ME LD2089

Removes the requirement that Maine's agricultural labor housing rules must be identical to federal housing habitability regulations under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act

Allows the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards to adopt rules that may differ from federal standards for protecting health, safety, and welfare of agricultural laborers in employer-provided housing

Maintains existing applicability threshold: rules only apply to employers providing housing to more than 5 employees whose housing is not already covered by federal OSHA regulations

Amends 26 MRSA §586, originally enacted in 1997, submitted by the Department of Labor