(A) It shall be unlawful for any escort bureau to operate unless all escorts, principals, managers, officers, directors and employees have obtained work identification cards pursuant to this chapter.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any escort, principal, manager, officer, director or employee of an escort bureau to be employed by, work for or be an agent of an escort bureau unless such person has a valid work identification card. A work card is required for each specific bureau with which a person is employed or for which a person performs compensated services, and must be carried upon the person at all times the person is working or employed on behalf of the escort bureau. All escorts, principals, managers, officers, directors and employees working for or employed by escort bureaus or services as defined herein shall make application for work identification cards.
(C) Prior to the issuance of any work identification card for commencement of employment, renewal or replacement of a lost card, the applicant must obtain a referral slip from the employing escort bureau which shall be signed by a principal or a management employee of a principal having authority to bind the escort bureau. The applicant shall complete the referral slip and submit it to the director. To obtain the initial work identification card, each applicant shall be fingerprinted and photographed by the Department of Inspections, Permits, and Licenses or the Police Department as determined by the Director.
(D) A work identification card must be renewed within ten days following any change in the place of employment licensed under this chapter and for each calendar year during the card holder's birthday month on or prior to the last day of such month following the card's issuance, whichever first occurs.
(E) No person who has not reached their 18th birthday shall be issued a work identification card. Each applicant for a work identification card must furnish a photograph of himself or herself, a complete set of fingerprints, and a birth certificate, alien registration card or other reasonable identification card to prove such applicant's name, age, place of birth (for resident aliens only) and resident's address. If the applicant intends to work for an escort bureau on an independent contractor basis, the applicant shall also provide proof of registration with the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Revenue Commission and that he or she is in good standing with such Commission.
(F) A work identification card shall not be issued by the Director to any applicant who has been convicted of a specified criminal activity as defined in this chapter. The applicant shall also certify that the applicant has not worked as a sexually oriented escort or operated a sexually oriented escort bureau. The failure of the applicant to so certify shall result in a denial of a work identification card. If any person holding a valid work identification card is convicted of a specified criminal activity, or is found to have worked as a sexually oriented escort or operated a sexually oriented escort bureau, such act shall result in revocation of the holder's work identification card and the imposition of the penalties provided in § 125.99. If facts exist for denial or revocation of a work identification card for the reasons stated herein, the Director shall notify a person of the denial or revocation of the card. The notice shall inform the person of his or her right to appeal the denial or revocation to the Director. After a work identification card has been revoked for the conviction of a specified criminal activity, the revocation shall continue for two years for misdemeanor offenses from the date of conviction or the date of release from confinement imposed for the conviction, whichever is the later date. In the case of felony offenses, the revocation shall continue for five years from the date of conviction or the date of release from confinement imposed for the conviction, whichever is the later date. A revocation for failing to certify or doing so falsely regarding working as a sexually oriented escort or operating a sexually oriented escort bureau shall be for one year and the reissuance of a work identification card shall not be issued for one year from the date revocation takes effect.
(G) The fee for a work identification card shall be $100. The Director may issue a 60-day temporary work identification card pending complete investigation of the applicant if available evidence does not support the immediate granting or denial of a permanent card. No person required to obtain a work identification card pursuant to this chapter shall be licensed or work as an escort without either a temporary or permanent work card. The temporary work card may be extended only once by the Director to obtain further information in his or her investigation and for a period of no more than 30 days.
(H) Each escort bureau licensed pursuant to this chapter shall keep a current list of all escorts at the licensed business location. Said list shall contain the name and work identification card number of each escort and shall be available during all business hours for inspection by the Director or the Director's agents and the members of the Police Department and/or other law enforcement agency in whose jurisdiction an escort bureau is located.
(1994 Jeff. Code, § 125.04) (Jeff. Ord. 8-1996, adopted and effective 2-27-1996; Jeff. Am. Ord. 4-2001, adopted and effective 3-27-2001; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 92-2004, approved 7-1-2004) Penalty, see § 125.99
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