirect, between an
athlete agent and an individual or a student athlete to recruit
or solicit the individual or student athlete to enter into an
agency contract, including by telephonic, facsimile or other
electronic method, mail, electronic mail or personal means.
"Conviction." A finding of guilt by a judge, jury, a plea of
guilty or a plea of nolo contendere.
"Department." The Department of State of the Commonwealth.
"Institution of higher education." A public or private
college or university, including a community college.
"Intercollegiate sport." A sport played at the collegiate
level for which eligibility requirements for participation by a
student athlete are established by a national association for
the promotion or regulation of collegiate athletics.
"Person." An individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, association, joint venture, public
corporation or any other legal or commercial entity.
"Professional sports services contract." A contract or
agreement under which an individual is employed or agrees to
render services as a player on a professional sports team, with
a professional sports organization or as a professional athlete.
"Record." Information that is inscribed on a tangible medium
or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is
retrievable in perceivable form.
"Registration." Registration as an athlete agent pursuant to
Chapter 33 (relating to registration).
"State." A state of the United States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any
territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of
the United States.
"Student athlete." An individual who engages in, is eligible
to engage in or may be eligible in the future to engage in any
intercollegiate sport. If an individual is permanently
ineligible to participate in a particular intercollegiate sport,
the individual is not a student athlete for purposes of that
sport.
§ 3103. Administration.
The commission shall administer this part.
§ 3104. Service of process.
By engaging in the business of an athlete agent in this
Commonwealth, a nonresident individual appoints the Secretary of
the Commonwealth as the individual's agent to accept service of
process in any civil action related to the individual's business
as an athlete agent in this Commonwealth.
§ 3105. Subpoenas.
The commission may issue subpoenas for any relevant material
under this part.
§ 3106. Rules and regulations.
The commission shall have the power and duty to adopt and
revise regulations in accordance with the act of June 25, 1982
(P.L.633, No.181), known as the Regulatory Review Act, as are
reasonably necessary to administer and effectuate the purposes
of this part.
SUBPART B
REGISTRATION OF ATHLETE AGENTS
CHAPTER 33
REGISTRATION
Sec.
3301. Athlete agent registration.
3302. Application for registration.
3303. Issuance of registration.
3304. Denial of registration.
3305. Renewal of registration.
3306. Period of registration.
3307. Suspension, revocation, restriction or refusal to renew
registration.
3308. Fees.
3309. Form of contract for student athletes.
3310. Notice to educational institution.
3311. Student athlete's right to cancel.
3312. Required records.
3313. Prohibited acts.
3314. Civil remedies.
3315. Administrative penalty.
3316. Bonding requirements.
3317. Exemption from registration and bonding requirement.
3318. Disposition of commission receipts.
3319. Records.
3320. Transferability of registration.
§ 3301. Athlete agent registration.
(a) Certificate of registration required.--Except as
otherwise provided in subsection (b), a person shall not
directly or indirectly serve or offer to serve as an athlete
agent in this Commonwealth before being issued a certificate of
registration under section 3303 (relating to issuance of
registration). An out-of-State agent must register if the agent
through direct or indirect contact recruits or solicits an
individual or student athlete to enter into an agency contract
or procures, offers, promises or attempts to obtain employment
for an individual or student athlete with a Pennsylvania
professional sports team as a professional athlete in this
Commonwealth where any one or more of the following conditions
apply:
(1) The athlete agent is a resident of this
Commonwealth.
(2) The athlete is a resident of this Commonwealth or is
attending an institution of higher education in this
Commonwealth.
(3) The professional sports team has its home field or
its corporate headquarters in this Commonwealth.
(b) Exception.--An unregistered out-of-State agent or person
may act as an athlete agent in this Commonwealth before being
issued a certificate of registration for all purposes except
signing an agency contract if the following conditions are met:
(1) A student athlete or another acting on behalf of the
student athlete initiates contact with the person.
(2) Within seven days after an initial act as an athlete
agent, the person submits an application to register as an
athlete agent in this Commonwealth.
(3) The unregistered out-of-State agent or person has
never had registration issued under this chapter or a
predecessor statute revoked by the commission.
(c) Certain contracts void.--An agency contract resulting
from conduct in violation of this section is void. The athlete
agent shall return any consideration received under the
contract.
§ 3302. Application for registration.
(a) Procedure.--An applicant for registration shall submit
an application for registration to the commission in writing on
a form supplied by the commission and approved by the
department. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the
application must be in the name of an individual and be verified
by the applicant and must state, contain or be accompanied by:
(1) The information required by this chapter and such
other information as the commission may reasonably require.
(2) A processing fee of $100.
(3) The name of the applicant and the address of the
applicant's principal place of business.
(4) The name of the applicant's business or employer, if
applicable.
(5) Any business or occupation engaged in by the
applicant for the five years next preceding the date of
submission of the application.
(6) A description of the applicant's:
(i) Formal training as an athlete agent.
(ii) Practical experience as an athlete agent.
(iii) Educational background relating to the
applicant's activities as an athlete agent.
(7) The names and addresses of three individuals not
related to the applicant who are willing to serve as
references.
(8) The name, sport and last known team for each
individual for whom the applicant provided services as an
athlete agent during the five years next preceding the date
of submission of the application.
(9) The names and addresses of all persons who are:
(i) With respect to the athlete agent's business if
it is not a corporation, the partners, officers,
associates or profit-sharers.
(ii) With respect to a corporation employing the
athlete agent, the officers, directors and any
shareholder of the corporation with a 5% or greater
interest.
(10) Whether the applicant or any other person named
pursuant to paragraph (9) has been convicted of a crime that,
if committed in this Commonwealth, would be a felony or other
crime involving moral turpitude, and identify the crime.
(11) Whether there has been any administrative or
judicial determination that the applicant or any other person
named pursuant to paragraph (9) has made a false, misleading,
deceptive or fraudulent representation.
(12) Any instance in which the conduct of the applicant
or any other person named pursuant to paragraph (9) resulted
in the imposition of a sanction, suspension or declaration of
ineligibility to participate in an interscholastic or
intercollegiate athletic event on a student athlete or
educational institution.
(13) Any sanction, suspension or disciplinary action
taken against the applicant or any other person named
pursuant to paragraph (9) arising out of occupational or
professional conduct.
(14) Whether there has been any denial of an application
for, suspension or revocation of or refusal to renew the
registration or licensure of the applicant or any other
person named pursuant to paragraph (9) as an athlete agent in
any state.
(b) Out-of-State agents.--A person who has submitted an
application for and received a certificate of registration or
licensure as an athlete agent in another state may submit a copy
of the application and a valid certificate of registration or
licensure from the other state in lieu of submitting an
application in the form prescribed pursuant to subsection (a).
The commission shall accept the application and the certificate
from the other state as an application for registration in this
Commonwealth if the application to the other state:
(1) Was submitted in the other state within the six
months next preceding the submission of the application in
this Commonwealth and the applicant certifies the information
contained in the application is current.
(2) Contains information substantially similar to or
more comprehensive than that required in an application
submitted in this Commonwealth.
(3) Was signed by the applicant.
(4) The unregistered out-of-State agent has never had
registration issued under this chapter or a predecessor
statute revoked by the commission.
(c) Criminal background check.--Every applicant shall
complete an application or process as may be necessary to
request the Pennsylvania State Police to provide a copy of the
applicant's criminal history record to the commission.
§ 3303. Issuance of registration.
Except as otherwise provided in section 3304 (relating to
denial of registration), the commission shall issue a
certificate of registration to a person:
(1) Who complies with section 3302(a) and (c) (relating
to application for registration).
(2) Whose application has been accepted under section
3302(b).
(3) Who is 21 years of age or older.
(4) Who possesses good moral character.
(5) Who neither at the time of application nor within
ten years prior to the time of application has been finally
found to have participated in any conduct that led to the
imposition of sanctions against an individual or student
athlete, institution of higher education or professional
sports team by any association or organization that
establishes rules for the conduct of amateur or professional
sports.
§ 3304. Denial of registration.
(a) Grounds.--The commission may refuse to issue a
certificate of registration if the commission determines that
the applicant has engaged in conduct that has a significant
adverse effect on the applicant's fitness to serve as an athlete
agent. In making the determination, the commission may consider
whether the applicant has:
(1) Made a materially false, misleading, deceptive or
fraudulent representation as an athlete agent or in the
application.
(2) Engaged in conduct that would disqualify the
applicant from serving in a fiduciary capacity.
(3) Engaged in conduct prohibited by section 3313
(relating to prohibited acts).
(4) Had a registration or licensure as an athlete agent
suspended, revoked or denied or been refused renewal of
registration or licensure in any state.
(5) Engaged in conduct that significantly adversely
reflects on the applicant's credibility, honesty or
integrity.
(b) Additional considerations.--In making a determination
under subsection (a), the commission shall consider:
(1) How recently the conduct occurred.
(2) The nature of the conduct and the context in which
it occurred.
(3) Any other relevant conduct of the applicant.
(c) Issuance of registration prohibited.--The commission
shall not issue athlete agent registration to or renew the
athlete agent registration of a person who has been convicted of
any of the following offenses, or any comparable offense in
another jurisdiction, within ten years of the date of
application:
(1) An offense under the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233,
No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and
Cosmetic Act.
(2) An offense under the following provisions of 18
Pa.C.S. (relating to crimes and offenses):
Section 902 (relating to criminal solicitation).
Section 908 (relating to prohibited offensive
weapons).
Section 2502 (relating to murder).
Section 2901 (relating to kidnapping).
Section 3121 (relating to rape).
Section 3126 (relating to indecent assault).
Section 3923 (relating to theft by extortion).
Section 4109 (relating to rigging publicly exhibited
contest).
Section 4302 (relating to incest).
Section 4304 (relating to endangering welfare of
children).
Section 4305 (relating to dealing in infant
children).
Section 4701 (relating to bribery in official and
political matters).
Section 4902 (relating to perjury).
Section 5501 (relating to riot).
Section 5504 (relating to harassment and stalking by
communication or address).
Section 5512 (relating to lotteries, etc.).
Section 5513 (relating to gambling devices, gambling,
etc.).
Section 5514 (relating to pool selling and
bookmaking).
Section 5901 (relating to open lewdness).
Section 5902 (relating to prostitution and related
offenses).
Section 5903 (relating to obscene and other sexual
materials and performances).
Section 5904 (relating to public exhibition of insane
or deformed person).
Section 6301 (relating to corruption of minors).
Section 6312 (relating to sexual abuse of children).
Section 7107 (relating to unlawful actions by athlete
agents).
(3) The commission shall not issue registration to any
person who has been found by the commission to have engaged
in the activities of an athlete agent in this Commonwealth
without acquiring registration as required by this chapter
within 12 months prior to the date of application.
§ 3305. Renewal of registration.
(a) Procedure.--An athlete agent may apply to renew a
registration by submitting an application for renewal in writing
on a form supplied by the commission and approved by the
department. The application for renewal must be in the name of
an individual and be verified by the applicant and must state,
contain or be accompanied by:
(1) Current information on all matters required in an
original registration.
(2) Such other information as the commission may
reasonably require.
(3) A processing fee of $100.
(b) Out-of-state agents.--An individual who has submitted an
application for renewal of registration or licensure in another
state, in lieu of submitting an application for renewal in the
form prescribed under subsection (a), may file a copy of the
application for renewal and a valid certificate of registration
from the other state. The commission shall accept the
application for renewal from the other state as an application
for renewal in this Commonwealth if the application to the other
state:
(1) Was submitted to the other state within the last six
months and the applicant certifies the information contained
in the application for renewal is current.
(2) Contains information substantially similar to or
more comprehensive than that required in an application for
renewal submitted in this Commonwealth.
(3) Was verified by the applicant.
(4) The unregistered out-of-State agent has never had
registration issued under this chapter or a predecessor
statute revoked by the commission.
§ 3306. Period of registration.
A certificate of registration or a renewal of a registration
is valid for two years.
§ 3307. Suspension, revocation, restriction or refusal to
renew registration.
(a) Investigation.--The commission or its designee may
review the operations of all registered athlete agents and shall
prepare a written report for review by the commission.
(b) Cease and desist order.--The commission may issue an
immediate cease and desist order against an athlete agent who
has been found preliminarily by the commission to have committed
a violation of 18 Pa.C.S. § 7107 (relating to unlawful actions
by athlete agents) or a violation of this chapter. Within 20
days of issuance of the cease and desist order, the commission
shall conduct a hearing to determine whether the cease and
desist order should be dissolved or made permanent.
(c) Registration suspension, revocation, restriction or
refusal to renew.--The commission may suspend, revoke, restrict
or otherwise limit registration or refuse to renew a
registration for conduct that would have justified denial of
registration under section 3304(a) (relating to denial of
registration).
(d) Notice and hearing.--The commission may deny, suspend,
revoke, restrict or otherwise limit registration or refuse to
renew a registration only after proper notice and an opportunity
for a hearing in accordance with 2 Pa.C.S. Ch. 5 Subch. A
(relating to practice and procedure of Commonwealth agencies).
(e) Reciprocal disciplinary or corrective action.--The
commission may deny, suspend, revoke, restrict or otherwise
limit registration or refuse to renew a registration of an
athlete agent on the basis of a disciplinary or corrective
action having been taken against the athlete agent in another
state, territory, possession or country, a branch of the Federal
Government or by an athletic association.
§ 3308. Fees.
(a) Amounts.--An application for registration or renewal of
registration must be accompanied by a fee in the following
amount:
(1) $200 for an initial application for registration for
an individual or sole proprietor and $400 for a partnership,
association, corporation or other legal entity.
(2) $150 for an application for registration based upon
a certificate of registration or licensure issued by another
state for an individual or sole proprietor and $300 for a
partnership, association, corporation or other legal entity.
(3) $200 for an application for renewal of registration
for an individual or sole proprietor and $400 for a
partnership, association, corporation or other legal entity.
(4) $150 for an application for renewal of registration
based upon an application for renewal of registration or
licensure submitted in another state for an individual or
sole proprietor and $400 for a partnership, association,
corporation or other legal entity.
(b) Fee increase.--If the revenues raised by fees, fines and
civil penalties imposed in accordance with this chapter are not
sufficient to match the expenditures necessary to carry out the
provisions of this chapter, the commission shall increase those
fees by regulation so that the revenues match the expenditures.
§ 3309. Form of contract for student athletes.
(a) Form generally.--An agency contract must be in a record
and signed by the parties.
(b) Contents.--An agency contract must state or contain:
(1) The amount and method of calculating the
consideration to be paid by the student athlete for services
to be provided by the athlete agent under the contract and
any other consideration the athlete agent has received or
will receive from any other source for entering into the
contract or for providing the services.
(2) The name of any person not listed in the application
for registration or renewal who will be compensated because
the student athlete signed the agency contract.
(3) A description of any expenses that the student
athlete agrees to reimburse.
(4) A description of the services to be provided to the
athlete student.
(5) The duration of the contract.
(6) The date of execution.
(c) Notice.--An agency contract must contain in close
proximity to the signature of the student athlete a conspicuous
notice in boldface type in capital letters stating:
WARNING TO STUDENT ATHLETE
If you sign this contract:
(1) You may lose your eligibility to compete as a
student athlete in your sport.
(2) Both you and your athlete agent are required to tell
your athletic director, if you have an athletic director, and
the commission within 72 hours after entering into an agency
contract.
(3) You may cancel this contract within 14 days after
signing it. Cancellation of the contract may not reinstate
your eligibility.
(d) Contracts not in conformity.--An agency contract that
does not conform to this section is voidable by the student
athlete.
(e) Contract copy to student athlete.--The athlete agent
shall give a copy of the signed agency contract to the student
athlete at the time of signing.
§ 3310. Notice to educational institution.
Within 72 hours after entering into an agency contract or
before the next scheduled athletic event in which the student
athlete may participate, whichever occurs first:
(1) The athlete agent shall give notice in a record of
the existence of the contract to the athletic director of the
educational institution at which the student athlete is
enrolled or the athlete agent has reasonable grounds to
believe the student athlete intends to enroll and to the
commission.
(2) The student athlete shall inform the athletic
director of the educational institution at which the student
athlete is enrolled that the student athlete has entered into
an agency contract and to the commission.
§ 3311. Student athlete's right to cancel.
(a) Procedure.--A student athlete may cancel an agency
contract by giving notice in a record to the athlete agent of
the cancellation within 14 days after the contract is signed.
(b) Waiver not permitted.--A student athlete may not waive
the right to cancel an agency contract.
(c) Consideration.--If a student athlete cancels an agency
contract, the student athlete is not required to pay any
consideration under the contract or to return any consideration
received from the agent to induce the student athlete to enter
into the contract.
§ 3312. Required records.
(a) General rule.--An athlete agent shall retain the
following records for a period of five years:
(1) The name and address of each individual represented
by the athlete agent.
(2) Any agency contract entered into by the athlete
agent.
(3) Any direct costs incurred by the athlete agent in
the recruitment or solicitation of a student athlete.
(b) Records open to inspection.--Records required by
subsection (a) to be retained are open to inspection by the
commission during normal business hours.
§ 3313. Prohibited acts.
An athlete agent may not:
(1) Initiate contact with a student athlete unless
registered under this part.
(2) Refuse or willfully fail to retain or permit
inspection of the records required by section 3312 (relating
to required records).
(3) Violate section 3301 (relating to athlete agent
registration) by failing to register.
(4) Provide materially false or misleading information
in an application for registration or renewal of
registration.
(5) Predate or postdate an agency contract.
(6) Fail to notify a student athlete prior to the
student athlete's signing an agency contract for a particular
sport that the signing by the student athlete may make the
student athlete ineligible to participate as a student
athlete in that sport.
(7) Enter into an oral or written contract or
professional sport services contract with a student athlete
before the student athlete's eligibility for collegiate
athletics has expired.
(8) Before the student athlete's eligibility for
collegiate athletics has expired, give, offer or promise
anything of value to:
(i) a student athlete;
(ii) any member of the student athlete's immediate
family; or
(iii) any individual who substantially contributes
to the economic support of the student athlete. For
purposes of this subparagraph, an individual shall be
deemed to have substantially contributed to the economic
support of a student athlete if the individual provides
25% or more of the cost of tuition, room and board and
incidental expenses of the student athlete's education or
provides to the student athlete at minimal or no cost
non-college-based lodging or meals or transportation to
and from college classes.
(9) Give, offer or promise an oral or written contract
which would require the athlete agent to give, offer or
promise anything of value to any employee of an institution
of higher education in return for a referral of a student
athlete by the employee.
(10) Engage in the activities of an athlete agent
without a current valid registration.
(11) Violate any provision of this part or regulation of
the commission.
§ 3314. Civil remedies.
(a) Right of action.--An educational institution has a right
of action against an athlete agent or a former student athlete
for damages caused by a violation of this part or for a
violation of 18 Pa.C.S. § 7107 (relating to unlawful actions by
athlete agents). In an action under this section, the court may
award to the prevailing party costs and reasonable attorney
fees.
(b) Damages.--Damages of an educational institution under
subsection (a) include losses and expenses incurred because, as
a result of the activities of an athlete agent or former student
athlete, the educational institution was injured by a violation
of this part or was penalized, disqualified or suspended from
participation in athletics by a national association for the
promotion and regulation of athletics, by an athletic conference
or by reasonable self-imposed disciplinary action taken to
mitigate sanctions.
(c) Accrual of action.--A right of action under this section
does not accrue until the educational institution discovers or
by the exercise of reasonable diligence would have discovered
the violation by the athlete agent or former student athlete.
(d) Liability.--Any liability of the athlete agent or the
former student athlete under this section is several and not
joint.
(e) Other rights and remedies.--This part does not restrict
rights, remedies or defenses of any person under law.
§ 3315. Administrative penalty.
(a) Civil penalty.--The commission may assess a civil
penalty against an athlete agent not to exceed $25,000 per
violation of this part or per violation of 18 Pa.C.S. § 7107
(relating to unlawful actions by athlete agents).
(b) Injunctive relief.--The commission may, in the name of
the people of this Commonwealth, through the Office of Attorney
General, apply for injunctive relief in any court of competent
jurisdiction to enjoin any person from committing any act in
violation of this chapter. Injunctive relief shall be in
addition to and not in lieu of all penalties and other remedies
in this chapter.
§ 3316. Bonding requirements.
(a) Amount.--Before any athlete agent registration is
issued, the applicant shall be required to execute and file a
surety bond with the commission in such reasonable amount, but
not less than $20,000, as the commission shall require.
(b) Bond forms.--All bonds shall be upon forms supplied by
the commission and which have been approved by the department.
All bonds shall be accompanied by a $25 filing fee.
(c) Conditions of bond.--The surety bond shall be
conditioned upon the following:
(1) Compliance with this chapter.
(2) The payment of all sums due a person at the time the
sums are due and payable.
(3) The payment of damages suffered by any person as a
result of intentional or unintentional misstatements,
misrepresentation, fraud, deceit or unlawful or negligent
acts of the student athlete agent while acting as a student
athlete agent.
(d) Alternate security.--
(1) In lieu of a surety bond, a registrant may deposit
with the commission cash, a certified check or a letter of
credit in an equivalent amount. The provisions of this
section regarding bonds shall apply to the alternate security
provided for in this subsection.
(2) The security shall not be returned to a registrant
until one year after the student athlete agent's registration
has expired. After that time if there are no claims against
the registered athlete agent, the alternate security shall be
returned to the depositor.
(e) Recovery on bond.--Recovery may be had on a bond or
deposit of alternate security in the same manner as penalties
are recoverable at law.
§ 3317. Exemption from registration and bonding requirement.
(a) Immediate family members.--Athlete agents who are
representing an immediate family member are exempt from the
provisions of this chapter.
(b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
"immediate family" means a spouse, parent, sibling, son,
daughter or grandparent.
§ 3318. Disposition of commission receipts.
All fees, civil penalties, forfeitures and other moneys
collected under this chapter and the regulations of the
commission shall be paid into the Athletic Commission
Augmentation Account.
§ 3319. Records.
A record of all persons registered under this chapter shall
be kept in the office of the commission and shall be open to
public inspection and copying upon payment of a nominal fee for
copying the record.
§ 3320. Transferability of registration.
No registration issued under this chapter shall be assignable
or transferable. In the event of a corporate change of status,
the entity must register within 90 days.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
APPROVED--The 9th day of December, A. D. 2002.
MARK S. SCHWEIKER
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