[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: 29CFR500.101]

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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. 500.101  Promulgation and adoption of vehicle standards.

    (a) General. All transportation of migrant and seasonal agricultural 
workers, whether on the farm or on the road, shall be subject to the 
vehicle safety standards of the Act, except for activities under the 
circumstances set out in Sec. 500.103.
    (b) Compliance required. Any violation of the standards promulgated 
by the Secretary in Sec. 500.104 or adopted by the Secretary in Sec. 
500.105 shall be a violation of the Act and these regulations.
    (c) Development of Department of Labor Standards. In developing the 
regulations in Sec. 500.104, the Secretary has considered among other 
factors: (1) The type of vehicle used, (2) the passenger capacity of the 
vehicle, (3) the distance which such workers will be carried in the 
vehicle, (4) the type of roads and highways on which such workers will 
be carried in the vehicle, and (5) the extent to which a proposed 
standard would cause an undue burden on agricultural employers, 
agricultural associations, or farm labor contractors.
    (d) Adoption of Department of Transportation (DOT) Standards. In 
accordance with section 401(b)(2)(C) of the Act, the Secretary has 
adopted in Sec. 500.105 of these regulations, the DOT standards, 
without regard to the mileage and boundary limitations established in 49 
U.S.C. 3102(c).