Sec. 37. (a) Under Public Law 92-544 (86 Stat. 1115), a local law enforcement agency may use fingerprints submitted for the purpose of identification in a request related to the following:

(1) A taxicab driver’s license application.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 10-13-3-37

  • law enforcement agency: means an agency or a department of any level of government whose principal function is the apprehension of criminal offenders. See Indiana Code 10-13-3-10
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • request: means asking for release or inspection of a limited criminal history by noncriminal justice organizations or individuals in a manner that:

    Indiana Code 10-13-3-19

(2) Reinstatement or renewal of a taxicab driver’s license.

     (b) An applicant shall submit the fingerprints on forms provided for the license application.

     (c) The local law enforcement agency shall charge each applicant the fees set by the department and federal authorities to defray the costs associated with a search for and classification of the applicant’s fingerprints.

     (d) The local law enforcement agency may:

(1) forward for processing to the Federal Bureau of Investigation or any other agency fingerprints submitted by a license applicant; and

(2) receive the results of all fingerprint investigations.

     (e) The department:

(1) may permanently retain an applicant’s fingerprints submitted under this section; and

(2) shall retain the applicant’s fingerprints separately from fingerprints collected under section 24 of this chapter.

[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 5-2-5-14.]

As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.200-2007, SEC.1; P.L.155-2011, SEC.1.