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81.70.290 | Self-insurers exempt as to insurance or bond. | A charter party carrier or excursion service carrier of passengers, 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 a... |
81.70.310 | Application of Title81RCW. | All applicable provisions of this title relating to procedure, powers of the commission, and penalties shall apply to the operation and regulation of persons under this chapter, except as those provisions may conflict with the provisions of this chapter and rules and regulations issued thereunder by the commission.
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81.70.320 | Fees—Amounts, deposit. | (1) An application for a certificate, amendment of a certificate, or transfer of a certificate must be accompanied by a filing fee the commission may prescribe by rule. The fee must not exceed two hundred dollars. (2) All fees paid to the commission under this chapter must be deposited in the state treasury to the cred... |
81.70.330 | Vehicle identification. | (1) It is unlawful for a charter party carrier or excursion service carrier to operate a motor vehicle upon the highways of this state unless there is firmly affixed to both sides of the vehicle, the name of the carrier and the certificate or permit number of the carrier. The characters composing the identification mus... |
81.70.340 | Application to interstate or foreign carriers. | This chapter applies to persons and motor carriers engaged in interstate or foreign commerce to the full extent permitted by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
[ 2007 c 234 s 63 ; 1989 c 163 s 15 ; 1988 c 30 s 14 .] |
81.70.350 | Annual regulatory fee—Delinquent fee payments. | (1) The commission shall collect from each charter party carrier and excursion service carrier holding a certificate issued pursuant to this chapter and from each interstate or foreign carrier subject to this chapter an annual regulatory fee, to be established by the commission but which in total shall not exceed the c... |
81.70.360 | Excursion service companies—Certificate. | No excursion service company may operate for the transportation of persons for compensation without first having obtained from the commission under the provisions of this chapter a certificate to do so. For the purposes of this section, "operate for the transportation of persons for compensation" includes advertising o... |
81.70.370 | 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... |
81.70.380 | Party buses—Alcohol consumption requirements, penalty. | (1)(a) A charter party carrier or excursion service carrier operating a party bus must determine whether alcoholic beverages will be served or consumed in the passenger compartment of the vehicle. If it is expected that alcoholic beverages will be served or consumed in the passenger compartment, the permit holder must ... |
81.70.390 | Passenger smoking on board prohibited. | (1) A charter party carrier or excursion service carrier may not knowingly allow any passenger to smoke aboard a motor vehicle regulated under this chapter. (2) For the purposes of this section, "smoke" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 70.160.020 .
[ 2015 c 233 s 9 .] |
81.72.200 | Legislative intent. | The legislature finds and declares that privately operated taxicab transportation service is a vital part of the transportation system within the state and provides demand-responsive services to state residents, tourists, and out-of-state business people. Consequently, the safety, reliability, and economic viability an... |
81.72.210 | Local regulatory powers listed. | To protect the public health, safety, and welfare, cities, towns, counties, and port districts of the state may license, control, and regulate privately operated taxicab transportation services operating within their respective jurisdictions. The power to regulate includes: (1) Regulating entry into the business of pro... |
81.72.220 | Cooperative agreements—Joint regulation. | A city, town, county, or port district may enter into cooperative agreements with any other city, town, county, or port district for the joint regulation of taxicabs. Cooperative agreements may provide for, but are not limited to, the granting, revocation, and suspension of joint taxicab licenses.
[ 1984 c 126 s 3 .] |
81.72.240 | Rate adjustments—Industrial insurance, other costs—Requirement to train for hire operator. | (1) Any city, town, county, or port district setting the rates charged for taxicab services under this chapter must adjust rates to accommodate changes in the cost of industrial insurance or in other industry-wide costs. (2) Any business that as owner leases a taxicab licensed under this chapter to a for hire operator ... |
81.75.010 | Authorization to own and operate—Purpose. | It is desirable to a transportation system that convenient and comfortable terminals be established and maintained with the services of all modes of public transportation available to the public at such a center to the extent feasible. It is proper that cities, towns, counties, public transportation benefit area author... |
81.75.020 | Method of acquisition and operation prescribed—Grants—Consolidation of activities. | Through its council or other legislative body, any city, town, county, public transportation benefit area authority, or other municipal corporation, authorized to operate public transportation services, may construct or otherwise acquire intermodal transportation centers by donation, lease, or purchase and may operate ... |
81.75.030 | Services available—Terms of usage. | To the extent feasible, the services available to the public at any transportation center may include taxi, auto rental, passenger trains, motor buses, travel agents, restrooms, food, telegraph, baggage handling, transfer and delivery of light freight and packages, commercial airlines, air charter, place of temporary r... |
81.77.010 | Definitions. | As used in this chapter: (1) "Common carrier" means any person who collects and transports solid waste for disposal by motor vehicle for compensation, whether over regular or irregular routes, or by regular or irregular schedules; (2) "Contract carrier" means all solid waste transporters not included under the terms "c... |
81.77.020 | Compliance with chapter required—Exemption for cities. | No person, his or her lessees, receivers, or trustees, shall engage in the business of operating as a solid waste collection company in this state, except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter: PROVIDED, That the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the operations of any solid waste collection comp... |
81.77.0201 | Jurisdiction of commission upon discontinuation of jurisdiction by municipality. | A city, town, or combined city-county may at any time reverse its decision to exercise its authority under RCW 81.77.020 . In such an event, the commission shall issue a certificate to the last holder of a valid commission certificate of public convenience and necessity, or its successors or assigns, for the area rever... |
81.77.030 | Supervision and regulation by commission. | (1) The commission shall supervise and regulate every solid waste collection company in this state: (a) By fixing and altering its rates, charges, classifications, rules and regulations; (b) By regulating the accounts, service, and safety of operations; (c) By requiring the filing of annual and other reports and data; ... |
81.77.040 | Certificate of convenience and necessity required—Issuance—Transferability—Solid waste categories. | A solid waste collection company shall not operate for the hauling of solid waste for compensation without first having obtained from the commission a certificate declaring that public convenience and necessity require such operation. Operating for the hauling of solid waste for compensation includes advertising, solic... |
81.77.050 | Filing fees. | Any application for a certificate issued under this chapter or amendment thereof, or application to sell, lease, mortgage, or transfer a certificate issued under this chapter or any interest therein, shall be accompanied by such filing fee as the commission may prescribe by rule: PROVIDED, That such fee shall not excee... |
81.77.060 | Liability and property damage insurance—Surety bond. | The commission, in granting certificates to operate a solid waste collection company, shall require the owner or operator to first procure liability and property damage insurance from a company licensed to make liability insurance in the state or a surety bond of a company licensed to write surety bonds in the state, o... |
81.77.080 | Companies to file reports of gross operating revenue and pay fees—Legislative intent—Disposition of revenue. | Every solid waste collection company shall, on or before the date specified by the commission for filing annual reports under RCW 81.04.080 , file with the commission a statement on oath showing its gross operating revenue from intrastate operations for the preceding calendar year, or portion thereof, and pay to the co... |
81.77.090 | Penalty. | (1) Every 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, or comply with any order, decision, rule, regulation, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission, or any part or provision thereof, is guilty of a gro... |
81.77.100 | Application to foreign or interstate commerce—Regulation of solid waste collection companies. | 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. To protect public health and safety and to ensure solid waste collection services are provided to all areas of the state, the commission, in accord... |
81.77.110 | Temporary certificates. | The commission may with or without a hearing issue temporary certificates to engage in the business of operating a solid waste collection company, but only after it finds that the issuance of such temporary certificate is consistent with the public interest. Such temporary certificate may be issued for a period up to o... |
81.77.120 | Service to unincorporated areas of counties. | A county legislative authority shall periodically comment to the commission in writing concerning the authority's perception of the adequacy of service being provided by regulated franchisees serving the unincorporated areas of the county. The county legislative authority shall also receive and forward to the commissio... |
81.77.130 | Application of chapter to collection or transportation of source separated recyclable materials. | The provisions of chapter 81.77 RCW shall not apply to the collection or transportation of source separated recyclable materials from residences under a contract with any county, city, or town, nor to any city or town which itself undertakes the collection and transportation of source separated recyclable materials fro... |
81.77.140 | Application of chapter—Collection and transportation of recyclable materials by recycling companies or nonprofit entities—Reuse or reclamation. | Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a recycling company or nonprofit entity from collecting and transporting recyclable materials from a buy-back center, drop-box, or from a commercial or industrial generator of recyclable materials, or upon agreement with a solid waste collection company. Nothing in this chapter sha... |
81.77.160 | Pass-through rates—Rules. | (1) The commission, in fixing and altering collection rates charged by every solid waste collection company under this section, shall include in the base for the collection rates: (a) All charges for the disposal of solid waste at the facility or facilities designated by a local jurisdiction under a local comprehensive... |
81.77.170 | Fees, charges, or taxes—Normal operating expense. | For rate-making purposes, a fee, charge, or tax on the collection or disposal of solid waste is considered a normal operating expense of the solid waste collection company, including all taxes and fees imposed or increased under chapter 44, Laws of 2015 3rd sp. sess. Filing for pass-through of any such fee, charge, or ... |
81.77.180 | Recyclable materials collection—Processing and marketing. | (1) A solid waste collection company collecting recyclable materials from residences shall utilize one or more private recycling businesses when arranging for the processing and marketing of such materials, if the following conditions are met: (a) A recycling business is located within the county at the time the collec... |
81.77.185 | Recyclable materials collection—Revenue sharing—Report. | (1) The commission shall allow solid waste collection companies collecting recyclable materials other than covered materials collected under an approved plan in chapter 70A.208 RCW to retain up to 50 percent of the revenue paid to the companies for the material if the companies submit a plan to the commission that is c... |
81.77.190 | Curbside recycling—Reduced rate. | (1) If the commission authorizes a surcharge or reduced rate incentive based on a customer's participation in a company's curbside residential recycling program, customers participating in any other noncurbside recycling program approved by the jurisdiction shall be eligible for such incentives. (2) For the purpose of ... |
81.77.195 | Discounts for low-income customers. | Upon request of a county, the commission may approve rates, charges, or services at a discount for low-income senior customers and low-income customers, as adopted by the county in its comprehensive solid waste management plan. Expenses and lost revenues as a result of these discounts must be included in the company's ... |
81.77.200 | 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... |
81.77.210 | Protection of records containing commercial information. | Records, subject to chapter 42.56 RCW, filed with the commission or the attorney general from any person that contain valuable commercial information, including trade secrets or confidential marketing, cost, or financial information, or customer-specific usage information, are not subject to inspection or copying under... |
81.80.010 | Definitions. | The definitions set forth in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Common carrier" means any person who undertakes to transport property for the general public by motor vehicle for compensation, whether over regular or irregular routes, or regular or irregular schedules, including motor vehicle operations of... |
81.80.020 | Declaration of policy. | The business of operating as a motor carrier of freight for compensation along the highways of this state is declared to be a business affected with a public interest. The rapid increase of motor carrier freight traffic and the fact that under the existing law many motor trucks are not effectively regulated have increa... |
81.80.040 | Exempt vehicles. | (1) The provisions of this chapter, except where specifically otherwise provided, and except the provisions providing for licenses, shall not apply to: (a) Motor vehicles when operated in transportation exclusively within the corporate limits of any city or town of less than ten thousand population unless contiguous to... |
81.80.045 | Exemption—Freight consolidators. | This chapter does not apply to the operations of a shipper or a group or association of shippers in consolidating or distributing freight for themselves or for their members on a nonprofit basis for the purpose of securing the benefits of carload, truckload, or other volume rates, when the services of a common carrier ... |
81.80.050 | Compliance required. | It shall be unlawful for any person to operate as a "motor carrier" on any public highway of this state except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1961 c 14 s 81.80.050 . Prior: 1935 c 184 s 4 ; RRS s 6382-4.] |
81.80.060 | Combination of services. | Every person who engages for compensation to perform a combination of services, a substantial portion of which includes transportation of property of others upon the public highways, is subject to the jurisdiction of the commission as to such transportation and shall not engage in such transportation without first havi... |
81.80.070 | Common carriers, contract carriers, and temporary carriers—Permit required. | (1) A common carrier, contract carrier, or temporary carrier shall not operate for the transportation of property for compensation in this state without first obtaining from the commission a permit for such operation. (2) The commission shall issue a common carrier permit to any qualified applicant if it is found the a... |
81.80.075 | Household goods carriers—Permit required, penalty, cease and desist orders. | (1) No person shall engage in business as a household goods carrier without first obtaining a household goods carrier permit from the commission. (2) Permits issued to any household goods carrier must be exercised by the carrier to the fullest extent to render reasonable service to the public. Applications for househol... |
81.80.080 | Application for permit. | Application for permits must be made to the commission in writing and must state the ownership, financial condition, equipment to be used and physical property of the applicant, the territory or route or routes in or over which the applicant proposes to operate, the nature of the transportation to be engaged in, and ot... |
81.80.090 | Form of application—Filing fees. | The commission shall prescribe forms of application for permits and for extensions thereof for the use of prospective applicants, and for transfer of permits and for acquisition of control of carriers holding permits, and shall make regulations for the filing thereof. Any such application shall be accompanied by such f... |
81.80.100 | Form and contents of permit. | Permits granted by the commission shall be in such form as the commission shall prescribe and shall set forth the name and address of the person to whom the permit is granted, the nature of the transportation service to be engaged in and the principal place of operation, termini or route to be used or territory to be s... |
81.80.110 | Limitation on renewal of application. | No person whose application for a permit has been denied after hearing under any of the provisions of this chapter shall be eligible to renew the application for a period of six months from the date of the order denying such application.
[ 1961 c 14 s 81.80.110 . Prior: 1947 c 264 s 3 ; 1935 c 184 s 9 ; Rem. Supp. 1947... |
81.80.115 | Fees imposed under this chapter—Procedure for contesting—Rules. | If a person seeks to contest the imposition of a fee imposed under this chapter, the person shall pay the fee and request a refund within six months of the due date for the payment by filing a petition for a refund with the commission. The commission shall establish by rule procedures for handling refund petitions and ... |
81.80.120 | Classification of carriers. | The commission may from time to time establish such just and reasonable classifications of the groups of carriers included in the terms "common carriers" and "contract carriers" as the special nature of the services performed by such carriers shall require, and such just and reasonable rules, regulations and requiremen... |
81.80.130 | Regulatory power over common carriers. | To the extent allowed under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 14501, the commission shall: Supervise and regulate every common carrier in this state; make, fix, alter, and amend, just, fair, reasonable, minimum, maximum, or minimum and maximum, rates, charges, classifications, rules, and regulations for all common carriers; regulate the ... |
81.80.132 | Common carriers—Estimate of charges for household goods—Penalty. | When a common carrier gives an estimate of charges for services in carrying household goods, the carrier will endeavor to accurately reflect the actual charges. The carrier is subject to a monetary penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars per violation when the actual charges exceed the percentages allowed by the com... |
81.80.140 | Regulatory power over contract carriers. | To the extent allowed under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 14501, the commission shall: Supervise and regulate every contract carrier in this state; fix, alter, and amend, just, fair, and reasonable classifications, rules, and regulations and minimum rates and charges of each contract carrier; regulate the account, service, and safety... |
81.80.150 | Tariffs to be compiled and sold. | The commission shall make, fix, construct, compile, promulgate, publish, and distribute tariffs containing compilations of rates, charges, classifications, rules, and regulations to be used by all household goods carriers. In compiling these tariffs, the commission shall include within any given tariff compilation the ... |
81.80.170 | Temporary permits. | The commission may issue temporary permits to temporary household goods carriers for no more than one hundred eighty days, but only after the commission finds that the issuance of the temporary permits is consistent with the public interest. The commission may prescribe special rules and regulations and impose special ... |
81.80.190 | Insurance or deposit of security required. | The commission shall, in issuing permits to common carriers and contract carriers under this chapter, require the carriers to either procure and file liability and property damage insurance from a company licensed to write such insurance in the state of Washington, or deposit security, for the limits of liability and o... |
81.80.195 | Liability insurance requirements exclusive. | This chapter shall exclusively govern the liability insurance requirements for motor vehicle common and contract carriers. Any motor vehicle that meets the public liability requirements prescribed under RCW 81.80.190 shall not be required to comply with any ordinances of a city or county prescribing insurance requireme... |
81.80.200 | Conditions may be attached to permits. | The commission is hereby vested with power and authority in issuing permits to any of the carriers classified in accordance with RCW 81.80.120 to attach thereto such terms and conditions and to require such insurance or security as it may deem necessary for the protection of the public highways and to be for the best i... |
81.80.211 | Hours of operators—Rules and regulations. | The commission may adopt rules and regulations relating to the hours of duty of motor carrier drivers and operators.
[ 1961 c 14 s 81.80.211 . Prior: 1953 c 95 s 23 .] |
81.80.220 | Tariff rates to be charged. | A household goods carrier shall not collect or receive a greater, less, or different remuneration for the transportation of property or for any service in connection therewith than the rates and charges that are either legally established and filed with the commission or are specified in the contract or contracts filed... |
81.80.230 | Penalty for rebating, etc.—Procedure for collection. | Any person, whether a household goods carrier subject to this chapter, shipper, or consignee, or any officer, employee, agent, or representative thereof, who: (1) Offers, grants, gives, solicits, accepts, or receives any rebate, concession, or discrimination in violation of this chapter; (2) by means of any false state... |
81.80.250 | Bond to protect shippers and consignees. | The commission may require any household goods carrier to file a surety bond, or deposit security, in an amount determined by the commission, that is conditioned on the carrier compensating the shippers and consignees for all money belonging to the shippers and consignees, and coming into the possession of the carrier ... |
81.80.260 | Operation in more than one class. | It is unlawful for any household goods carrier to operate any vehicle at the same time in more than one class of operation, except upon approval of the commission and a finding that the operation is in the public interest. An exempt carrier shall not transport property for compensation except as provided under this cha... |
81.80.270 | Permits—Acquisition of carrier holding permit—Commission approval—Duties on cessation of operation. | Permits issued under this chapter are neither irrevocable nor subject to transfer or assignment except upon a proper showing that property rights might be affected thereby, and then in the discretion of the commission. Any person, partnership, or corporation, singly or in combination with any other person, partnership,... |
81.80.272 | Transfer of decedent's interest—Temporary continuance of operations. | Except as otherwise provided in RCW 81.80.270 , any permit granted or issued to any household goods carrier under this chapter and held by a person alone or in conjunction with others other than as stockholders in a corporation at the time of his or her death is transferable as any other right or interest of the person... |
81.80.280 | Cancellation, suspension, and alteration of permits—Notice by household goods carriers. | (1) Permits may be canceled, suspended, altered, or amended by the commission upon complaint by any interested party, or upon the commission's own motion after notice and opportunity for hearing, when the permittee or permittee's agent has repeatedly violated this chapter, the rules and regulations of the commission, o... |
81.80.290 | Rules and regulations. | The commission shall have power and authority, by general order or otherwise, to prescribe rules and regulations in conformity with this chapter to carry out the purposes thereof, applicable to any and all "motor carriers," or to any persons transporting property by motor vehicle for compensation even though they do no... |
81.80.305 | Markings required—Exemptions. | (1) All motor vehicles, other than those exempt under subsection (2) of this section, must display a permanent marking identifying the name or number, or both, on each side of the power units. For a motor vehicle that is a common or contract carrier under permit by the commission as described in subsection (3)(a) of th... |
81.80.321 | Regulatory fee—Based on gross income—Legislative intent—Delinquent fee payments—Public service revolving fund. | In addition to all other fees to be paid, a common carrier and contract carrier shall pay a regulatory fee of no more than 0.0025 of its gross income from intrastate operations for the previous calendar year, or such other period as the commission designates by rule. The carrier shall pay the fee no later than four mon... |
81.80.330 | Enforcement of chapter. | The commission may administer and enforce all provisions of this chapter and inspect the vehicles, books, and documents of all motor carriers and the books, documents, and records of those using the service of the carriers for the purpose of discovering all discriminations and rebates and other information pertaining t... |
81.80.345 | Venue—Hearings on applications. | Hearings on applications shall be heard in the county or adjoining county for which authority to operate is being applied. If more than one county is involved, the commission may hold the hearings at a location that will afford the greatest opportunity for testimony by witnesses representing the area for which authorit... |
81.80.355 | Unlawful advertising—Penalty. | Any person not holding a permit authorizing him or her to operate as a common carrier, contract carrier, or temporary carrier for the transportation of property for compensation in this state, or an exempt carrier, who displays on any building, vehicle, billboard, or in any manner, any advertisement of, or by circular,... |
81.80.357 | Advertising—Household goods—Permit number required—Penalty. | (1) No person in the business of transporting household goods as defined by the commission in intrastate commerce shall advertise without listing the carrier's Washington utilities and transportation commission permit number, physical address, and telephone number in the advertisement. (2) All advertising, contracts, c... |
81.80.360 | Procedure—Penalties—General statute invoked. | All applicable provisions of this title, relating to procedure, powers of the department and penalties, shall apply to the operation and regulation of persons under this chapter, except insofar as such provisions may conflict with provisions of this chapter and rules and regulations issued thereunder by the commission.... |
81.80.370 | Application to interstate and foreign commerce. | 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 88 ; 1961 c 14 s 81.80.370 . Prior: 1935 c 184 s 32 ; RRS s 6382-32.] |
81.80.371 | 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 the authority is required, and without first having registered with the comm... |
81.80.372 | Rights or privileges for compensatory services. | This chapter does not confer on any person or persons the exclusive right or privilege of transporting property for compensation over the public highways of the state.
[ 2009 c 94 s 5 .] |
81.80.430 | Brokers and forwarders. | (1) A person who provides brokering or forwarding services for the transportation of property in intrastate commerce shall file with the commission and keep in effect, a surety bond or deposit of satisfactory security, in a sum to be determined by the commission, but not less than five thousand dollars, conditioned upo... |
81.80.470 | Recyclable materials collection and transportation—Construction. | (1) The collection or transportation of recyclable materials from a drop box or recycling buy-back center, or collection or transportation of recyclable materials by or on behalf of a commercial or industrial generator of recyclable materials to a recycler for use or reclamation is subject to regulation under this chap... |
81.80.900 | Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. | For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married person... |
81.84.010 | Certificate of convenience and necessity required—Recreation exemption—Service initiation—Progress reports. | (1) A commercial ferry may not operate any vessel or ferry for the public use for hire between fixed termini or over a regular route upon the waters within this state, including the rivers and lakes and Puget Sound, without first applying for and obtaining from the commission a certificate declaring that public conveni... |
81.84.020 | Application—Hearing—Issuance of certificate—Determining factors. | (1) Upon the filing of an application, the commission shall give reasonable notice to the department, affected cities, counties, and public transportation benefit areas and any common carrier which might be adversely affected, of the time and place for hearing on such application. The commission may, after notice and a... |
81.84.025 | Certificate—Insurance or bond required—Amounts. | The commission, in granting a certificate to operate as a commercial ferry, shall require the operator to first obtain liability and property damage insurance from a company licensed to write liability insurance in the state or a surety bond of a company licensed to write surety bonds in the state, on each vessel or fe... |
81.84.030 | Certificate—Transfer. | No certificate or any right or privilege thereunder held, owned, or obtained under the provisions of this chapter shall be sold, assigned, leased, mortgaged, or in any manner transferred, either by the act of the parties or by operation of law, except upon authorization by the commission first obtained.
[ 1993 c 427 s ... |
81.84.040 | 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 fee as the commission may prescribe by rule: PROVIDED, That such... |
81.84.050 | Penalties—Remission, mitigation. | Every commercial ferry and every officer, agent, or employee of any commercial ferry who violates or who procures, aids, or abets in the violation of any provision of this title, or any order, rule, regulation, or decision of the commission shall incur a penalty of one hundred dollars for every such violation. Each and... |
81.84.060 | Certificate—Grounds for cancellation, revocation, suspension, alteration, or amendment. | The commission, upon complaint by an interested party, or upon its own motion after notice and opportunity for hearing, may cancel, revoke, suspend, alter, or amend a certificate issued under this chapter on any of the following grounds: (1) Failure of the certificate holder to initiate service by the conclusion of the... |
81.84.070 | Temporary certificate—Immediate and urgent need—Waiver of provisions during state of emergency. | The commission may, with or without a hearing, issue temporary certificates to operate under this chapter, but only after it finds that the issuance of the temporary certificate is necessary due to an immediate and urgent need and is otherwise consistent with the public interest. The certificate may be issued for a per... |
81.88.005 | Intent—Findings. | (1) The intent of chapter 191, Laws of 2000 is to protect the health and safety of the citizens of the state of Washington and the quality of the state's environment by developing and implementing environmental and public safety measures applicable to persons transporting hazardous liquids and gas by pipeline within th... |
81.88.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Commission" means the utilities and transportation commission. (2) "Gas" means natural gas, flammable gas, or toxic or corrosive gas. (3) "Gas pipeline" means all parts of a pipeline facility through which ... |
81.88.020 | Pipeline corporations—Regulation—Eminent domain. | All corporations having for one of their principal purposes the construction, maintenance and operation of pipelines and appurtenances for the conveyance and transportation as common carriers of oils, gas, gasoline and other petroleum products shall be subject to control and regulation by the commission in the same man... |
81.88.030 | Pipeline carriers regulated as common carriers. | Every person, copartnership, corporation or other association now or hereafter engaged in the business of producing from natural deposits and/or carrying or transporting natural gas and/or crude oil or petroleum or the products thereof for hire, by pipelines within this state shall be a common carrier within the meanin... |
81.88.040 | Violations—Rules—Penalties—Injunctive relief. | (1) A person, officer, agent, or employee of a pipeline company who, as an individual or acting as an officer, agent, or employee of such a company, violates or fails to comply with this chapter or a rule adopted under RCW 81.88.060 or 81.88.065 , or who procures, aids, or abets another person or entity in the violatio... |
81.88.050 | Pipeline safety account. | The pipeline safety account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All fees received by the commission for the pipeline safety program according to RCW 80.24.060 and 81.24.090 and all receipts from the federal office of pipeline safety and any other state or federal funds provided for pipeline safety shall b... |
81.88.060 | Hazardous liquid pipelines—Safety—Commission's duties. | (1) Each hazardous liquid pipeline company shall design, construct, operate, and maintain its hazardous liquid pipeline so that it is safe and efficient. Each hazardous liquid pipeline company is responsible for the conduct of its contractors regarding compliance with pipeline safety requirements. (2) The commission sh... |
81.88.065 | Gas pipelines—Safety—Commission's duties. | (1) Each gas pipeline company shall design, construct, operate, and maintain its gas pipeline so that it is safe and efficient. Each gas pipeline company is responsible for the conduct of its contractors regarding compliance with pipeline safety requirements. (2) The commission shall develop and administer a comprehens... |
81.88.070 | Prevention of third-party excavation damage—Development and distribution of training curricula. | (1) The commission shall develop, in consultation with representatives of hazardous liquid pipeline companies, gas pipeline companies, local governments, and the excavation and construction industries: (a) A curricula aimed at the prevention of third-party excavation damage to hazardous liquid pipelines and gas pipelin... |
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