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16.40.370 Executive Town Car Driver Certification Requirements.

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  1. A.  Executive town car driver certification. The executive town car company must regularly provide a list of applicant drivers affiliated with the permitted executive town car company for City Administrator certification that drivers meet all requirements pursuant to Chapter 16.40, on a form approved by the City Administrator. Drivers must be certified/permitted by the City Administrator prior to operating an executive town car vehicle. Drivers not meeting all required conditions will not be certified and may not operate as an executive town car driver. Executive town car companies must provide a current list to the City Administrator as changes occur.
  2. B.  Term of certified executive town car driver. Certifications for executive town car drivers provided by an executive town car company to the City Administrator are valid for one year from the date of the initial certification. The affiliated executive town car company must provide a re-certification to the City Administrator within one month prior to the certification expiration on a form approved by the City Administrator.
  3. C.  Application process. Applications for executive town car driver certification must be made directly to an affiliated executive town car company. The executive town car company will regularly provide to the City Administrator executive town car driver and Vehicle application lists, pursuant to certification requirements, that the driver meets all requirements before the driver may operate an executive town car vehicle, on a form approved by the City Administrator.
  4. D.  Executive town car driver criminal and driving background checks. A local and national criminal background check and driving history review of all drivers must be conducted annually on behalf of the affiliated executive town car company by a third party accredited by the National Association of Professional Background Screeners that must include:
    1. 1.  Multi-state/multi-jurisdiction criminal records locator or other similar commercial nationwide database with validation (primary source search);
    2. 2.  All motor vehicle records associated with the applicant driver available pursuant to records laws of each state; and
    3. 3.  The National Sex Offender Public Registry.
  5. E.  Executive town car driver criminal and driving history disqualifications. A driver will not be certified as an executive town car driver and cannot provide executive town car services if any of the following conditions exist:
    1. 1.  The applicant has a felony conviction of any kind within the previous 10 years, based on the conviction date.
    2. 2.  The applicant has a felony conviction involving physical harm or attempted physical harm to a person, regardless of when the conviction occurred.
    3. 3.  The applicant is a match in the National Sex Offender Public Registry.
    4. 4.  During the five-year period preceding the submission of the application, the applicant has been convicted of any criminal offense involving:
      1. a.  Any misdemeanor involving theft, robbery, burglary, assault, sex crimes, drugs, prostitution, or weapons; or
      2. b.  Any traffic crime, including but not limited to: driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driving, attempt to elude a police officer, or leaving the scene of an injury accident.
    5. 5.  Based on the conviction date during a three-year period the applicant had more than five traffic violations as defined in ORS 801.557; more than five serious traffic violations as defined by the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles; more than five motor vehicle accidents that are required to be reported to the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to ORS 811.720; or, more than five of any combination of serious traffic violations or motor vehicle accidents as provided above.
    6. 6.  Based on the conviction date, within a three-year period, the applicant’s driving privileges were suspended or revoked by any governing jurisdiction as a result of a driving-related incident.
      1. a.  Specific suspensions of an administrative nature may be excluded as defined in Administrative Rule TRN-14.40.
    7. 7.  Based on the conviction date, the applicant has two or more traffic violations as defined in ORS 801.557 of any kind within the previous 12 months from the date of the application.
    8. 8.  Based on the conviction date, during a three-year period, the applicant’s PFHT driving privileges were revoked by the City Administrator.
    9. 9.  Upon application submittal, all applicants must demonstrate maintaining a valid license to drive in any US jurisdiction for at least 365 days, within the 18-month period preceding the application submittal date.
    10. 10.  The applicant is less than 21 years old.
    11. 11.  The applicant is unable to obtain car insurance for any reason.
  6. F.  All executive town car driver criminal and driving histories are subject to review by the City Administrator.
  7. G.  Executive town car driver training. The affiliated company must ensure that all executive town car drivers successfully complete all City Administrator-approved trainings and testing within 30 days of an executive town car driver certification and successfully complete any additional training and testing within 30 days of release by the City Administrator.
  8. H.  Business license requirements. All executive town car drivers operating as independent contractors affiliated with an executive town car company must comply with all provisions of the Business License Law as required by Chapter 7.02 prior to operating an executive town car vehicle. Any executive town car driver without a valid City business license cannot be certified as an executive town car driver and will not be allowed to operate as an executive town car driver until such business license is obtained.
  9. I.  Executive town car driver re-certification. The executive town car company must provide a list of applicant drivers for re-certification to the City Administrator within one month prior to the executive town car driver certification expiration, on a form approved by the City Administrator. Applicant drivers must meet all conditions and be consistent with executive town car driver certification requirements pursuant to Section 16.40.370. Drivers not meeting all such conditions will not be re-certified as an executive town car driver and may not provide executive town car services.
  10. J.  Suspension or revocation of certified executive town car drivers. If an executive town car certification is suspended or revoked by the City Administrator, the affiliated executive town car company must be notified and the driver must be removed as soon as notified by the City. executive town car drivers without current, valid certification by the City Administrator may not operate as an executive town car driver.
  11. K.  Executive town car driver decertification. The executive town car company must inform the City, through the established online certification portal, no later than 24 hours after the driver or company has terminated the relationship.
  12. L.  Failure to comply with any provision in Section 16.40.370 is a Class B violation subject to penalties provided in Sections 16.40.930 through 16.40.950.

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