Sec. 4. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the attorney general shall issue a certificate of registration to an individual who complies with the requirements of section 3(a) of this chapter or whose application has been accepted under section 3(b) of this chapter.

(b) The attorney general may refuse to issue a certificate of registration if the attorney general 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. In making the determination, the attorney general may consider whether any of the following apply to the applicant:

(1) The applicant has been convicted of a crime that, if committed in Indiana, would be a crime involving moral turpitude or a felony.

(2) The applicant made a materially false, misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent representation in the application or as an athlete agent.

(3) The applicant has engaged in conduct that would disqualify the applicant from serving in a fiduciary capacity.

(4) The applicant has engaged in conduct prohibited by section 12 of this chapter.

(5) The applicant has had a registration or a license as an athlete agent suspended, revoked, or denied or been refused renewal of a registration or a license as an athlete agent in any state.

(6) The applicant has engaged in conduct the consequences of which were 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) The applicant has engaged in conduct that significantly adversely reflects on the applicant's credibility, honesty, or integrity.

(c) In making a determination under subsection (b), the attorney general shall consider 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.

(d) An athlete agent may apply to renew a registration by submitting an application for renewal in a form prescribed by the attorney general. An application filed under this subsection is a public record under IC 5-14-3. The application for renewal must be signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury and must contain current information on all matters required by section 3(a) of this chapter for an original registration.

(e) An individual who has submitted an application for renewal of a registration or a license in another state, instead of submitting an application for renewal in the form prescribed under subsection (d), may file a copy of the application for renewal and a valid certificate of registration or a valid license from the other state. The attorney general shall accept the application for renewal from the other state as an application for renewal in Indiana if the application to the other state:

(1) was submitted in the other state within six (6) months immediately preceding the filing in Indiana and the applicant certifies that 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 Indiana; and

(3) was signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.

(f) A certificate of registration or a renewal of a registration is valid for two (2) years.

As added by P.L.54-2001, SEC.5.