Certificate of registration; issuance or denial; renewal.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of registration to an individual who complies with subsection (a) of Section 8-26A-5 or whose application has been accepted under subsection (b) of Section 8-26A-5.
(b) The Secretary of State may refuse to issue a certificate of registration if the Secretary of State determines that the applicant has engaged in conduct that has a significant adverse effect on the applicant's fitness to act as an athlete agent.
(c) In making the determination under subsection (b), the Secretary of State may consider, without limitation, whether the applicant has done any of the following:
(1) Been convicted of a crime that, if committed in this state, would be a crime involving moral turpitude or a felony.
(2) Made a materially false, misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent representation in the application or as an athlete agent.
(3) Engaged in conduct that would disqualify the applicant from serving in a fiduciary capacity.
(4) Engaged in conduct prohibited by Section 8-26A-14.
(5) Had a registration or licensure as an athlete agent suspended, revoked, or denied or been refused renewal of registration or licensure as an athlete agent in any state.
(6) Engaged in conduct the consequence of which was that a sanction, suspension, or declaration of ineligibility to participate in an interscholastic or intercollegiate athletic event was imposed on a student-athlete or educational institution.
(7) Engaged in conduct that significantly adversely reflects on the applicant's credibility, honesty, or integrity.
(d) In making a determination under subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall consider all of the following:
(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.
(e) An athlete agent may apply to renew a registration by submitting an application for renewal in a form prescribed by the Secretary of State. The application for renewal shall be signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury and shall contain current information on all matters required in an original registration.
(f) 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 pursuant to subsection (e), may file a copy of the application for renewal and a valid certificate of registration or licensure from the other state. The Secretary of State shall accept the application for renewal from the other state as an application for renewal in this state if the application to the other state meets all of the following criteria:
(1) It was submitted in the other state within six months next preceding the filing in this state and the applicant certifies the information contained in the application for renewal is current.
(2) It contains information substantially similar to or more comprehensive than that required in an application for renewal submitted in this state.
(3) It was signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.
(g) A certificate of registration or a renewal of a registration is valid for two years.
(h) A denial of a certificate of registration may be appealed to the commission in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. The following rules apply to an appeal under this subsection.
(1) In the event that proper notice of appeal is given to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall forward the file to the Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Central Panel of Administrative Law Judges in the office of the Attorney General, along with a request that an administrative law judge be assigned to conduct the hearing of the requested appeal.
(2) The administrative law judge designated to hear the appeal shall proceed to give notice of the hearing under the Administrative Procedure Act. The administrative law judge shall conduct the hearing and provide the commission with proposed findings of fact, conclusions of law, and a recommendation.
(3) Upon receipt of the report of the administrative law judge along with the file and record of the appeal, the commission may adopt, alter, or reject the proposed findings of the administrative law judge and issue the final order.
(4) The final order of the commission may be appealed to the circuit court under the terms and standards set out in the Administrative Procedure Act.
(5) Costs incurred by the state for any appeal to the commission shall be paid by the Secretary of State from monies appropriated for the implementation of this chapter.
Certificate of registration; issuance or denial; renewal.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of registration to an individual who complies with subsection (a) of Section 8-26A-5 or whose application has been accepted under subsection (b) of Section 8-26A-5.
(b) The Secretary of State may refuse to issue a certificate of registration if the Secretary of State determines that the applicant has engaged in conduct that has a significant adverse effect on the applicant's fitness to act as an athlete agent.
(c) In making the determination under subsection (b), the Secretary of State may consider, without limitation, whether the applicant has done any of the following:
(1) Been convicted of a crime that, if committed in this state, would be a crime involving moral turpitude or a felony.
(2) Made a materially false, misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent representation in the application or as an athlete agent.
(3) Engaged in conduct that would disqualify the applicant from serving in a fiduciary capacity.
(4) Engaged in conduct prohibited by Section 8-26A-14.
(5) Had a registration or licensure as an athlete agent suspended, revoked, or denied or been refused renewal of registration or licensure as an athlete agent in any state.
(6) Engaged in conduct the consequence of which was that a sanction, suspension, or declaration of ineligibility to participate in an interscholastic or intercollegiate athletic event was imposed on a student-athlete or educational institution.
(7) Engaged in conduct that significantly adversely reflects on the applicant's credibility, honesty, or integrity.
(d) In making a determination under subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall consider all of the following:
(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.
(e) An athlete agent may apply to renew a registration by submitting an application for renewal in a form prescribed by the Secretary of State. The application for renewal shall be signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury and shall contain current information on all matters required in an original registration.
(f) 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 pursuant to subsection (e), may file a copy of the application for renewal and a valid certificate of registration or licensure from the other state. The Secretary of State shall accept the application for renewal from the other state as an application for renewal in this state if the application to the other state meets all of the following criteria:
(1) It was submitted in the other state within six months next preceding the filing in this state and the applicant certifies the information contained in the application for renewal is current.
(2) It contains information substantially similar to or more comprehensive than that required in an application for renewal submitted in this state.
(3) It was signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.
(g) A certificate of registration or a renewal of a registration is valid for two years.
(h) A denial of a certificate of registration may be appealed to the commission in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. The following rules apply to an appeal under this subsection.
(1) In the event that proper notice of appeal is given to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall forward the file to the Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Central Panel of Administrative Law Judges in the office of the Attorney General, along with a request that an administrative law judge be assigned to conduct the hearing of the requested appeal.
(2) The administrative law judge designated to hear the appeal shall proceed to give notice of the hearing under the Administrative Procedure Act. The administrative law judge shall conduct the hearing and provide the commission with proposed findings of fact, conclusions of law, and a recommendation.
(3) Upon receipt of the report of the administrative law judge along with the file and record of the appeal, the commission may adopt, alter, or reject the proposed findings of the administrative law judge and issue the final order.
(4) The final order of the commission may be appealed to the circuit court under the terms and standards set out in the Administrative Procedure Act.
(5) Costs incurred by the state for any appeal to the commission shall be paid by the Secretary of State from monies appropriated for the implementation of this chapter.
Certificate of registration; issuance or denial; renewal.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of registration to an individual who complies with subsection (a) of Section 8-26A-5 or whose application has been accepted under subsection (b) of Section 8-26A-5.
(b) The Secretary of State may refuse to issue a certificate of registration if the Secretary of State determines that the applicant has engaged in conduct that has a significant adverse effect on the applicant's fitness to act as an athlete agent.
(c) In making the determination under subsection (b), the Secretary of State may consider, without limitation, whether the applicant has done any of the following:
(1) Been convicted of a crime that, if committed in this state, would be a crime involving moral turpitude or a felony.
(2) Made a materially false, misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent representation in the application or as an athlete agent.
(3) Engaged in conduct that would disqualify the applicant from serving in a fiduciary capacity.
(4) Engaged in conduct prohibited by Section 8-26A-14.
(5) Had a registration or licensure as an athlete agent suspended, revoked, or denied or been refused renewal of registration or licensure as an athlete agent in any state.
(6) Engaged in conduct the consequence of which was that a sanction, suspension, or declaration of ineligibility to participate in an interscholastic or intercollegiate athletic event was imposed on a student-athlete or educational institution.
(7) Engaged in conduct that significantly adversely reflects on the applicant's credibility, honesty, or integrity.
(d) In making a determination under subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall consider all of the following:
(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.
(e) An athlete agent may apply to renew a registration by submitting an application for renewal in a form prescribed by the Secretary of State. The application for renewal shall be signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury and shall contain current information on all matters required in an original registration.
(f) 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 pursuant to subsection (e), may file a copy of the application for renewal and a valid certificate of registration or licensure from the other state. The Secretary of State shall accept the application for renewal from the other state as an application for renewal in this state if the application to the other state meets all of the following criteria:
(1) It was submitted in the other state within six months next preceding the filing in this state and the applicant certifies the information contained in the application for renewal is current.
(2) It contains information substantially similar to or more comprehensive than that required in an application for renewal submitted in this state.
(3) It was signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.
(g) A certificate of registration or a renewal of a registration is valid for two years.
(h) A denial of a certificate of registration may be appealed to the commission in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. The following rules apply to an appeal under this subsection.
(1) In the event that proper notice of appeal is given to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall forward the file to the Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Central Panel of Administrative Law Judges in the office of the Attorney General, along with a request that an administrative law judge be assigned to conduct the hearing of the requested appeal.
(2) The administrative law judge designated to hear the appeal shall proceed to give notice of the hearing under the Administrative Procedure Act. The administrative law judge shall conduct the hearing and provide the commission with proposed findings of fact, conclusions of law, and a recommendation.
(3) Upon receipt of the report of the administrative law judge along with the file and record of the appeal, the commission may adopt, alter, or reject the proposed findings of the administrative law judge and issue the final order.
(4) The final order of the commission may be appealed to the circuit court under the terms and standards set out in the Administrative Procedure Act.
(5) Costs incurred by the state for any appeal to the commission shall be paid by the Secretary of State from monies appropriated for the implementation of this chapter.
