Civil penalty for employer conviction of out-of-service order

Any employer who is convicted of knowingly allowing, requiring, permitting, or authorizing a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle during any period in which the driver is subject to an out-of-service order, the commercial motor vehicle the driver is operating is subject to an out-of-service order, or the motor carrier operation is subject to an out-of-service order, is subject to a civil penalty of not less than two thousand seven hundred fifty dollars and not more than twenty-five thousand dollars. Prior to a civil penalty being imposed, an employer has a right to an administrative hearing as provided for in North Dakota Century Code section 39-06.2-10.