A. Each employer must require the applicant to provide the information specified in paragraph (C) of section three.

1. (C) No employer shall knowingly allow, require, permit or authorize a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle during any period in which the driver or the commercial motor vehicle or the motor carrier operation is subject to an out-of-service order. Any employer who violates the provisions of this paragraph shall be subject to a civil penalty of from $2,750 to $11,000 inclusive.

   [ Paragraph (C) as amended by 2025, 14, Sec. 34 effective August 5, 2025. For text effective until August 5, 2025, see above.]

2. (C) No employer shall knowingly allow, require, permit or authorize a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle during any period in which the driver or the commercial motor vehicle or the motor carrier operation is subject to an out-of-service order. Any employer who violates the provisions of this paragraph shall be subject to a civil penalty pursuant to subsection (b)(2) of Appendix B to 49 C.F.R. 386.

   [ Paragraph (D) effective until August 5, 2025. For text effective August 5, 2025, see below.]

3. (D) No employer shall knowingly allow, require, permit or authorize a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of a federal, state or local law or regulation pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossings. Any employer who violates the provisions of this paragraph shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000.

   [ Paragraph (D) as amended by 2025, 14, Sec. 35 effective August 5, 2025. For text effective until August 5, 2025, see above.]

4. (D) No employer shall knowingly allow, require, permit or authorize a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of a federal, state or local law or regulation pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossings. Any employer who violates the provisions of this paragraph shall be subject to a civil penalty pursuant to subsection (b)(3) of Appendix B to 49 C.F.R. 386.

B. No employer may knowingly allow, permit, or authorize any applicant to operate a commercial motor vehicle during any period in which the driver has a driver license suspended, revoked, or cancelled by any state; has lost the privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle in any state, or has been disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle in any state; or in which the driver has more than one license to operate a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle, except during the ten day period beginning on the date the employee is issued a license to so operate.

[ Paragraph (C) effective until August 5, 2025. For text effective August 5, 2025, see below.]