ORS 820.010
Vehicles subject to safety regulation

  • Department of Consumer and Business Services jurisdiction
  • rules

(1)

A motor vehicle is subject to safety regulation under ORS 820.030 (Safety code) to 820.070 (Driver violation of worker transport vehicle safety code), if the vehicle is furnished by an employer and is used to transport one or more workers to and from their places of employment. All of the following apply to this subsection:

(a)

The employer must be an individual who employs or uses two or more workers.

(b)

The workers employed or transported may be any individuals who are employed for any period in any work for which the workers are compensated, whether full- or part-time.

(c)

The place of employment to and from which the vehicle is used to transport workers must be a location where one or more workers are actually performing the labor incident to their employment.

(d)

Vehicles may include passenger automobiles operated by or on behalf of employers.

(2)

If vehicles described in this section are worker transport buses, the vehicles may be subject to additional regulation for the use of bus safety lights under ORS 811.520 (Unlawful use or failure to use lights) and 816.300 (Operation with nonstandard lighting equipment) in addition to safety measures under ORS 811.155 (Failure to stop for bus safety lights).

(3)

The Department of Consumer and Business Services has concurrent jurisdiction with the Department of Transportation in the adoption, under ORS 820.030 (Safety code), of rules relating to vehicles described in this section and in the enforcement of those rules under ORS 820.040 (Inspection of vehicles) and 820.050 (Orders regarding noncomplying vehicles or drivers) as applied to vehicles described in this section.

(4)

Vehicles described in this section are in addition to any vehicles subjected to regulation under ORS 820.020 (Vehicles other than worker transport vehicles that are subject to safety regulation). [1983 c.338 §738; 1985 c.16 §355; 2015 c.138 §40]

Source: Section 820.010 — Vehicles subject to safety regulation; Department of Consumer and Business Services jurisdiction; rules, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors820.­html.

820.010
Vehicles subject to safety regulation
820.020
Vehicles other than worker transport vehicles that are subject to safety regulation
820.030
Safety code
820.040
Inspection of vehicles
820.050
Orders regarding noncomplying vehicles or drivers
820.060
Safety requirement
820.070
Driver violation of worker transport vehicle safety code
820.100
Adoption of safety standards for construction and equipment of school vehicles
820.105
School bus stop arms
820.110
Rules and standards for driver qualification and training and accident reports
820.120
Rules and standards for school vehicle inspection
820.130
School bus registration
820.140
Revocation of registration
820.150
Rules and standards for exemption of certain vehicles from Oregon Vehicle Code
820.160
Illegal display of school bus markings
820.170
Improper school bus markings
820.180
Unsafe school vehicle operation
820.190
Minor operating school vehicle
820.200
Minor operating public passenger vehicle
820.210
Registration exemptions for golf carts and similar vehicles
820.220
Operation of low-speed vehicle in prohibited area
820.300
Exemptions from traffic laws
820.320
Illegal operation of emergency vehicle or ambulance
820.330
Failure to make, maintain and make available ambulance records
820.340
Contents of ambulance records
820.350
Ambulance warning lights
820.360
Illegal ambulance lighting equipment
820.370
Ambulance or emergency vehicle sirens
820.380
Illegal ambulance or emergency vehicle sirens
820.400
Unlawful operation of implement of husbandry
820.520
Travel or special use trailer assessed as manufactured structure
820.570
Violating trip permit requirements for manufactured structures
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