[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 29, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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).