CHAPTER 7. Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Program [15200. - 15326.]

Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1509, Sec. 9.

§§ 15200–15326 · 41 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Intent § 15200 · 1 section

   • § 15200 It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to adopt those standards required of drivers by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration…
2. ARTICLE 2. Definitions § 15210 · 1 section

   • § 15210 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, as used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Commercial driver’s license”…
3. ARTICLE 3. Driver Notification Requirements §§ 15215–15230 · 7 sections

   • § 15215 (a) The department shall report each conviction of a person who holds a commercial driver’s license from another state occurring within this state to the…
   • § 15220 Any driver of a commercial motor vehicle who has a driver’s license issued by the department, and who is convicted of any offense involving the safe operation…
   • § 15222 Any driver of a commercial motor vehicle who is convicted of any offense involving the safe operation of a motor vehicle shall notify his or her employer of…
   • § 15224 Any driver who has a driver’s license or privilege suspended, revoked, or canceled by any state for any period, or who is disqualified from driving a…
   • § 15226 Any driver who is issued an out-of-service order under the federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations of the United States Department of Transportation (49…
   • § 15228 The driver shall also report the issuance of an out-of-service order described in Section 15226 to the department in the manner provided by the department…
   • § 15230 Each person who applies for employment as a driver of a commercial motor vehicle shall provide the employer, at the time of the application, with the following…
4. ARTICLE 4. Employer Responsibilities §§ 15240–15242 · 2 sections

   • § 15240 No employer shall knowingly allow, permit, require, or authorize a driver to drive a commercial motor vehicle under any of the following conditions: (a) The…
   • § 15242 (a) A person who is self-employed as a commercial motor vehicle driver shall comply with both the requirements of this chapter pertaining to employers and…
5. ARTICLE 5. Commercial Driver’s License §§ 15250–15263 · 7 sections

   • § 15250 (a) (1) A person shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle unless that person has in their immediate possession a valid commercial driver’s license of the…
   • § 15250.1 (a) The department shall, no later than June 5, 2020, adopt regulations related to entry-level driver training requirements for drivers of commercial motor…
   • § 15250.3 The department may allow any employee of an organized camp, as defined in Section 18897 of the Health and Safety Code, regulated by the Public Utilities…
   • § 15255.1 (a) Except as otherwise specified in subdivisions (b) and (c), upon an application for an original commercial driver’s license, a fee of sixty-four dollars…
   • § 15255.2 Upon application for a duplicate commercial driver’s license by a currently licensed class A or class B driver, or a class C commercial driver’s license which…
   • § 15260 (a) Any applicant for a commercial driver’s license who does not successfully complete the air-brake component of the knowledge test, or who does not…
   • § 15263 (a) Any applicant for a commercial driver’s license who successfully completes the driving-skill test in a vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with an…
6. ARTICLE 6. Endorsements §§ 15275–15278 · 3 sections

   • § 15275 (a) A person may not operate a commercial motor vehicle described in this chapter unless that person has in his or her possession a valid commercial driver’s…
   • § 15275.1 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a schoolbus endorsement is valid only when the operator possesses or qualifies for a valid commercial driver’s…
   • § 15278 (a) A driver is required to obtain an endorsement issued by the department to operate any commercial motor vehicle that is any of the following: (1) A double…
7. ARTICLE 7. Sanctions §§ 15300–15326 · 20 sections

   • § 15300 (a) A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle for a period of one year if the driver is convicted of a first violation of any of the following: (1)…
   • § 15301 The Department of Motor Vehicles, in conjunction with the State Fire Marshal, shall develop regulations and procedures to temporarily suspend the commercial…
   • § 15302 A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle for the rest of his or her life if convicted of more than one violation of any of the following: (a)…
   • § 15303 (a) A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle for the rest of their life if convicted of using a commercial motor vehicle in the commission of a…
   • § 15303.3 Pursuant to Subpart E of Part 383 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, a driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle if the department…
   • § 15303.5 Pursuant to Subpart E of Part 383 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the department shall not issue, renew, or upgrade a commercial learner’s…
   • § 15304 (a) A driver may not operate a commercial motor vehicle for the rest of his or her life who uses a motor vehicle in the commission of a felony involving…
   • § 15306 A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle for a period of 60 days if the person is convicted of a serious traffic violation involving a commercial…
   • § 15308 (a) A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle for a period of 120 days if the person is convicted of a serious traffic violation involving a…
   • § 15309 In addition to any other action taken under this code, no driver may operate a commercial motor vehicle for a period of 60 days if the department determines,…
   • § 15309.5 (a) It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (1) Sell, offer for sale, distribute, or use a crib sheet or cribbing device, as defined in…
   • § 15311 (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…
   • § 15311.1 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,…
   • § 15312 A driver may not operate a commercial motor vehicle for the following periods: (a) Not less than 60 days if that person is convicted of a violation of…
   • § 15312.1 (a) An employer that knowingly allows or requires an employee to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of a federal, state, or local law or…
   • § 15315 (a) The department shall not issue a commercial driver’s license to a person during a period in which the person is prohibited from operating a commercial…
   • § 15319 The department may execute or make agreements, arrangements, or declarations to carry out this chapter.
   • § 15320 The department shall suspend, revoke, or cancel, the privilege of any person to operate a commercial motor vehicle for the periods specified in this article…
   • § 15325 (a) Pursuant to subpart D of Part 383 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, a driver whose driving is determined to constitute an imminent hazard is…
   • § 15326 Upon receiving notification of an administrative action or conviction of a commercial licenseholder in a state, territory, or possession of the United States,…