§ 61. License application. 1. Any person may apply to the board for a
license to cultivate, process, distribute, deliver or dispense cannabis
within this state for sale. Such application shall be in writing and
verified and shall contain such information as the board shall require.
Such application shall be accompanied by a check or draft for the amount
required by this article for such license. If the board shall approve
the application, it shall issue a license in such form as shall be
determined by its rules. Such license shall contain a description of the
licensed premises and in form and in substance shall be a license to the
person therein specifically designated to cultivate, process,
distribute, deliver or dispense cannabis in the premises therein
specifically licensed.

2. Except as otherwise provided in this article, a separate license
shall be required for each facility at which cultivation, processing,
distribution or retail dispensing is conducted.

3. An applicant shall not be denied a license under this article based
solely on a conviction for a violation of article two hundred twenty or
section 240.36 of the penal law, prior to the date article two hundred
twenty-one of the penal law took effect, a conviction for a violation of
article two hundred twenty-one of the penal law, or a conviction for a
violation of article two hundred twenty-two of the penal law after the
effective date of this chapter.