{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-9-24-6.1-3.4","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 9-24-6.1-3.4","heading":"Business enterprises; education and training; violations; penalties","body":"Sec. 3.4. (a) As used in this section, \"business enterprise\" means a person or entity that educates, trains, or otherwise prepares an individual to operate a commercial motor vehicle.\n(b) A business enterprise may not educate, train, or otherwise prepare an individual to operate a commercial motor vehicle if:\n(1) the individual is ineligible to obtain a commercial driver's license under Indiana law or federal law; and\n(2) the business enterprise knew or, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, should have known of the individual's ineligibility.\n(c) A business enterprise that violates subsection (b) is subject to a civil penalty of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for each violation.\n(d) A business enterprise may not operate in substantial noncompliance with applicable commercial driver training standards established under federal law or Indiana law.\n(e) A business enterprise that violates subsection (d) is subject to a civil penalty of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for each violation.\n(f) The attorney general shall enforce this section and may bring an action to:\n(1) collect a civil penalty imposed under this section; and\n(2) recover the reasonable costs of investigation and enforcement, including attorney's fees.\n(g) A civil penalty collected by the attorney general under this section must be deposited in the attorney general contingency fee fund established by IC 4-6-16-6.","path":["TITLE 9. MOTOR VEHICLES","ARTICLE 24. DRIVERS LICENSES","Chapter 6.1. Commercial Driver's License Program"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_9.html#9-24-6.1-3.4","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-07-08T17:54:09Z","sha256":"ce8bced6ddee423e66837995de017f7114507edc0d1aada119ce4988edc120d3","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-9-24-6.1-3.3","next":"us-in/ic-9-24-6.1-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}