Taxi: License

(a)No person shall operate a taxicab upon a highway for rent or hire without having in his immediate possession a valid taxicab driver's license.

(b)In addition to the necessary qualifications set forth in Subsections

(e)and

(h)of § 3101 of this Title, for a chauffeur, an applicant for a taxicab driver's license must be a citizen of the United States, a permanent resident of the territory of Guam, or a citizen of any other territory under the administration of the United States, and over the age of twenty-one

(21)years. No person shall be licensed as a taxicab driver who shall have ever been convicted of an offense under §§ 16.20 through 16.50, 19.20 through 19.40, 22.20 through 22.40, 22.60, 25.15 through 25.45, 28.10 through 28.30, 28.50, 28.65, 28.70, 37.20, 40.10 through 40.30, 43.40 through 43.60, 9 GCA, Crimes and Corrections Code or who shall have been twice convicted of violation of §§ 9104, 9106, or 9107 of this Title. For the purposes of this Section, a plea of guilty shall be deemed a conviction.

(c)All applications for a taxicab driver's license shall be filed with the Director of Department of Revenue and Taxation who, under such reasonable and uniform regulations as he may prescribe, may require fingerprinting and such oral or written examinations and driving tests as may be proper to determine the fitness of each applicant. Thereafter the Director of Department of Revenue and Taxation shall approve or disapprove each such application in accordance with the provisions of this Title. COL070307 CH. 11 TAXICABS

(d)Upon the approval of an application for a taxicab driver’s license, the applicant shall be required to pay the license fee of Seven Dollars ($7.00) to the Treasurer of Guam prior to receiving the license. This fee is in addition to the Chauffeur’s License fee.

(e)A taxicab driver's license entitles the licensee to all rights and privileges of a chauffeur, in addition to all the rights and privileges of a taxicab driver.

(f)In addition to any other provisions for suspension or revocation of drivers' licenses contained in this Title, the Director of Department of Revenue Taxation shall revoke permanently the license of any taxicab driver upon his conviction of any of the offenses specified in this Section, or upon his second conviction such an offense where two

(2)convictions thereof are, as specified above. As to licenses revoked under this Subsection, the last sentence of Subsection

(e)of § 3111 of this Title shall not apply.

(g)The provisions of §§ 3101, 3109, 3111, and 3112 of this Title relating to driving privileges or drivers' licenses in general shall apply to taxicab drivers' licenses, except insofar as inconsistent with any of the provisions of §§ 11101, 11102, 11103, and 11104 of this Title.