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§ 390.33 Commercial motor vehicles used for purposes other than defined.

Current wording, first on file in the 1996 annual edition.

govinfo, 2012 edition ↗
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49 CFR § 390.33 — Commercial motor vehicles used for purposes other than defined.. Text in force on October 1, 2012. This wording effective October 1, 1996 to present. Source: govinfo, 2012 edition, https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2012-title49-vol5/CFR-2012-title49-vol5-sec390-33. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/390.33?asof=2012-10-01, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

Whenever a commercial motor vehicle of one type is used to perform the functions normally performed by a commercial motor vehicle of another type, the requirements of this subchapter and part 325 of subchapter A shall apply to the commercial motor vehicle and to its operation in the same manner as though the commercial motor vehicle were actually a commercial motor vehicle of the latter type. Example: If a commercial motor vehicle other than a bus is used to perform the functions normally performed by a bus, the regulations pertaining to buses and to the transportation of passengers shall apply to that commercial motor vehicle.

[53 FR 18052, May 19, 1988, as amended at 60 FR 38744, July 28, 1995]

Amendment history

1 distinct wording on file since Oct. 1, 1996
  1. Oct. 1, 1996 → presentannual editions 1996–2016viewing
    [53 FR 18052, May 19, 1988, as amended at 60 FR 38744, July 28, 1995]

A new entry appears whenever the regulatory words change between government snapshots. Day-precise from the eCFR (2017 onward); before that, one snapshot per annual CFR edition (revised as of October 1). Bracketed citations are the Federal Register history printed with the section.