(1) Notwithstanding ORS § 809.510 (1) to (5) and (7), the Department of Transportation shall permanently suspend a person‘s commercial driving privileges for the lifetime of the person if the department receives a record of conviction for a crime punishable as a felony in which a motor vehicle was used and that involved the manufacturing, distributing or dispensing of a controlled substance, as defined in ORS § 475.005. The department may not reinstate commercial driving privileges of a person whose commercial driving privileges are suspended under this subsection.

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(2) Notwithstanding ORS § 809.510 (1) to (5) and (7), the department shall permanently suspend a person’s commercial driving privileges for the lifetime of the person if the department receives a record of conviction for a crime in which a commercial motor vehicle was used and that involved an act or practice of severe forms of trafficking in persons as defined by the department by rule. The department may not reinstate commercial driving privileges of a person whose commercial driving privileges are suspended under this subsection.

(3)(a) Notwithstanding ORS § 809.510 (1) to (5) and (7), the department shall suspend a person’s commercial driving privileges for the lifetime of the person if the department receives a second or subsequent record, report or notice described in ORS § 809.510 (1) to (5) and (7) that does not arise out of the same incident and that would be grounds for suspension of the person’s commercial driving privileges under ORS § 809.510 (1) to (5) and (7).

(b) The department may adopt rules providing for the reinstatement of commercial driving privileges suspended under this subsection. The department may not reinstate commercial driving privilege suspensions under this subsection earlier than 10 years after the date that the person’s commercial driving privileges are suspended under paragraph (a) of this subsection.

(c) The department shall permanently suspend a person’s commercial driving privileges for the lifetime of the person if the department receives a record, report or notice described in paragraph (a) of this subsection that relates to conduct that occurred after the person’s commercial driving privileges were reinstated under paragraph (b) of this subsection. The department may not reinstate the commercial driving privileges of a person whose commercial driving privileges are suspended under this paragraph.

(4) A suspension imposed under this section is consecutive to any other suspension imposed under ORS § 809.510, 809.525, 809.530 or 809.535, if the suspensions do not arise out of the same incident. [2013 c.237 § 6; 2021 c.630 107,108; 2023 c.400 § 13]