A. No person shall operate a funeral escort agency or act as a funeral escort officer within the City limits without first obtaining a license.
B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the following persons while engaged in the performance of their duties:
1. Sheriffs, under sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, police officers, Colorado State patrol officers, POST certified corrections officers, marshals, deputy marshals, district attorney investigators, investigative agents employed by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation or Federal law enforcement officers who are employed full time in that capacity, including any time that full time law enforcement officers are employed as funeral escort officers with the approval of their departmental superiors.
2. A reserve police officer who performs duties for a local unit of government which granted the reserve commission, while within the jurisdiction of that unit of government.
C. No funeral escort license granted or renewed shall be transferable from one person to another.
D. Every applicant for a funeral escort officer license and every principal of a funeral escort agency applying for a funeral escort agency license shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age and shall meet all other requirements specified for the license.
E. Fees shall be as established by City Council under article 1, part 5 of this chapter.
F. A license of a funeral escort service agency or funeral escort service officer shall expire one year from the date of issuance, unless suspended or revoked earlier. (Ord. 14-31; Ord. 14-78)