(a) An employer that knowingly allows or requires an employee to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of a federal, state, or local law or regulation pertaining to railroad crossings is, upon conviction, subject to a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(b) This section shall become operative on September 20, 2005.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 952, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2005. Section operative September 20, 2005, by its own provisions.)