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
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through early 2024

§ 820.010’s source at oregon​.gov