As Amended
SEC. 63-1-85. Classification of offenses under article; relationship between penalties imposed under article and other provisions of law relating to operation of motor vehicles.
Except as otherwise specifically provided by this article, any violation of this article for which the only penalty under this article is the requirement that the Commissioner of Public Safety suspend the commercial driver instruction permit or commercial driver's license of a person shall not, for the purposes of this article, constitute a criminal offense. However, if a violation of this article also constitutes a criminal offense under the provisions of some other law, then any criminal penalty which may be imposed for violation of such criminal law shall be in addition to suspension of a person's license under this article.
If violation of any law of this state other than a violation of this article requires that the driver's license or driving privileges of a person be suspended, cancelled or revoked, then any suspension, cancellation or revocation imposed for violation of such law shall also result in suspension, revocation or cancellation of such person's commercial driver instruction permit or commercial driver's license under the provisions of this article for the same period of time and to run concurrently therewith.
If any person's commercial driver instruction permit or commercial driver's license is suspended under the provisions of this article and such violation is not an offense for which a person's driver's license or driving privileges are suspended, revoked or cancelled under the provisions of some law other than the provisions of this article, then such person may apply for and obtain, upon meeting all qualifications as required by law, any type of driver's license other than a commercial driver's license or permit issued under the provisions of this article.
SOURCES: Laws, 1989, ch. 482, Sec. 13, eff from and after January 1, 1990.