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Amending Chapter 376.16 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code to update prerequisites for taxicab licenses.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1
Section 376.16 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) License required. Effective March 15, 1991, no person shall drive a taxicab, nor shall any owner or lessee of a taxicab allow any other person to drive a taxicab, within the city unless that person has first obtained and displayed a taxicab driver's license under the provisions of this Code.
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(e) Prerequisites to license. Eligibility to be licensed to operate a taxicab shall be as follows:
(1) Possess a valid Minnesota or Wisconsin driver's license;
(2) Possess a current DOT medical card, have it on their person or in the vehicle while operating, and provide it for inspection upon the request of a representative of law enforcement or the Department of Safety and Inspections;
(3) Be at least eighteen (18) years old;
(4) Shall not be under sentence or have been discharged from sentence for a felony conviction within the ten (10) years immediately preceding application for a license for the following offenses: Murder (Minn. Stat. §§609.185 to 609.195), manslaughter (§§ 609.20 to 609.205), criminal vehicular homicide and injury (§ 609.21), assault I-III (§§ 609.221 to 609.223), criminal sexual conduct (§§ 609.342 to 609.3451), indecent conduct (§ 617.23, subd. 2 or 3); or any violation of the controlled substance law (§ 152 et al) which is punishable by a maximum sentence of fifteen (15) years or more; as allowed under Minn. Stat. § 364.09.
a. The licensee shall not be under sentence or have been discharged from sentence for any felony conviction within the five (5) years immediately preceding application for a license, and shall not be under sentence or have been discharged from sentence for any non-traffic gross misdemeanor or non-traffic misdemeanor convict...
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