{"data":{"id":"us-mt/61-8-815","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"61-8-815","heading":"Employer not to permit operation of commercial motor vehicle in violation of state law or federal regulation -- criminal and civil penalties.","body":"(1) An employer may not knowingly allow, require, permit, or authorize a person to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the United States:\n(a) during any period in which the person's commercial driver's license has been suspended, revoked, or cancelled by a state, the person has lost the privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle in a state, or the person has been disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle;\n(b) during any period in which the person has more than one commercial driver's license;\n(c) during any period in which the person, the commercial motor vehicle the person is operating, or the motor carrier operation is subject to an out-of-service order; or\n(d) in violation of a federal, state, or local law or regulation pertaining to railroad crossings.\n(2) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor, and a person convicted of a violation of this section shall be fined not less than $25 or more than $500 for the first offense and not less than $25 or more than $1,000 for each subsequent offense.\n(3) (a) Except as provided in subsection (3)(b), an employer who violates this section is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $2,750 or more than $11,000.\n(b) An employer who violates subsection (1)(d) is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000.\n(c) The department or the county attorney of the county in which the violation occurred may petition the district court to impose the civil penalty. Venue for an action to collect a civil penalty pursuant to this section is in the county in which the violation occurred.\n(d) A civil penalty collected under this section must be deposited in the state general fund.","path":["TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 8. TRAFFIC REGULATION","Part 8. Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0610/chapter_0080/part_0080/section_0150/0610-0080-0080-0150.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:57:57Z","sha256":"ec2edc4417b95cf4e3e511a5e5573bf4f925af91a77722ade35259e0a780fab2","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/61-8-814","next":"us-mt/61-8-816"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}