(a) Each employer must require the applicant to provide the information specified in § 27-23-105(c).
(b) No employer may knowingly allow, permit, or authorize a driver to drive a commercial motor vehicle during any period:
(1) In which the driver has a driver license suspended, revoked, or cancelled by a state, has lost the privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle in a state, or has been disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle;
(2) In which the driver has more than one (1) driver license; or
(3) In which the employee, the motor carrier, the driver, or the vehicle operated by the employee or driver is subject to an out-of-service order.
(c)
(1) Any employer who once violates the provisions of subdivision (b)(1) or subdivision (b)(2) of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined a sum of five hundred dollars ($500), and each day's violation and each driver's violation shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punished as such. Any employer who violates the provisions of subdivision (b)(1) or (2) of this section a second or subsequent time shall, upon conviction, be fined a sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), and each day's violation and each driver's violation shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punished as such.
(2) An employer convicted of a violation of subdivision (b)(3) of this section is subject to a civil penalty of not less than two thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($2,750) but not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
(3) An employer who knowingly allows, requires, permits, or authorizes a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of federal, state, or local law or regulation pertaining to one (1) or more of the offenses listed in § 27-23-112(d) at a railroad-highway grade crossing is subject to a civil penalty of not less than two thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($2,750) but not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing
Chapter 23 - Commercial Driver License
Subchapter 1 - Arkansas Uniform Commercial Driver License Act
§ 27-23-102. Statement of intent and purpose
§ 27-23-104. Limitation on number of driver licenses
§ 27-23-105. Notification required by driver
§ 27-23-106. Employer responsibilities
§ 27-23-107. Commercial driver license required
§ 27-23-108. Commercial driver license qualification standards — Definitions
§ 27-23-110. Application for commercial driver license
§ 27-23-111. Content of Commercial Driver License — Classifications — Expiration and renewal
§ 27-23-112. Disqualification and cancellation
§ 27-23-113. Commercial drivers prohibited from operating with any alcohol in system
§ 27-23-114. Commercial motor vehicle driving offenses and penalties — Definitions
§ 27-23-115. Implied consent requirements for commercial motor vehicle drivers
§ 27-23-116. Notification of traffic convictions
§ 27-23-117. Driving record information to be furnished
§ 27-23-118. Distribution of fees
§ 27-23-119. Exemption regulations
§ 27-23-120. Rulemaking authority
§ 27-23-121. Authority to enter agreement
§ 27-23-124. Commercial Driver License Fund
§ 27-23-125. Suspension of commercial driver license for delinquent child support
§ 27-23-126. Notification of out-of-service order
§ 27-23-127. Disqualification of noncommercial driver license holder
§ 27-23-128. Deferment of sentence — Restrictions