§20-215.1. Definitions

The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1)        Migratory farm worker. - An individual who is employed in agriculture.

(2)        Motor carrier of migratory farm workers. - A person who for compensation transports at any one time in North Carolina five or more migratory farm workers to or from their employment by any motor vehicle, other than a passenger automobile or station wagon. The term does not include any of the following:

a.         A migratory farm worker who is transporting his or her immediate family.

b.         A carrier of passengers regulated by the North Carolina Utilities Commission or the United States Department of Transportation.

c.         The transportation of migratory farm workers on a vehicle owned by a farmer when the migratory farm workers are employed or to be employed by the farmer to work on a farm owned or controlled by the farmer.

(3)        Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1330, s. 39.

(1961, c. 505, s. 1; 1973, c. 1330, s. 39; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 756, s. 17.)