§ 996-22 — Eligibility
Revised Code of the Consolidated City and County of Indianapolis-Marion County (Supp. No. 47, Update 2: codified through Ordinance No. 42, 2026, passed June 1, 2026) · Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 996-22
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Sec. 996-22. - Eligibility.
(a) To be eligible for a license to operate a public vehicle for hire, a person: (1) Must possess a public passenger chauffeur or commercial driver's license issued by the State of Indiana; (2) Must not have been convicted of a felony within the period of five (5) years immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application; (3) Must not have been convicted of operating a vehicle while intoxicated within the period of ten (10) years immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application; (4) Must not have been convicted of operating a vehicle without a license or operating a vehicle as a habitual traffic violator within the period of ten (10) years immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application; (5) Must not have two (2) or more convictions at any time for operating a vehicle while intoxicated; (6) Either: a. Must not have been convicted at any time of an offense against another person as set out in IC 35-42 or another jurisdiction's equivalent unless that conviction was for a misdemeanor and a period of five (5) years has passed from the date of conviction to the date of filing; b. Must have had a valid City of Indianapolis taxicab operator's license on the effective date of this section; and (7) Either: a. Must have been a resident of Marion County or the seven (7) contiguous counties for a cumulative total of at least twelve (12) months; or b. Must have had a valid City of Indianapolis taxicab operator's license on the effective date of this subsection. (b) In addition to any other basis for revocation of a license, no person shall be eligible to retain a license to operate a public vehicle for hire if he or she operates such vehicle with either: (1) An alcohol concentration in his or her blood; or (2) A controlled substance listed in schedule I or II of IC 35-48-2 or its metabolite in his or her body, unless such person consumed the controlled substance under a valid prescription or order of a practitioner (as defined in IC 35-48-1) who acted in the course of the practitioner's professional practice.
(G.O. 76, 1994, § 1; G.O. 72, 2002, § 1; G.O. 63, 2003, § 1; G.O. 78, 2019, § 1)