New York Laws
Article 20 - Licensing of Farm Products Dealers
248 - Dealers to Be Licensed and to Provide Security and to Deposit Fee.

(b) The commissioner is authorized to stagger the commencement of the
license year among licensees, and shall prorate the license application
fee and agricultural producers security fund fee accordingly.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to deposit all license
fees received pursuant to this section in the agricultural producers
security fund.
2. Before commencing or doing any business for the time for which a
license has been issued, said license shall be enclosed in a suitable
wood or metal frame having a clear glass space and a substantial wood or
metal back so that the whole of said license may be seen therein, and
shall be posted and at all times displayed in a conspicuous place in the
room where such business is carried on, so that all persons visiting
such place may readily see the same.