§ 343.50. Transportation network provider license, qualifications for license.

(a) In order to qualify for a transportation network company license, whether upon initial application or upon application for renewal of a license:

(1)

An applicant shall be in compliance with all applicable city, State of Minnesota and federal laws;

(2)

An applicant shall have a place of business within twelve (12) miles of Minneapolis City Hall where records required by this chapter may be viewed and copied;

(3)

With respect to any corporate or limited liability company applicant, the company shall be organized, registered, or qualified to do business under the laws of the State of Minnesota;

(4)

The applicant(s) shall be the true beneficial owner(s) of the TNC business to be licensed. The full legal names and addresses of all persons holding a twenty-five (25) percent or greater beneficial interest in the business shall be provided on the application, and shall have no felony convictions in the past five (5) years, nor any gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor convictions involving the use of force, possession or sale of a controlled substance, prostitution, or indecent conduct. The licensing official may grant an exception to this provision upon evidence that the offense is not related to the operation of a TNC;

(5)

The applicant's ability to provide lawful, safe, suitable and comfortable service and the applicant's ability to engage qualified transportation network company drivers and eligible transportation network company vehicles;

(6)

The applicant's ability to maintain mandated insurance for the payment of personal injury, death, property damage, and other claims associated with the operation of a TNC; and

(7)

The applicant's financial ability to pay all judgments and awards which may be rendered for any cause arising out of the operation of a transportation network provider business.

(b)

No applicant is eligible for a license if any transportation network provider license held by the applicant, or by any officer or director of a corporate applicant or partner of a partnership applicant, has been revoked within the previous five (5) years, or if the applicant, or any officer or director of a corporate applicant or partner in a partnership applicant, within the five (5) years immediately preceding the date of his application, has been either convicted, or in custody, under parole or under any other noncustodial supervision resulting from a conviction in a court of any jurisdiction for the commission of any felony or its equivalent under federal or other jurisdictional law. (2014-Or-037, § 1, 7-18-14)