Section 341. Registration

1. No manufacturer or contractor shall engage in
  the apparel industry unless he or she registers with  the  commissioner,
  in  writing, on a form provided by the commissioner, which shall contain
  the  following  information:  whether  it  is  a  sole   proprietorship,
  partnership  or  corporation, its name, address and number of production
  employees, the name, home address and social  security  number  of  each
  owner  or  partner,  or if the registrant is a corporation, no shares of
  which are listed on a national securities exchange or  regularly  quoted
  in an over-the-counter market by one or more members of a national or an
  affiliated  securities  association,  of each officer and of each of the
  ten largest shareholders thereof, how long it has been in business,  its
  tax  identification  number, whether it is a manufacturer or contractor,
  the name and address of each person with a  financial  interest  in  the
  manufacturer's or contractor's business and the amount of that interest,
  except  that  if  the  manufacturer  or  contractor is a publicly-traded
  corporation, only the names and addresses of  the  corporation  officers
  shall  be  required, whether it is in contractual relations with a labor
  organization  and,  if  so,  the  name  and  address   of   such   labor
  organization,  a  statement as to whether the registrant or any owner of
  or partner in, or if the registrant is a corporation, no shares of which
  are listed on a national securities exchange or regularly quoted  in  an
  over-the-counter  market  by  one  or  more  members of a national or an
  affiliated securities association, any officer or any of the ten largest
  shareholders thereof has, within the last three years, been found by any
  court or administrative body to have violated this chapter and,  if  so,
  the  nature  and  date  of  such  violation  and, if the registrant is a
  contractor, whether that contractor subcontracts the cutting  or  sewing
  of  apparel  or  sections  or components thereof. Such registration form
  shall also require that each owner or partner, or if the registrant is a
  corporation, then each officer, submit photographic proof  of  identity.
  Divisions,  subsidiary  corporations  or  related  companies may, at the
  option of the manufacturer or contractor, be named  and  included  under
  one  omnibus registration. Such registration shall be filed on or before
  January  fifteenth  of  each  year.  The  commissioner  shall  issue   a
  certificate  of  registration,  which shall be effective for a period of
  twelve months, upon receipt of a completed registration form accompanied
  by the requisite photographic proof of identity and  documentation  that
  such  manufacturer  or  contractor  has  paid  any  surety bond required
  pursuant to subdivision eight of section  three  hundred  forty-five  of
  this  article  and  that  a workers' compensation insurance policy is in
  effect for the registrant's production employees  working  in  New  York
  state.  The  initial  registration  fee shall be two hundred dollars and
  each subsequent annual renewal registration fee  shall  be  one  hundred
  fifty dollars. With respect to new employers, such registration shall be
  filed  upon  the  commencement  of  manufacturing  or contracting in the
  apparel industry and shall be  effective  until  the  following  January
  fifteenth. The commissioner may pro rate the initial annual registration
  fee in such instances.
    2.   Proof   of  registration  shall  be  by  an  official  department
  registration certificate which shall be posted where it may be  read  by
  employees during the workday.