Section 31-1206. LICENSING OF LCS VEHICLE OPERATORS - APPLICATION PROCESS

 

1206.1 Each application for an operator’s license shall use a form provided by the Office, shall indicate the applicant’s choice of whether such applicant proposes to be licensed to provide limousine service, black car service, or both, and shall be accompanied by the applicable fee.

 

1206.2Each application shall set forth the following information pertaining to the applicant:

 

(a)Full lawful name (including middle name and any other names by which the applicant is or has been known);

 

(b)Date of birth;

 

(c)Sex;

 

(d)Social security number;

 

(e)Address of residence;

 

(f)Other information needed to determine the applicant's identity, competency, and eligibility; and

 

(g)A full statement of all criminal and traffic charges entered against the applicant in the District and elsewhere.

 

1206.3 Each application shall be accompanied by two (2) new full face and one (1) profile head and shoulders color photographs, measuring one and three quarter inches by one and seven-eighths inches (1 3/4 in. x 1 7/8 in.) in size.

 

1206.4Each application shall also include one (1) sheet of fingerprints of the applicant taken at the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), forwarded by MPD to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and furnished to the Office by the FBI.

 

1206.5Each application shall also be accompanied by individual letters from the applicant's most recent employer and from at least three (3) responsible residents of the Metropolitan Area who are engaged in a business or profession, who have known the applicant for a period of at least one (1) year, and who shall vouch for the sobriety, honesty, and general good character of the applicant. Each letter shall include the signature and the current address of the writer.

 

1206.6If the applicant is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces, the application shall be accompanied by a copy of the applicant's separation record or equivalent.

 

1206.7 If the applicant is a member of the Armed Forces at the time the application is filed, the application shall be accompanied by written permission of the appropriate commanding officer permitting the applicant to receive an operator's license.

 

 

authority

Sections 8(b)(1)(C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (I), (J), 14, 20, and 20a of the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission Establishment Act of 1985 (“Establishment Act”), effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-97; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-307(b)(1)(C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (I), (J) (2009 Repl.), 50-313 (2012 Supp.), 50-319 (2009 Repl.), and 50-320 (2012 Supp.)); D.C. Official Code § 47-2829(b), (d), (e), (e-1), and (i) (2012 Supp.); Section 12 of An Act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and for other purposes, approved July 11, 1919 (41 Stat. 104; D.C. Official Code § 50-371 (2009 Repl.)); and Section 6052 of the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Support Act of 2012 (“District of Columbia Commission Fund Amendment Act of 2012”), effective September 20, 2012 (D.C. Law 19-168, D.C. Official Code § 50-320(a)) (2013 Supp.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 41 DCR 2812, 2818 (May 20, 1994); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 12394 (August 30, 2013); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 134 (January 2, 2015).