To help answer my own question, I think I get it, maybe... "The commissioner shall not issue any certificate of registration authorized by this section to a

To help answer my own question, I think I get it, maybe... "The commissioner shall not issue any certificate of registration authorized by this section to any franchisor, MANUFACTURER, DISTRIBUTOR BRANCH OR FACTORY BRANCH..." The rest of bill then talks all about franchisors, and mentions manufacturers very little. So perhaps there's something in here that doesn't allow New York to give registration to manufacturers, and only makes rules for franchisors. Still, this stuff is arcane. It's like reading assembly code.