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81.52.070 | Fences—Negligence—Evidence. | In all actions against persons, companies or corporations, operating steam or electric railroads in the state of Washington, for injury to stock by collision with moving trains, it is prima facie evidence of negligence on the part of such person, company or corporation, to show that the railroad track was not fenced wi... |
81.53.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Commission" means the utilities and transportation commission of Washington. (2) "Grade crossing" means any point or place where a railroad crosses a highway or a highway crosses a railroad or one railroad ... |
81.53.020 | Grade separation required where practicable. | All railroads and extensions of railroads hereafter constructed shall cross existing railroads and highways by passing either over or under the same, when practicable, and shall in no instance cross any railroad or highway at grade without authority first being obtained from the commission to do so. All highways and ex... |
81.53.030 | Petition for crossing—Hearing—Order. | Whenever a railroad company desires to cross a highway or railroad at grade, it shall file a written petition with the commission setting forth the reasons why the crossing cannot be made either above or below grade. Whenever the legislative authority of a county, or the municipal authorities of a city, or the state of... |
81.53.040 | Supplemental hearing—Change of route. | If the commission finds that it is impracticable to construct an over-crossing or under-crossing on the established or proposed highway, and shall find that by deflecting the established or proposed highway a practicable and feasible over-crossing or under-crossing or a safer grade crossing can be provided, it shall co... |
81.53.050 | Requirements of order on change of route. | If the commission finds and determines that a change in route of an existing highway, or vacation of a portion thereof, is necessary or advisable, it shall further find and determine what private property or property rights it is necessary to take, damage, or injuriously affect for the purpose of constructing the highw... |
81.53.060 | Petition for alteration of crossing—Closure of grade crossing without hearing. | The mayor and city council, or other governing body of any city or town, or the legislative authority of any county within which there exists any under-crossing, over-crossing, or grade crossing, or where any street or highway is proposed to be located or established across any railroad, or any railroad company whose r... |
81.53.070 | Hearing. | At the conclusion of the hearing the commission shall make and file its written findings of fact concerning the matters inquired into in like manner as provided for findings of fact upon petition for new crossings. The commission shall also enter its order based upon said findings of fact, which shall specify whether t... |
81.53.080 | Restrictions on structures, railway equipment, in proximity of crossings—Minimum clearance for under-crossings. | After February 24, 1937, no building, loading platform, or other structure which will tend to obstruct the vision of travelers on a highway or parkway, of approaching railway traffic, shall be erected or placed on railroad or public highway rights-of-way within a distance of one hundred feet of any grade crossing locat... |
81.53.090 | Duty to maintain crossings. | When a highway crosses a railroad by an over-crossing or under-crossing, the framework and abutments of the over-crossing or under-crossing, as the case may be, shall be maintained and kept in repair by the railroad company, and the roadway thereover or thereunder and approaches thereto shall be maintained and kept in ... |
81.53.100 | Cost when railroad crosses highway. | Whenever, under the provisions of this chapter, new railroads are constructed across existing highways, or highway changes are made either for the purpose of avoiding grade crossings on such new railroads, or for the purpose of crossing at a safer and more accessible point than otherwise available, the entire expense o... |
81.53.110 | Cost when highway crosses railroad. | Whenever, under the provisions of this chapter, a new highway is constructed across a railroad, or an existing grade crossing is eliminated or changed (or the style or nature of construction of an existing crossing is changed), the entire expense of constructing a new grade crossing, an overcrossing, under-crossing, or... |
81.53.120 | Cost when railroad crosses railroad. | Whenever two or more lines of railroad owned or operated by different companies cross a highway, or each other, by an over-crossing, under-crossing, or grade crossing required or permitted by this chapter or by an order of the commission, the portion of the expense of making such crossing not chargeable to any municipa... |
81.53.130 | Apportionment of cost. | In the construction of new railroads across existing highways, the railroads shall do or cause to be done all the work of constructing the crossings and road changes that may be required, and shall acquire and furnish whatever property or easements may be necessary, and shall pay, as provided in RCW 81.53.100 through 8... |
81.53.140 | Time for performance. | The commission, in any order requiring work to be done, shall have power to fix the time within which the same shall be performed and completed: PROVIDED, That if any party having a duty to perform within a fixed time under any order of the commission shall make it appear to the commission that the order cannot reasona... |
81.53.150 | Practice and procedure. | Modes of procedure under this chapter, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be as provided in other provisions of this title. The commission is hereby given power to adopt rules to govern its proceedings and to regulate the mode and manner of all investigations and hearings under this chapter.
[ 1961 c 14 s... |
81.53.160 | Service of process. | All notices required to be served by this chapter shall be in writing, and shall briefly state the nature of the matter to be inquired into and investigated. Notices may be served in the manner provided by law for the service of summons in civil cases, or by registered United States mail. When service is made by regist... |
81.53.170 | Judicial review. | Upon the petition of any party to a proceeding before the commission, any finding or findings, or order or orders of the commission, made under color of authority of this chapter, except as otherwise provided, may be reviewed in the superior court of the county wherein the crossing is situated, and the reasonableness a... |
81.53.180 | Eminent domain. | Whenever to carry out any work undertaken under this chapter it is necessary to take, damage, or injuriously affect any private lands, property, or property rights, the right so to take, damage, or injuriously affect the same may be acquired by condemnation as hereinafter provided: (1) In cases where new railroads are ... |
81.53.190 | Abatement of illegal crossings. | If an under-crossing, over-crossing, or grade crossing is constructed, maintained, or operated, or is about to be constructed, operated, or maintained, in violation of the provisions of this chapter, or in violation of any order of the commission, such construction, operation, or maintenance may be enjoined, or may be ... |
81.53.200 | Mandamus to compel performance. | If any railroad company, county, municipality, or officers thereof, or other person, shall fail, neglect, or refuse to perform or discharge any duty required of it or them under this chapter or any order of the commission, the performance of such duty may be compelled by mandamus, or other appropriate proceeding, prose... |
81.53.210 | Penalty. | If any railroad company shall fail or neglect to obey, comply with, or carry out the requirements of this chapter, or any order of the commission made under it, such company shall be liable to a penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars, such penalty to be recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the state ... |
81.53.220 | Obstructions in highways. | Whenever, to carry out any work ordered under RCW 81.53.010 through 81.53.281 and 81.54.010 , it is necessary to erect and maintain posts, piers, or abutments in a highway, the right and authority to erect and maintain the same is hereby granted: PROVIDED, That, in case of a state highway the same shall be placed only ... |
81.53.230 | No new right of action conferred. | Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as conferring a right of action for the abandonment or vacation of any existing highway or portion thereof in cases where no right of action exists independent of this chapter.
[ 1961 c 14 s 81.53.230 . Prior: 1913 c 30 s 20 ; RRS s 10530.] |
81.53.240 | Scope of chapter. | (1) Except to the extent necessary to permit participation by first-class cities in the grade crossing protective fund, when an election to participate is made as provided in RCW 81.53.261 through 81.53.291 , or to the extent a first-class city requests to participate in the commission's crossing safety inspection prog... |
81.53.250 | Employment of experts. | The commission may employ temporarily such experts, engineers, and inspectors as may be necessary to supervise changes in existing crossings undertaken under this chapter; the expense thereof shall be paid by the railroad upon the request and certificate of the commission, said expense to be included in the cost of the... |
81.53.261 | Crossing signals, warning devices—Petition—Hearing—Order—Costs apportionment—Records not evidence for actions—Appeal. | Whenever the secretary of transportation or the governing body of any city, town, or county, or any railroad company whose road is crossed by any highway, shall deem that the public safety requires signals or other warning devices, other than sawbuck signs, at any crossing of a railroad at common grade by any state, ci... |
81.53.271 | Crossing signals, warning devices—Petition contents—Apportionment of installation and maintenance costs. | The petition shall set forth by description the location of the crossing or crossings, the type of signal or other warning device to be installed, the necessity from the standpoint of public safety for such installation, the approximate cost of installation and related work, and the approximate annual cost of maintenan... |
81.53.275 | Crossing signals, warning devices—Apportionment when funds not available from grade crossing protective fund. | In the event funds are not available from the grade crossing protective fund, the commission shall apportion to the parties on the basis of the benefits to be derived by the public and the railroad, respectively, that part of the cost which would otherwise be assigned to the fund: PROVIDED, That in such instances the c... |
81.53.281 | Crossing signals, warning devices—Grade crossing protective fund—Use and transfer of funds—Allocation of costs—Procedure—Federal funding. | There is hereby created in the state treasury a "grade crossing protective fund" to carry out the provisions of RCW 81.53.261 , 81.53.271 , 81.53.281 , 81.53.291 , and 81.53.295 ; for grants and/or subsidies to public, private, and nonprofit entities for rail safety projects authorized or ordered by the commission; and... |
81.53.291 | Crossing signals, warning devices—Operational scope—Election by first-class cities—Procedure. | RCW 81.53.261 through 81.53.291 shall be operative within the limits of all cities, towns and counties, except cities of the first class. Cities of the first class may elect as to each particular crossing whether RCW 81.53.261 through 81.53.291 shall apply. Such election shall be made by the filing by such city of a pe... |
81.53.295 | Crossing signals, warning devices, etc.—Federal funds used to pay installation costs—Grade crossing protective fund—State and local authorities to pay remaining installation costs—Railroad to pay maintenance costs. | Whenever federal-aid highway funds are available and are used to pay a portion of the cost of installing a grade crossing protective device, and related work, at a railroad crossing of any state highway, city or town street, or county road at the then prevailing federal-aid matching rate, the grade crossing protective ... |
81.53.400 | Traffic control devices during construction, repair, etc. of crossing or overpass—Required. | Whenever any railroad company engages in the construction, maintenance, or repair of a crossing or overpass, the company shall install and maintain traffic control devices adequate to protect the public and railroad employees, subject to the requirements of RCW 81.53.410 and 81.53.420 .
[ 1977 ex.s. c 168 s 1 .] |
81.53.410 | Traffic control devices during construction, repair, etc. of crossing or overpass—Standards and conditions. | All traffic control devices used under RCW 81.53.400 shall be subject to the following conditions: (1) Any traffic control devices shall be used at a repair or construction site only so long as the devices are needed or applicable. Any devices that are no longer needed or applicable shall be removed or inactivated so a... |
81.53.420 | Traffic control devices during construction, repair, etc. of crossing or overpass—Rules. | The utilities and transportation commission shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of RCW 81.53.400 and 81.53.410 pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW. The commission shall invite the participation of all interested parties in any hearings or proceedings taken under this section, including any parties who request notic... |
81.53.430 | Safety standards for private crossings along railroad tracks over which crude oil is transported—Adoption of rules. | (1) To address the potential public safety hazards presented by private crossings in the state and by the transportation of hazardous materials in the state, including crude oil, the commission is authorized to and must adopt rules governing safety standards for private crossings along the railroad tracks over which cr... |
81.53.900 | Effective date—1975 1st ex.s. c 189. | This 1975 amendatory act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1975.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 189 s 4 .] |
81.54.010 | Definitions. | The term "grade crossing" when used in this chapter means any point or place where a logging or industrial railroad crosses a highway or a highway crosses such railroad or such railroad crosses any other railroad, at a common grade. The term "over-crossing" when used in this chapter means any point or place where a hig... |
81.54.020 | Annual inspection of industrial crossings. | All grade crossings, under-crossings and over-crossings on the line of every logging and other industrial railway as herein defined shall be inspected annually by the commission as to condition, also maintenance, and safety in the interest of the public, for the purpose that the commission may, if it shall deem it nece... |
81.54.030 | Reimbursement of inspection cost. | (1) Every person operating any logging railroad or industrial railway shall, prior to July 1st of each year, file with the commission a statement showing the number of, and location, by name of highway, quarter section, section, township, and range of all crossings on his or her line and pay with the filing a fee for e... |
81.54.040 | Chapter not operative within first-class cities. | This chapter shall not be operative within the limits of cities of the first class.
[ 1961 c 14 s 81.54.040 . Prior: 1953 c 95 s 16 ; 1951 c 111 s 2 . Formerly RCW 81.52.325 .] |
81.60.005 | "Commissioned" defined. | For purposes of RCW 81.60.010 through 81.60.060 , "commissioned" means the criminal justice training commission has granted authority in accordance with state law, to act as a railroad police officer.
[ 2025 c 349 s 12 .] |
81.60.010 | Criminal justice training commission may commission railroad police officers. | The criminal justice training commission shall have the power to and may in its discretion commission railroad police officers at the request of any railroad corporation and may revoke any commission at its pleasure.
[ 2025 c 349 s 7 ; 2001 c 72 s 1 ; 1961 c 14 s 81.60.010 . Prior: 1915 c 118 s 1 ; RRS s 10542.] |
81.60.020 | Application for commissioning. | Any railroad corporation desiring the commissioning of any of its officers, agents, or servants not exceeding twenty-five in number for any one division of any railroad operating in this state as railroad police officers shall file a request with the criminal justice training commission on an approved application form.... |
81.60.030 | Oath. | Before receiving a commission each person shall successfully complete a course of training prescribed or approved by the criminal justice training commission, and shall take, subscribe, and file with the commission an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and laws of the state of Wa... |
81.60.040 | Duties. | Every police officer commissioned under the provisions of RCW 81.60.010 through 81.60.060 shall when on duty have the power and authority conferred by law on peace officers, but shall exercise such power only in the protection of the property belonging to or under the control of the corporation at whose instance the of... |
81.60.050 | Badge. | Every railroad police officer shall, when on duty, wear in plain view a badge bearing the words "railroad police" and the name of the corporation by which the officer is employed, or carry, and present upon request, official credentials identifying the railroad police officer and corporation.
[ 2001 c 72 s 5 ; 1961 c 1... |
81.60.060 | Liability for unlawful acts. | The corporation procuring a commission of any railroad police shall be solely responsible for the compensation for the officer's services and shall be liable civilly for any unlawful act of the officer resulting in damage to any person or corporation.
[ 2025 c 349 s 11 ; 2001 c 72 s 6 ; 1961 c 14 s 81.60.060 . Prior: 1... |
81.60.070 | Malicious injury to railroad property. | Every person who, in such manner as might, if not discovered, endanger the safety of any engine, motor, car or train, or any person thereon, shall in any manner interfere or tamper with or obstruct any switch, frog, rail, roadbed, sleeper, viaduct, bridge, trestle, culvert, embankment, structure, or appliance pertainin... |
81.60.080 | Sabotaging rolling stock—Receiving stolen railroad property. | (1) Any person or persons who shall willfully or maliciously, with intent to injure or deprive the owner thereof, take, steal, remove, change, add to, alter, or in any manner interfere with any journal bearing, brass, waste, packing, triple valve, pressure cock, brake, air hose, or any other part of the operating mecha... |
81.61.010 | Definitions. | Unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) "Contract crew transportation vehicle," as used in this chapter, means every motor vehicle, designed to transport fifteen or fewer passengers, including the driver, that is owned, leased, operated, or maintained by a person contracting with a railroad company or its ag... |
81.61.020 | Minimum standards for safe maintenance and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles—Rules and orders—Scope. | The utilities and transportation commission shall adopt rules and orders necessary to ensure that every passenger-carrying vehicle provided by a railroad company to transport employees in the course of their employment is maintained and operated in a safe manner when it is used on a public or private road. The rules an... |
81.61.030 | Rules and orders—Adoption and enforceability—Hearings—Notice. | Any rules or orders adopted under this chapter shall be subject to the requirements of, and enforceable by the penalties imposed by chapter 81.04 RCW. Any interested person or group may request notice of, and participate in any hearings or proceedings held pursuant to this chapter. The commission shall conduct a hearin... |
81.61.040 | Inspection of railroad crew transportation vehicles. | (1) The commission may, in enforcing rules and orders under this chapter, inspect any passenger-carrying vehicle or contract crew transportation vehicle. Upon request, the chief of the state patrol may assist the commission in these inspections. (2) Consistent with RCW 81.61.050 , the commission must develop an inspect... |
81.61.050 | Contract railroad crew transportation and vehicles—Commission duties and powers. | (1) The commission must regulate persons providing contract railroad crew transportation and every contract crew transportation vehicle with respect to driver qualifications, equipment safety, safety of operations, hours of service by drivers, passenger safety, drug testing requirements, and record retention. This regu... |
81.61.060 | Operation of contract crew transportation vehicle—Grounds for disqualification, reporting. | (1) A person is immediately and automatically disqualified from operating a contract crew transportation vehicle for a period of three years if (a) the person is convicted of, or is found to have committed, two or more traffic violations that result in suspension or revocation of the person's driver's license within a ... |
81.61.070 | Safety complaint, accident, and penalty data compilation—Exemption. | (1) The commission must compile data regarding any reported safety complaints, accidents, regulatory violations and fines, and corrective actions taken by the commission involving vehicles regulated under this chapter. A railroad company, and any person that owns or leases, operates, or maintains contract crew transpor... |
81.64.010 | Grant of franchise. | The legislative authority of the city or town having control of any public street or road, or where such street or road is not within the limits of any incorporated city or town, then the board of county commissioners wherein such road or street is situated, may grant authority for the construction, maintenance and ope... |
81.64.020 | Application to county legislative authority—Notice—Hearing—Order. | On application being made to the county legislative authority for such authority, the county legislative authority shall fix a time and place for hearing the same, and shall cause the county auditor to give public notice thereof at the expense of the applicant, by posting written or printed notices in three public plac... |
81.64.030 | May cross public road. | In case any such railroad or railway, is or shall be located in part on private right-of-way, the owner thereof shall have the right to construct and operate the same across any county road or county street which intersects such private right-of-way, if such crossing is so constructed and maintained as to do no unneces... |
81.64.040 | Eminent domain. | Every corporation incorporated or that may hereafter be incorporated under the laws of this state, or of any other state or territory of the United States and doing business in this state for the purpose of operating railroads or railways by electric power, shall have the right to appropriate real estate and other prop... |
81.64.050 | Right of entry. | Every such corporation shall have the right to enter upon any land between the termini of the proposed lines for the purpose of examining, locating and surveying such lines, doing no unnecessary damage thereby.
[ 1961 c 14 s 81.64.050 . Prior: 1899 c 94 s 2 ; RRS s 11085.] |
81.64.060 | Purchase or lease of street railway property. | Any corporation incorporated or that may hereafter be incorporated under the laws of this state or any state or territory of the United States, for the purpose of constructing, owning or operating railroads or railways by electric power, may lease or purchase and operate (except in cases where such lease or purchase is... |
81.64.070 | Consolidation of companies. | With the consent of the majority in interest of their shareholders, two or more corporations operating street railway lines within or in the suburbs of the same municipality, may amalgamate their businesses and properties by consolidation, sale, lease, or other appropriate means, and either by conveyance to a third cor... |
81.64.080 | Fares and transfers. | No street railroad company shall charge, demand or collect more than five cents for one continuous ride within the corporate limits of any city or town: PROVIDED, That such rate may be exceeded or lowered as to any municipally owned street railroad when the corporate authorities of the municipality owning such railroad... |
81.64.090 | Competent employees required—"Competent" defined—Penalty. | (1) Street railway or streetcar companies, or streetcar corporations, shall employ none but competent persons to operate or assist as conductors, motor operators, or grip operators upon any street railway, or streetcar line in this state. (2) A person shall be deemed competent to operate or assist in operating cars or ... |
81.64.120 | Car equipment specified. | Every streetcar run or used on any streetcar line in the state of Washington shall be provided with good and substantial aprons, pilots or fenders, and which shall be so constructed as to prevent any person from being thrown down and run over or caught beneath or under such car.
[ 1961 c 14 s 81.64.120 . Prior: 1897 c ... |
81.64.130 | Penalty. | The owners or managers operating any streetcar line failing to comply with the provisions of RCW 81.64.120 shall forfeit and pay to the state of Washington a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars for each and every violation of RCW 81.64.120 and each car run shall be considered a separate violation of RCW 81.64.... |
81.64.140 | Weather guards. | All corporations, companies or individuals owning, managing or operating any street railway or line in the state of Washington, shall provide, during the rain or winter season, all cars run or used on its or their respective roads with good, substantial and sufficient vestibules, or weather guards, for the protection o... |
81.64.150 | Penalty. | Any such street railway company, corporation or individual, as mentioned in RCW 81.64.140 , failing to comply with the provisions of RCW 81.64.140 , shall forfeit and pay to the state of Washington a penalty of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars for each and every violation of RCW 8... |
81.64.160 | Hours of labor—Penalty. | (1) No person, agent, officer, manager, or superintendent or receiver of any corporation or owner of streetcars shall require his, her, or its grip operators, motor operators, drivers, or conductors to work more than ten hours in any twenty-four hours. (2) Any person, agent, officer, manager, superintendent, or receive... |
81.66.005 | Scope—Federal authority and registration for compensatory services. | This chapter applies to persons and motor vehicles engaged in interstate or foreign commerce to the full extent permitted by the Constitution and laws of the United States. It is unlawful for any motor carrier to perform a transportation service for compensation upon the public highways of this state without first havi... |
81.66.010 | Definitions. | The definitions set forth in this section shall apply throughout this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) "Corporation" means a corporation, company, association, or joint stock association. (2) "Person" means an individual, firm, or a copartnership. (3) "Persons with special transportation nee... |
81.66.020 | Private, nonprofit transportation provider required to operate in accordance with this chapter. | No person or corporation, their lessees, trustees, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court, may operate as a private, nonprofit transportation provider except in accordance with this chapter.
[ 1979 c 111 s 5 .]
Severability — 1979 c 111: See note following RCW 46.74.010 . |
81.66.030 | Authority of commission. | The commission shall regulate every private, nonprofit transportation provider in this state but has authority only as follows: To issue certificates to such providers; to set forth insurance requirements; to adopt reasonable rules to insure that any vehicles used by such providers will be adequate for the proposed ser... |
81.66.040 | Certificate required—Transferability—Application—Carried in vehicle. | A private, nonprofit transportation provider may not operate in this state without first having obtained from the commission under this chapter a certificate. Any right, privilege, or certificate held, owned, or obtained by a private, nonprofit transportation provider may be sold, assigned, leased, transferred, or inhe... |
81.66.050 | Insurance or bond required. | The commission shall, in the granting of certificates to operate any private, nonprofit transportation provider, require the owner or operator to first procure liability and property damage insurance from a company licensed to make liability insurance in the state of Washington or a surety bond of a company licensed to... |
81.66.060 | Suspension, revocation, or alteration of certificate. | The commission may, at any time, by its order duly entered after notice to the holder of any certificate issued under this chapter, and an opportunity for a hearing, at which it is proven that the holder has willfully violated or refused to observe any of the commission's proper orders, rules, or regulations, suspend, ... |
81.68.010 | Definitions. | The definitions set forth in this section apply throughout this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) "Corporation" means a corporation, company, association, or joint stock association. (2) "Person" means an individual, firm, or a copartnership. (3) "Auto transportation company" means every corp... |
81.68.015 | Application of chapter restricted. | This chapter does not apply to corporations or persons, their lessees, trustees, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever insofar as they own, control, operate, or manage taxicabs, hotel buses, school buses, or any other carrier that does not come within the term "auto transportation company" as defined... |
81.68.020 | Compliance with chapter required. | A corporation or person, their lessees, trustees, or receivers or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, may not engage in the business of operating as a common carrier any motor-propelled vehicle for the transportation of persons and their baggage on the vehicles of auto transportation companies carrying passenge... |
81.68.030 | Regulation by commission. | The commission is vested with power and authority, and it is its duty to supervise and regulate every auto transportation company in this state as provided in this section. Under this authority, it shall for each auto transportation company: (1) Fix, alter, and amend just, fair, reasonable, and sufficient rates, fares,... |
81.68.040 | Certificate of convenience and necessity. | An auto transportation company shall not operate for the transportation of persons and their baggage for compensation between fixed termini or over a regular route in this state, without first having obtained from the commission under this chapter a certificate declaring that public convenience and necessity require su... |
81.68.046 | Temporary certificates—Waiver of provisions during state of emergency. | The commission may, with or without a hearing, issue temporary certificates to engage in the business of operating an auto transportation company, but only after it finds that the issuance of the temporary certificate is consistent with the public interest. The temporary certificate may be issued for a period up to one... |
81.68.050 | Filing fees. | Any application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity or amendment thereof, or application to sell, lease, mortgage, or transfer a certificate of public convenience and necessity or any interest therein, shall be accompanied by such filing fees as the commission may prescribe by rule: PROVIDED, That suc... |
81.68.060 | Liability and property damage insurance—Surety bond. | In granting certificates to operate any auto transportation company, for transporting for compensation persons and their baggage on the vehicles of auto transportation companies carrying passengers, the commission shall require the owner or operator to first procure liability and property damage insurance from a compan... |
81.68.065 | Self-insurers exempt as to insurance or bond. | Any auto transportation company authorized to transport persons for compensation on the highways and engaging in interstate, or interstate and intrastate, operations within the state of Washington which is or becomes qualified as a self-insurer with the federal motor carrier safety administration of the United States d... |
81.68.080 | Penalty. | Every officer, agent, or employee of any corporation, and every other person who violates or fails to comply with, or who procures, aids, or abets in the violation of any provisions of this chapter, or who fails to obey, observe, or comply with any order, decision, rule or regulation, direction, demand, or requirement,... |
81.68.090 | Scope of chapter. | This chapter applies to persons and motor vehicles engaged in interstate or foreign commerce to the full extent permitted by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
[ 2007 c 234 s 53 ; 1961 c 14 s 81.68.090 . Prior: 1921 c 111 s 8 ; RRS s 6394.] |
81.68.100 | Federal authority and registration for compensatory services. | It is unlawful for any motor carrier to perform a transportation service for compensation upon the public highways of this state without first having secured appropriate federal authority from the United States department of transportation, if such authority is required, and without first having registered with the com... |
81.70.010 | Business affected with the public interest—Declaration of purpose. | The use of the public highways for the transportation of passengers for compensation is a business affected with the public interest. It is the purpose of this chapter to preserve for the public full benefit in use of public highways consistent with the needs of commerce, without unnecessary congestion or wear and tear... |
81.70.020 | Definitions. | Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions in this section govern the construction of this chapter: (1) Subject to the exclusions of RCW 81.70.030 , "charter party carrier" means every person engaged in the transportation over any public highways in this state of a group of persons, w... |
81.70.030 | Exclusions. | This chapter does not apply to: (1) Persons or their lessees, receivers, or trustees insofar as they own, control, operate, or manage taxicabs, hotel buses, or school buses, when operated as such; (2) Passenger vehicles carrying passengers on a noncommercial enterprise basis; or (3) Limousine charter party carriers of ... |
81.70.220 | Certificate or registration required—Penalty. | (1) No person may engage in the business of a charter party carrier or excursion service carrier of passengers over any public highway without first having obtained a certificate from the commission to do so or having registered as an interstate carrier. For the purposes of this section, "engage in the business of a ch... |
81.70.230 | Certificates—Application, issuance. | (1) Applications for certificates must be made to the commission in writing, verified under oath, and shall be in a form and contain information as the commission by regulation may require. Every application must be accompanied by a fee as the commission may prescribe by rule. (2) A certificate must be issued to any ap... |
81.70.240 | Certificates—Transfer restricted. | No certificate issued under this chapter or rights to conduct services under it may be leased, assigned, or otherwise transferred or encumbered, unless authorized by the commission.
[ 1988 c 30 s 4 .] |
81.70.250 | Certificates—Grounds for cancellation. | The commission may cancel, revoke, or suspend any certificate issued under this chapter on any of the following grounds: (1) The violation of any of the provisions of this chapter; (2) The violation of an order, decision, rule, regulation, or requirement established by the commission under this chapter; (3) Failure of ... |
81.70.260 | Unlawful operation after certificate or registration canceled, etc.—Penalty. | (1) After the cancellation or revocation of a certificate or interstate registration or during the period of its suspension, it is unlawful for a charter party carrier or excursion service carrier of passengers to conduct any operations as such a carrier. For the purposes of this section, "conduct any operations" inclu... |
81.70.270 | Scope of regulation. | It is the duty of the commission to regulate charter party carriers and excursion service carriers with respect to safety of equipment, driver qualifications, and safety of operations. The commission shall establish such rules and regulations and require such reports as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this... |
81.70.280 | Insurance or bond for liability and property damage. | (1) In issuing certificates under this chapter, the commission shall require charter party carriers and excursion service carriers to procure and continue in effect during the life of the certificate, liability and property damage insurance from a company licensed to make liability insurance in the state of Washington ... |
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