[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR500.100]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 500_MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION--Table of 
Contents
 
   Subpart D_Motor Vehicle Safety and Insurance for Transportation of 
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers, Housing Safety and Health for 
                             Migrant Workers
 
Sec. 500.100  Vehicle safety obligations.

                          Motor Vehicle Safety


    (a) General obligations. Each farm labor contractor, agricultural 
employer and agricultural association which uses, or causes to be used, 
any vehicle to transport a migrant or seasonal agricultural worker shall 
ensure that such vehicle conforms to vehicle safety standards prescribed 
by the Secretary of Labor under the Act and with other applicable 
Federal and State safety standards. Each farm labor contractor, 
agricultural employer and agricultural association shall also ensure 
that each driver of any such vehicle has a currently valid motor vehicle 
operator's permit or license, as provided by applicable State law, to 
operate the vehicle.
    (b) Proof of compliance with vehicle safety standards. Prima facie 
evidence that safety standards have been met will be shown by the 
presence of a current State vehicle inspection sticker. Such sticker 
will not, however, relieve

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the farm labor contractor, agricultural employer or agricultural 
association from responsibility for maintaining the vehicle in 
accordance with Sec. 500.104 or Sec. 500.105, as applicable.
    (c) Uses or causes to be used. The term ``uses or causes to be 
used'' as set forth in paragraph (a) of this section does not include 
carpooling arrangements made by the workers themselves, using one of the 
workers' own vehicles. However, carpooling does not include any 
transportation arrangement in which a farm labor contractor participates 
or which is specifically directed or requested by an agricultural 
employer or an agricultural association.