Sec. 14-44j. Notification of convictions, suspensions, revocations and cancellations by holder of commercial driver's license. Information re previous employment. Penalty.
Sec. 14-44j. Notification of convictions, suspensions, revocations and cancellations by holder of commercial driver's license. Information re previous employment. Penalty. (a) Each person who holds a commercial driver's license issued by the
commissioner and who is convicted of violating, while operating any type of motor
vehicle, any law of any other state or any province of Canada relating to motor vehicle
traffic control, other than a parking violation, shall notify the commissioner within thirty
days after the date such person has been convicted of any such violation. The commissioner may prescribe, by regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54, the method
and manner of notification pursuant to this subsection.
(b) Each person who holds a commercial driver's license who is convicted of violating any provision of the law of this state, any other state or any province of Canada
relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than a parking violation, shall notify his
employer within thirty days after such person has been convicted of any such violation.
(c) Each employee whose operating privileges are suspended, revoked or cancelled
by the commissioner or by any other state or any province of Canada, or who is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle, or who is subject to an out-of-service
order, must notify his employer of such fact before the end of the business day following
the day the driver received notice of such fact.
(d) Any person who applies for employment as a driver of a commercial motor
vehicle shall provide his prospective employer, at the time of application, with the following information for the ten years preceding the date of application:
(1) A list of names and addresses of the applicant's previous employers for which
the applicant was a driver of a commercial motor vehicle;
(2) The dates between which the applicant drove for each employer; and
(3) The reason for leaving that employer. The applicant must certify that all information furnished is true and complete. An employer may require an applicant to provide
additional information.
(e) Each employer shall require the applicant to provide the information specified
in subsection (d) of this section.
(f) No employer shall knowingly permit or require a driver to drive a commercial
motor vehicle during any period (1) in which the driver has had his driver's license
suspended, revoked or cancelled by the commissioner, or operating privilege suspended,
revoked or cancelled by any other state, or has been disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle, or is subject to an out-of-service order, or (2) in which the driver has
more than one driver's license.
(g) (1) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be deemed to
have committed an infraction, and, for any subsequent offense, shall be fined not more
than five hundred dollars.
(2) Any employer which knowingly permits or requires a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of an out-of-service order shall be subject to a civil
penalty of not less than two thousand seven hundred fifty dollars or more than eleven
thousand dollars.
(P.A. 90-263, S. 32, 74; P.A. 97-236, S. 9, 27; P.A. 04-217, S. 11; P.A. 05-288, S. 56.)
History: P.A. 90-263, S. 32 effective July 1, 1991; P.A. 97-236 amended Subsec. (f) to substitute "knowingly permit
or require" for "knowingly allow, permit or authorize" and amended Subsec. (g) to divide section into Subdivs., adding
as Subdiv. (2) provision re civil penalty for any employer which knowingly permits or requires a driver to operate a
commercial motor vehicle in violation of an out-of-service order, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 04-217 amended Subsec.
(g) to increase civil penalty to not less than $2,750 or more than $11,000, effective January 1, 2005; P.A. 05-288 made a
technical change in Subsec. (g)(2), effective July 13, 2005.