[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR383.53]

[Page 974]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 383_COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE STANDARDS; REQUIREMENTS AND PENALTIES
--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart D_Driver Disqualifications and Penalties
 
Sec. 383.53  Penalties.

    (a) General rule. Any person who violates the rules set forth in 
subparts B and C of this part may be subject to civil or criminal 
penalties as provided for in 49 U.S.C. 521(b).
    (b) Special penalties pertaining to violation of out-of-service 
orders--
    (b) Special penalties pertaining to violation of out-of-service 
orders--(1) Driver violations. A driver who is convicted of violating an 
out-of-service order shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less 
than $1,100 nor more than $2,750, in addition to disqualification under 
Sec. 383.51(e).
    (2) Employer violations. An employer who is convicted of a violation 
of Sec. 383.37(c) shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than 
$2,750 nor more than $11,000.
    (c) Special penalties pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossing 
violations. An employer who is convicted of a violation of Sec. 
383.37(d) must be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000.

[59 FR 26028, May 18, 1994, as amended at 64 FR 48111, Sept. 2, 1999; 67 
FR 49759, July 31, 2002]