Code of Maine Rules › 29 - DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE › 250 - BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES › Bureau of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 6 - RULES FOR THE SUSPENSION OF COMMERCIAL DRIVERS' LICENSES › Section 250-6-6 - Suspension of commercial driver's license on conviction or adjudication for violation of an outofservice order

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. Except where
				  a longer period of suspension is otherwise provided by the law, the Secretary
				  of State shall suspend for a period of at least 90 days the commercial driver's
				  license or permit to operate, privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle
				  and privilege to apply for or obtain a commercial driver's license of any
				  person as to whom there is received a conviction or adjudication for a
				  violation of an out-of-service order that was committed while operating a
				  commercial motor vehicle, or motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating
				  or gross combination weight rating of 10,001 or more pounds.
B. Except where a longer period of suspension
				  is otherwise provided by the law, the Secretary of State shall suspend for a
				  period of at least one year the commercial driver's license or permit to
				  operate, privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle and privilege to apply
				  for or obtain a commercial driver's license of any person as to whom there is
				  received a record of two convictions or adjudications for violations of
				  out-of-service orders that were committed within a ten year period while
				  operating a commercial motor vehicle, or motor vehicle with a gross vehicle
				  weight rating of gross combination weight rating of 10,001 or more
				  pounds.
C. Except where a longer
				  period of suspension is otherwise provided by law, the Secretary of State shall
				  suspend for a period of at least three years the commercial driver's license or
				  permit to operate, privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle and
				  privilege to apply for or obtain a commercial driver's license of any person as
				  to whom there is received a record of three or more convictions or
				  adjudications for violations of out-of-service orders that were committed
				  within a ten year period while operating a commercial motor vehicle or motor
				  vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating
				  of 10,001 or more pounds.
D. Except
				  where a longer period of suspension is otherwise provided by the law, the
				  Secretary of State shall suspend for a period of at least 180 days the
				  commercial driver's license or permit to operate, privilege to operate a
				  commercial motor vehicle and privilege to apply for or obtain a commercial
				  driver's license of any person as to whom there is received a conviction or
				  adjudication for a violation of an out-of-service order that was committed
				  while operating a commercial motor vehicle or a motor vehicle with a gross
				  vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating of 10,001 or more
				  pounds containing hazardous materials..
E. Except where a longer period of suspension
				  is otherwise provided by the law, the Secretary of State shall suspend for a
				  period of at least three years the commercial driver license or permit to
				  operate, privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle and privilege to apply
				  for or obtain a commercial driver's license of any person as to whom there is
				  received a record of two or more convictions or adjudications for violations of
				  out-of-service orders that were committed within a ten year period while
				  operating a commercial motor vehicle or motor vehicle with a gross vehicle
				  weight rating or gross combination weight rating of 10,001 or more pounds
				  containing hazardous materials.