Nebraska Revised Statutes Chapter 60. Motor Vehicles § 60-4,141.01. Operation of commercial motor vehicle; restrictions; prohibited acts; violation; penalty

(1) No person shall operate a commercial motor vehicle upon the highways of this state while his or her commercial driver's license or privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle is suspended, revoked, or canceled, while subject to a disqualification or an out-of-service order, or while there is an out-of-service order in effect for the commercial motor vehicle being operated or for the motor carrier operation.

(2) No person shall operate a commercial motor vehicle transporting hazardous materials upon the highways of this state while his or her commercial driver's license or privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle is suspended, revoked, or canceled, while subject to a disqualification or an out-of-service order, or while there is an out-of-service order in effect for the commercial motor vehicle being operated or for the motor carrier operation.

(3) No person shall operate a commercial motor vehicle transporting sixteen or more passengers including the driver upon the highways of this state while his or her commercial driver's license or privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle is suspended, revoked, or canceled, while subject to a disqualification or an out-of-service order, or while there is an out-of-service order in effect for the commercial motor vehicle being operated or for the motor carrier operation.

(4) No person shall operate a commercial motor vehicle upon the highways of this state while he or she is disqualified under section 60-4,168.

(5) Any person operating a commercial motor vehicle in violation of subsection (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section shall (a) for a first such offense, be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor, and the court shall, as a part of the judgment of conviction, order such person not to operate any commercial motor vehicle for any purpose for a period of one year from the date ordered by the court and also order the commercial driver's license of such person to be revoked for a like period and (b) for each subsequent such offense, be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor, and the court shall, as a part of the judgment of conviction, order such person not to operate any commercial motor vehicle for any purpose for a period of two years from the date ordered by the court and also order the commercial driver's license of such person to be revoked for a like period. Such orders of the court shall be administered upon sentencing, upon final judgment of any appeal or review, or upon the date that any probation is revoked, whichever is later.

(6) For purposes of this section, out-of-service order has the same meaning as in section 75-362.