§ 509 — Violations

§ 509. Violations. 1. Except while operating a motor vehicle during\nthe course of a road test conducted pursuant to the provisions of this\narticle, no person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle upon a public\nhighway of this state or upon any sidewalk or to or from any lot\nadjacent to a public garage, supermarket, shopping center or car washing\nestablishment or to or from or into a public garage or car washing\nestablishment unless he is duly licensed pursuant to the provisions of\nthis chapter.\n 1-a. Whenever a license is required to operate a commercial motor\nvehicle, no person shall operate a commercial motor vehicle without the\nproper endorsements for the specific vehicle being operated or for the\npassengers or type of cargo being transported.\n 2. Whenever a license is required to operate a motor vehicle, no\nperson shall operate a motor vehicle unless he is the holder of a class\nof license which is valid for the operation of such vehicle.\n 3. Whenever a permit or license is required to operate a motor\nvehicle, no person shall operate any motor vehicle in violation of any\nrestriction contained on, or applicable to, the permit or license.\n 4. No person shall knowingly authorize or permit a motor vehicle owned\nby him or in his charge to be operated in violation of subdivisions one,\ntwo or three of this section.\n 5. No person shall hold more than one unexpired license issued by the\ncommissioner at any one time. The holding of a license of one class and\na learner's permit for another class at the same time shall not be\ndeemed a violation of this subdivision.\n 6. No licensee shall voluntarily permit any other person to use his\nlicense, nor shall any person at any time possess or use any forged,\nfictitious or illegally obtained license, or use any license belonging\nto another person.\n 7. No person shall operate a commercial motor vehicle without being in\npossession of the appropriate license for the motor vehicle being\noperated.\n 7-a. No person shall operate a commercial motor vehicle while knowing\nor having reason to know that he or she is not medically certified, as\nrequired, in accordance with the federal motor carrier safety\nimprovement act of 1999 and Part 383.71(h) of title 49 of the code of\nfederal regulations.\n 8. No licensee shall fail to notify the commissioner in writing of a\nchange of residence as required by this article.\n 9. Whenever notice of disability is required to be given to the\ncommissioner as required by this article, no person shall operate any\nmotor vehicle until such notice has been given.\n 10. No person shall hold an unexpired license issued by the\ncommissioner while holding a driver's license issued by any other\njurisdiction. This prohibition shall not apply to any license which by\nits terms is valid only within the jurisdiction of issuance. Nor shall\nit apply if such person has informed the commissioner of such multiple\nlicenses and the commissioner has determined that it is necessary for\nsuch person to hold more than one license to comply with the laws of\neach of the jurisdictions in which such licenses were issued. The\nforegoing exceptions shall not be applicable to commercial driver's\nlicenses after December thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-nine.\n 11. A violation of any provision of this section shall be punishable\nby a fine of not less than seventy-five nor more than three hundred\ndollars, or by imprisonment for not more than fifteen days, or by both\nsuch fine and imprisonment except, if the violation consists of failure\nto renew a license which was valid within sixty days, the fine shall be\nnot more than forty dollars, and except that a violation of subdivision\nseven or eight of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more\nthan seventy-five dollars.\n 12. A violation of subdivision two of this section involving the\noperation for hire of any vehicle as a taxicab, livery as defined in\nsection one hundred twenty-one-e of this chapter, coach, limousine, van\nor wheelchair accessible van or tow truck within the state without the\nappropriate license therefor, shall be punishable by a fine of not less\nthan two hundred twenty-five dollars nor more than four hundred fifty\ndollars. A person who operates a vehicle for hire without the\nappropriate license therefor pursuant to subdivision two of this section\nafter having been convicted of such a violation within the preceding\nfive years shall be punished by a fine of not less than three hundred\nseventy-five dollars nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars. A person\nwho operates a vehicle for hire without the appropriate license therefor\npursuant to subdivision two of this section after having been convicted\ntwo or more times of such a violation within the preceding ten years\nshall be punished by a fine of not less than seven hundred fifty dollars\nnor more than one thousand five hundred dollars.\n