§286-202.5  Driver improvement program. 
(a)  Every employer who employs a commercial motor vehicle driver who drives a
motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of ten thousand
pounds shall provide for every such driver a driver improvement program.  This
program shall provide a system for continuous driver evaluation and annual
driver safety courses approved by the director.  For drivers with five years of
continuous employment with one employer, this requirement shall be at least
once every two years.  Every job placement center through which a driver who
drives a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of ten
thousand pounds is employed on a casual or sporadic basis, and not as a
regularly employed driver for any one employer, shall be responsible for
providing the driver improvement program for all its drivers, who drive a motor
vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of ten thousand pounds. 
For purposes of this subsection only, "job placement center" means
any place where persons may register for purposes of employment, and the
dispatching of those persons to various jobs as they become available.  Any
employer or job placement center that violates this subsection shall be fined
not more than $500.



(b)  Every regularly or casually employed
driver of a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of ten
thousand pounds shall attend the driver improvement program provided by the
driver's employer or job placement center.  The director shall adopt rules
pursuant to chapter 91 necessary for the purposes of this subsection, including
but not limited to rules governing attendance.  Any driver who does not fulfill
the appropriate driver improvement attendance requirement shall be fined not
more than $100.



(c)  The counties may furnish real property,
facilities on that property, and other equipment in furtherance of this
section.  A county may allow the use of that property or other county property
to a third party examiner who has entered into an agreement with the county on
terms that it deems proper and reasonable. [L 1989, c 320, §1; am L 1990, c
342, §2; am L 1999, c 46, §2]