§ 224. Simplification of business application procedures and
administration. 1. For the purposes of reducing the amount of paperwork
required of businesses which are licensed or registered pursuant to this
chapter, and to provide for the most efficient servicing of such
businesses, the commissioner shall, to the extent administratively
feasible, provide that: (i) applications for licenses or registrations,
or renewals thereof, to be issued pursuant to sections three hundred
three, three hundred ninety-eight-c, four hundred fifteen and four
hundred fifteen-a of this chapter simultaneously made by the same entity
shall be made on one application, (ii) all such licenses and
registrations issued to the same entity shall expire at the same time,
and (iii) the expiration dates for all licensees and registrants subject
to such sections shall be staggered as effectively as possible over a
two year period.

2. The provisions of the sections set forth in subdivision one of this
section shall be construed to achieve the purposes enunciated in that
subdivision.

3. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, only one
original application fee shall be required of the same applicant who
simultaneously makes application for the issuance of more than one
license or registration pursuant to section three hundred three, three
hundred ninety-eight-c, four hundred fifteen or four hundred fifteen-a
of this chapter. Such fee shall be the highest application fee for any
one of the licenses or registrations being applied for.