[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: 49CFR387.41]

[Page 1064]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 387_MINIMUM LEVELS OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOTOR 
CARRIERS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B_Motor Carriers of Passengers
 
Sec. 387.41  Violation and penalty.

    Any person (except an employee who acts without knowledge) who 
knowingly violates the rules of this subpart shall be liable to the 
United States for civil penalty of no more than $11,000 for each 
violation, and if any such violation is a continuing one, each day of 
violation will constitute a separate offense. The amount of any such 
penalty shall be assessed by the Administrator or his/her designee, by 
written notice. In determining the amount of such penalty, the 
Administrator or his/her designee shall take into account the nature, 
circumstances, extent, the gravity of the violation committed and, with 
respect to the person found to have committed such violation, the degree 
of culpability, any history of prior offenses, ability to pay, effect on 
ability to continue to do business, and such other matters as justice 
may require.

[53 FR 47543, Nov. 23, 1988]