Eligibility.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 996-22
in effectSec. 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)
Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIVBUCORELI_CH996PUVEHI_ARTIIIOPLI_S996-22ELFetched: 10/27/2026