{"data":{"id":"us-il/625-ilcs-5-6-506","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"625 ILCS 5/6-506","heading":"","body":"Commercial motor vehicle driver - employer/owner responsibilities.\n(a) No employer or commercial motor vehicle owner shall allow, permit, authorize, or require an employee to drive a commercial motor vehicle on the highways if he or she knows or should reasonably know that the employee:\n(1) has a driver's license suspended, revoked or cancelled by any state; or\n(2) has lost the privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle in any state; or\n(3) has been disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle; or\n(4) has more than one CLP or CDL, except as provided by this UCDLA; or\n(5) is subject to or in violation of an \"out-of-service\" order; or\n(6) does not have a current CLP or CDL or a CLP or CDL with the proper class or endorsements. An employer may not use a driver to operate a CMV who violates any restriction on the driver's CLP or CDL.\n(b) No employer or commercial motor vehicle owner shall knowingly allow, permit, authorize, or require a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of any law or regulation pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossings.\n(b-3) No employer or commercial motor vehicle owner shall knowingly allow, permit, authorize, or require a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle during any period in which the commercial motor vehicle is subject to an \"out-of-service\" order.\n(b-5) No employer or commercial motor vehicle owner shall knowingly allow, permit, authorize, or require a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle during any period in which the motor carrier operation is subject to an \"out-of-service\" order.\n(c) Any employer convicted of violating subsection (a), (b-3), or (b-5) of this Section, whether individually or in connection with one or more other persons, or as principal agent, or accessory, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.","path":["CHAPTER 625 VEHICLES","Illinois Vehicle Code."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1815\u0026ChapterID=49\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:40Z","sha256":"a35c8e42785432772049cb2148ae1414df04d407dc3033d431379f39d9dae543","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/625-ilcs-5-6-505","next":"us-il/625-ilcs-5-6-507"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}