Vermont § 4124 - Penalties for fraud; action upon suspected fraud

§ 4124. Penalties for fraud; action upon suspected fraud

• (a) If from the check of an applicant’s license status and record prior to issuing a commercial
  learner’s permit or commercial driver’s license or at any time after the commercial
  learner’s permit or commercial driver’s license is issued the Commissioner determines
  that the applicant or holder has knowingly falsified any information, documentation,
  or certifications required under this chapter, the Commissioner shall give the applicant
  or holder notice of his or her findings and an opportunity to show cause why the application,
  commercial learner’s permit, or commercial driver’s license should not be disqualified
  for a period of 60 consecutive days. The disqualification shall be effective 10 days
  after the notice is sent unless the applicant or holder requests a hearing. If after
  a hearing the Commissioner determines that the applicant or holder has knowingly falsified
  any information, documentation, or certifications required under this chapter, the
  Commissioner shall disqualify for a period of 60 consecutive days the individual’s
  commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver’s license, his or her pending application,
  or his or her privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle. (b) An individual convicted of fraud related to the issuance of a commercial learner’s
  permit or commercial driver’s license who seeks to renew, transfer, or upgrade the
  fraudulently obtained commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver’s license shall
  be disqualified for one year. The disqualification shall be recorded in the individual’s
  driving record. (c) If the Commissioner receives credible information that a commercial learner’s permit
  or commercial driver’s license holder is suspected but has not been convicted of fraud
  related to the issuance of his or her commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver’s
  license, the Commissioner shall require the holder to retake the skills or knowledge
  test, or both, and send the holder notice of the same. Within 30 days after notice
  is sent, the holder shall make an appointment or otherwise schedule to take the next
  available test. If the holder fails to make an appointment within 30 days, the Commissioner
  shall disqualify his or her commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver’s license.
  If the holder fails either the knowledge or skills test or does not take the test,
  the Commissioner shall disqualify his or her commercial learner’s permit or commercial
  driver’s license. Once a holder’s commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver’s
  license has been disqualified, he or she must reapply for a commercial learner’s permit
  or commercial driver’s license under the procedures applicable to all commercial learner’s
  permit or commercial driver’s license applicants. (Added 2013, No. 20, § 1; amended 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 254.)