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. (a) A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle
for a period of 180 days if the person is convicted of a first
violation of an out-of-service order under subdivision (b), (c), or
(d) of Section 2800.
(b) A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle for a
period of two years if the person is convicted of violating an
out-of-service order under subdivision (b), (c), or (d) of Section
2800 while transporting hazardous materials required to be placarded
or while operating a vehicle designed to transport 16 or more
passengers, including the driver.
(c) A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle for a
period of two years if the person is convicted of a second violation
of an out-of-service order under subdivision (b), (c), or (d) of
Section 2800 during any 10-year period, arising from separate
incidents.
(d) A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle for a
period of three years if the person is convicted of a second
violation of an out-of-service order under subdivision (b), (c), or
(d) of Section 2800 while transporting hazardous materials that are
required to be placarded or while operating a vehicle designed to
transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver.
(e) In addition to the disqualification period required in
subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (d), a driver who is convicted of
violating an out-of-service order under subdivision (b) of Section
2800 is subject to a civil penalty of not less than two thousand five
hundred dollars ($2,500) for a first conviction, and a civil penalty
of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a second or subsequent
conviction.
(f) A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle for a
period of three years if the person is convicted of a third or
subsequent violation of an out-of-service order under subdivision
(b), (c), or (d) of Section 2800 during any 10-year period, arising
from separate incidents.