(a) An operating authority shall ensure that all the operating authority's drivers comply with all applicable provisions of this article.
(b) A driver shall not drive a transportation-for-hire vehicle without a driver identification card issued to the driver by the operating authority on behalf of which or in connection with which the driver provides transportation-for-hire service. A driver identification card may be issued in either physical or electronic form.
(c) Each driver identification card shall contain, at a minimum, the driver's full name, the driver's photograph, the operating authority's name, and a means to contact the operating authority.
(d) While a driver is providing transportation-for-hire service, the driver shall ensure that the driver identification card and license plat number is displayable to every passenger in the driver's transportation-for-hire vehicle or through the operating authority's website.
(e) An operating authority shall not issue a driver identification card to a driver unless the operating authority has a valid operating authority permit.
(f) An operating authority shall not issue a driver identification card to a driver who does not comply with the requirements of this article. An operating authority shall revoke the driver identification card of any driver who does not comply with the requirements of this article.
(g) An operating authority shall not allow a driver to drive a transportation-for-hire vehicle on behalf of or in connection with that operating authority if the operating authority knows or should know that the driver does not have a driver identification card.
(h) An operating authority shall have a nationally accredited third party background check provider conduct a local, state, and national criminal background check for each individual applying to be a driver for the operating authority.
(i) An operating authority shall not issue a driver identification card ot an individual and shall not permit an individual to accept requests for transportation-for-hire service through the operating authority's transportation-for-hire app or to provide transportation-for-hire service if the individual:
(i) Has had more than three moving violations in the prioer three-year(3-year) period, or one of the following major violations in the prior three-year (3-year) period:
(1) Attempting to evade the police;
(2) Reckless driving; or
(3) Driving on a suspended or revoked license;
(ii) Has been convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication, within the past seven (7) years, for:
(1) Any felony; or
(2) Misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, hit and run, or any other driving related offense or any misdemeanor violent offense or sexual offense;
(iii) Is a match in the U.S. Department of Justice National Sex Offender Public Website;
(iv) Has been convicted of criminal homicide or any other offense described in Chapter 19 of the Texas Penal Code or has been convicted of an equivalent offense in another jurisdiction;
(v) Has been convicted of any offense described in Chapter 49 of the Texas Penal Code involving serious bodily injury and/or death or has been convicted of an equivalent offense in another jurisdiction;
(vi) Does not possess a valid driver's license;
(vii) Does not possess proof of registration for each transportation-for-hire vehicle used by the driver;
(viii) Does not possess proof of automobile liability insurance for each transportation-for-hire vehicle used by the driver;
(ix) Is not a least 18 years of age; or
(x) Is in violation of any provision of this article.
(Ord. No.4088, § 2, 12-8-16)