321.208A - OPERATION IN VIOLATION OF OUT-OF-SERVICE ORDER -- PENALTIES.
321.208A OPERATION IN VIOLATION OF OUT-OF-SERVICE ORDER -- PENALTIES. 1. A person required to hold a commercial driver's license to operate a commercial motor vehicle shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle on the highways of this state in violation of an out-of-service order issued by a peace officer for a violation of the out-of-service rules adopted by the department. A driver who violates an out-of-service order shall be subject to a fine of not less than two thousand five hundred dollars upon conviction for the first violation of an out-of-service order and not less than five thousand dollars for a second or subsequent violation of an out-of-service order in separate incidents within a ten-year period. 2. An employer shall not knowingly allow, require, permit, or authorize an employee to drive a commercial motor vehicle in violation of an out-of-service order. An employer who violates this subsection shall be subject to a fine of not less than two thousand seven hundred fifty dollars and not more than twenty-five thousand dollars.
Section History: Recent Form 90 Acts, ch 1230, §52; 95 Acts, ch 55, §7; 97 Acts, ch 108, §12; 98 Acts, ch 1178, §1; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5; 2008 Acts, ch 1021, §10