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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 · Sec. 219

Sec. 219. FOREIGN MOTOR CARRIER PENALTIES AND DISQUALIFICATIONS

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## SEC. 219 FOREIGN MOTOR CARRIER PENALTIES AND DISQUALIFICATIONS **[**[49 U.S.C. 14901 note](/us/usc/t49/s14901)**]** ###
(a)General Rule Subject to subsections
(b)and (c), a foreign motor carrier or foreign motor private carrier (as such terms are defined under section 13102 of title 49, United States Code) that operates without authority, before the implementation of the land transportation provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement, outside the boundaries of a commercial zone along the United States-Mexico border shall be liable to the United States for a civil penalty and shall be disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle anywhere within the United States as provided in subsections
(b)and (c). ###
(b)Penalty for Intentional Violation The civil penalty for an intentional violation of subsection
(a)by a carrier shall not be more than $10,000 and may include a disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle anywhere within the United States for a period of not more than 6 months. ###
(c)Penalty for Pattern of Intentional Violations The civil penalty for a pattern of intentional violations of subsection
(a)by a carrier shall not be more than $25,000 and the carrier shall be disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle anywhere within the United States and the disqualification may be permanent. ###
(d)Leasing Before the implementation of the land transportation provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement, during any period in which a suspension, condition, restriction, or limitation imposed under section 13902(c) of title 49, United States Code, applies to a motor carrier (as defined in section 13902(e) of such title), that motor carrier may not lease a commercial motor vehicle to another motor carrier or a motor private carrier to transport property in the United States. ###
(e)Savings Clause No provision of this section may be enforced if it is inconsistent with any international agreement of the United States. ###
(f)Acts of Employees The actions of any employee driver of a foreign motor carrier or foreign motor private carrier committed without the knowledge of the carrier or committed unintentionally shall not be grounds for penalty or disqualification under this section.
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