Section 15311.1 Of Article 7. Sanctions From California Vehicle Code >> Division 6. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 7.

. An employer that knowingly allows or requires an employee to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of an out-of-service order is, upon conviction, subject to a civil penalty of not less than two thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($2,750) nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).