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An applicant for registration shall submit an application for registration to the Secretary of State in a form prescribed by the Secretary of State. An application filed under this Code section is a public record. The application shall be in the name of an individual and state or contain the following and any other information required by the Secretary of State:

  1. The name of the applicant and the address of the applicant's residence and principal place of business;
  2. The name of the applicant's business or employer, if applicable;
  3. Any business or occupation engaged in by the applicant for the five years next preceding the date of submission of the application;
  4. A description of the applicant's:
    1. Formal training as an athlete agent;
    2. Practical experience as an athlete agent; and
    3. Educational background relating to the applicant's activities as an athlete agent;
  5. The names and addresses of three individuals not related to the applicant who are willing to serve as references;
  6. The name, sport, and last known team for each individual for whom the applicant acted as an athlete agent during the five years next preceding the date of submission of the application;
  7. The names and addresses of all persons who are:
    1. With respect to the athlete agent's business if it is not a corporation, the partners, members, officers, managers, associates, or profit sharers of the business; and
    2. With respect to a corporation employing the athlete agent, the officers, directors, and any shareholder of the corporation having an interest of 5 percent or greater;
  8. Whether the applicant or any person named pursuant to paragraph (7) of this Code section has been convicted of a crime that, if committed in this state, would be a crime involving moral turpitude or a felony, and identify the crime;
  9. Whether there has been any administrative or judicial determination that the applicant or any person named pursuant to paragraph (7) of this Code section has made a false, misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent representation;
  10. Any instance in which the conduct of the applicant or any person named pursuant to paragraph (7) of this Code section 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;
  11. Any sanction, suspension, or disciplinary action taken against the applicant or any person named pursuant to paragraph (7) of this Code section arising out of occupational or professional conduct; and
  12. 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 person named pursuant to paragraph (7) of this Code section as an athlete agent in any state.

(Code 1981, §43-4A-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 651, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 370, § 3; Ga. L. 1993, p. 123, § 20; Ga. L. 2003, p. 774, § 6; Ga. L. 2010, p. 376, § 2/SB 149.)

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2003, "Code section" was substituted for "subsection" in paragraph (8).

Law reviews.

- For note on 1989 amendment to O.C.G.A. § 43-4A-5, see 6 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 298 (1989).


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