Section 60-4,162 - Employment as driver; employer; duties; violation; penalty(1) Each employer shall require prospective applicants for employment as a driver of a commercial motor vehicle to provide the information required by section 60-4,161.(2) No employer may knowingly allow, require, permit, or authorize a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in the United States in any of the following circumstances: (a) During any period in which the driver does not have a current commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license or does not have a commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license with the proper class or endorsements. An employer may not use a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle who violates any restriction on the driver's commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license;(b) During any period in which the driver has a commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license disqualified by a state, has lost the right to operate a commercial motor vehicle in a state, or has been disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle;(c) During any period in which the driver has more than one commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license;(d) During any period in which the driver, the commercial motor vehicle he or she is operating, or the motor carrier operation is subject to an out-of-service order; or(e) In violation of a federal, state, or local law or regulation pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossings.(3) Any employer who violates this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-4,162
Laws 1989, LB 285, § 112; Laws 2002, LB 499, § 2; Laws 2014, LB 983,§ 47.Amended by Laws 2014, LB 983,§ 47, eff. 7/8/2014.