§286-202.5  Driver improvement program. (a)  Every employer who employs a commercial motor vehicle driver who drives amotor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of ten thousandpounds shall provide for every such driver a driver improvement program.  Thisprogram shall provide a system for continuous driver evaluation and annualdriver safety courses approved by the director.  For drivers with five years ofcontinuous employment with one employer, this requirement shall be at leastonce every two years.  Every job placement center through which a driver whodrives a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of tenthousand pounds is employed on a casual or sporadic basis, and not as aregularly employed driver for any one employer, shall be responsible forproviding the driver improvement program for all its drivers, who drive a motorvehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of ten thousand pounds. For purposes of this subsection only, "job placement center" meansany place where persons may register for purposes of employment, and thedispatching of those persons to various jobs as they become available.  Anyemployer or job placement center that violates this subsection shall be finednot more than $500.

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

(c)  The counties may furnish real property,facilities on that property, and other equipment in furtherance of thissection.  A county may allow the use of that property or other county propertyto a third party examiner who has entered into an agreement with the county onterms that it deems proper and reasonable. [L 1989, c 320, §1; am L 1990, c342, §2; am L 1999, c 46, §2]