Compliance with substantive Federal and State safety and health standards
Except as provided in subsection (c), each person who owns or controls a facility or real property which is used as housing for migrant agricultural workers shall be responsible for ensuring that the facility or real property complies with substantive Federal and State safety and health standards applicable to that housing.
Certification that applicable safety and health standards met; posting of certificate of occupancy; retention of certificate and availability for inspection and review; occupancy prior to inspection
Applicability to providers of housing on a commercial basis to the general public
This section does not apply to any person who, in the ordinary course of that person’s business, regularly provides housing on a commercial basis to the general public and who provides housing to migrant agricultural workers of the same character and on the same or comparable terms and conditions as is provided to the general public.
Pub. L. 97–470, title II, § 20396 Stat. 2591(, , .)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
section 524 of Pub. L. 97–470section 1801 of this titleSection effective 90 days from , see , set out as a note under .