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WA Rev Code § 81.29.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.29 - Common Carriers—Limitations on Liability.|81.29.030 - Carrier's right of action against other carrier.

RCW 81.29.030 Carrier's right of action against other carrier.The common carrier issuing such receipt or bill of lading, or delivering such property so received and transported, shall be entitled to recover from the common carrier on whose line the loss, damage, or injury shall have been sustained, the amount of such loss, damage, or injury as it may be required to pay to the owners of such property, as may be evidenced by any receipt, judgment or transcript thereof.[ 1961 c 14 § 81.29.030. Prior: 1945 c 203 § 3; 1923 c 149 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 3673-2. Formerly RCW 81.32.340.]
WA Rev Code § 81.29.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.29 - Common Carriers—Limitations on Liability.|81.29.040 - Penalty for violations.

RCW 81.29.040 Penalty for violations.Any common carrier subject to the provisions of this chapter, or whenever such common carrier is a corporation, any director or officer thereof, or any receiver, trustee, lessee, agent, or person acting for or employed by such corporation, who, alone, or with any other corporation, company, person, or party, shall wilfully do or cause to be done, or shall willingly suffer or permit to be done, any act, matter, or thing in this chapter prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or who shall aid or abet therein, or shall wilfully omit or fail to do any act, matter or thing in this chapter required to be done, or shall cause or willingly suffer or permit any act, matter or thing so directed or required by this chapter to be done, or not to be so done, or shall aid or abet any such omission or failure, or shall be guilty of any infraction of this chapter for which no penalty is otherwise provided, or who shall aid or abet therein, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, be subject to a fine of not to exceed five thousand dollars for each offense.[ 1961 c 14 § 81.29.040. Prior: 1923 c 149 § 3; RRS § 3673-3. Formerly RCW 81.32.350.]
WA Rev Code § 81.29.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.29 - Common Carriers—Limitations on Liability.|81.29.050 - Liability for baggage.

RCW 81.29.050 Liability for baggage.The liability of any common carrier subject to regulation by the commission for the loss of or damage to any baggage shall be set by the commission. The commission will review the amounts periodically and adjust the rate accordingly.[ 1991 c 21 § 1; 1961 c 14 § 81.29.050. Prior: 1945 c 209 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 10495-1. Formerly RCW 81.32.360.]
WA Rev Code § 81.36.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.36 - Railroads—Corporate Powers and Duties.|81.36.020 - Right of entry.

RCW 81.36.020 Right of entry.A corporation organized for the construction of any railway, macadamized road, plank road, clay road, canal or bridge, shall have a right to enter upon any land, real estate or premises, or any of the lands granted to the state of Washington for school, university or other purposes, between the termini thereof, for the purpose of examining, locating and surveying the line of such road or canal, or the site of such bridge, doing no unnecessary damage thereby.[ 1961 c 14 § 81.36.020. Prior: 1895 c 80 § 1; 1888 p 63 § 1; Code 1881 § 2455; 1869 p 34 § 1; RRS § 10538.]
WA Rev Code § 81.36.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.36 - Railroads—Corporate Powers and Duties.|81.36.030 - Intersections and connections with other roads or canals.

RCW 81.36.030 Intersections and connections with other roads or canals.Every corporation formed under the laws of this state for the construction of a railroad shall have the power to cross, intersect, join and unite its railway with any other railway before constructed, at any point in its route, and upon the grounds of such other railway company, with the necessary turn-outs, sidings, switches and other conveniences in furtherance of the objects of its connections, and every corporation whose railway is or shall be hereafter intersected by any new railway shall unite with the corporation owning such new railway in forming such intersections and connections and grant the facilities aforesaid; and if the two corporations cannot agree upon the amount of compensation to be made therefor, or the points and manner of such crossings and connections, the same shall be ascertained and determined in the manner provided by law for the taking of lands and other property which shall be necessary for the construction of its road, and every corporation formed under the laws of this state for the construction of a canal shall have the power to cross and intersect any railway before constructed at any point in its road and upon the grounds of such other railway company, and every corporation whose railway is or shall hereafter be crossed or intersected by any canal shall unite with the corporation owning such canal in forming such crossings and intersections and grant the facilities therefor; and if the two corporations cannot agree upon the compensation to be made therefor, or the points and manner of such crossings and connections, the same shall be ascertained and determined in the manner provided by law for the taking of lands and other property which shall be necessary for the construction of said canal.[ 1961 c 14 § 81.36.030. Prior: 1895 c 80 § 3; 1888 p 64 § 3; Code 1881 § 2456 1/2; RRS § 10535.]
WA Rev Code § 81.36.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.36 - Railroads—Corporate Powers and Duties.|81.36.040 - Line or canal across or along watercourses.

RCW 81.36.040 Line or canal across or along watercourses.Every corporation formed under the laws of this state for the construction of railroads or canals shall possess the power to construct its railway or canal, as the case may be, across, along or upon any river, stream of water, watercourses, plank road, turnpike or canal, which the route of such railway or canal shall intersect or touch; but such corporation shall restore the river, stream, watercourse, plank road or turnpike thus intersected or touched to its former state as near as may be, and pay any damages caused by such construction: PROVIDED, That the construction of any railway or canal by such corporation along, across or upon any of the navigable rivers or waters of this state shall be in such manner as to not interfere with, impede or obstruct the navigation thereof; and all rights, privileges and powers of every description by law conferred upon road or railroad companies are hereby given and granted to canal companies so far as the same may be applicable, and all power and authority possessed by the public or municipal corporations of the state or their local authorities, with reference to road or railroad companies, may be exercised by them with reference to canal companies.[ 1961 c 14 § 81.36.040. Prior: 1895 c 80 § 4; 1888 p 64 § 3; RRS § 10536.]
WA Rev Code § 81.36.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.36 - Railroads—Corporate Powers and Duties.|81.36.050 - Change of grade or location of road or canal.

RCW 81.36.050 Change of grade or location of road or canal.Any corporation may change the grade or location of its road, or canal, not departing from the general route specified in the articles of incorporation, for the purpose of avoiding annoyances to public travel or dangerous or deficient curves or grades, or unsafe or unsubstantial grounds or foundation, or for other like reasonable causes, and for the accomplishment of such change, shall have the same right to enter upon, examine, survey and appropriate the necessary lands and materials, as in the original location and construction of such road or canal.[ 1961 c 14 § 81.36.050. Prior: Code 1881 § 2457; 1869 p 343 § 3; RRS § 10537.]
WA Rev Code § 81.36.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.36 - Railroads—Corporate Powers and Duties.|81.36.060 - Extensions, branch lines.

RCW 81.36.060 Extensions, branch lines.Any railroad corporation chartered by, or organized under, the laws of the state, or of any state or territory, or under the laws of the United States, and authorized to do business in this state, may extend its railroads from any point named in its charter or articles of incorporation, or may build branch roads either from any point on its line of road or from any point on the line of any other railroad connecting, or to be connected, with its road, the use of which other road between such points and the connection with its own road such corporation shall have secured by lease or agreement for a term of not less than ten years from its date. Before making any such extension or building any such branch road, such corporation shall, by resolution of its directors or trustees, to be entered in the record of its proceedings, designate the route of such proposed extension or branch by indicating the place from and to which said railroad is to be constructed, and the estimated length of such railroad, and the name of each county in this state through or into which it is constructed or intended to be constructed, and file a copy of such record, certified by the president and secretary, in the office of the secretary of state, who shall endorse thereon the date of the filing thereof and record the same. Thereupon such corporation shall have all the rights and privileges to make such extension or build such branch and receive aid thereto which it would have had if it had been authorized in its charter or articles of incorporation.[ 1961 c 14 § 81.36.060. Prior: 1890 p 526 § 1; RRS § 10460.]
WA Rev Code § 81.36.075 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.36 - Railroads—Corporate Powers and Duties.|81.36.075 - Proceedings prior to March 18, 1909, validated.

RCW 81.36.075 Proceedings prior to March 18, 1909, validated.Any sale or purchase of, and any consolidation by sale, or otherwise, or any lease, or agreement to sell, consolidate with or lease, the whole or any part of any railroad, or the branch lines of any company, whether organized or located within or without this state, with the franchises appertaining thereto, to, from or with any railroad company organized under the laws of the United States or of this state or any other state or territory, or any consolidation between such companies, executed prior to March 18, 1909 by the proper officers of the respective companies, parties to such sale, lease or consolidation or contract, is hereby legalized and made in all respects valid and binding from the date of its execution: PROVIDED, That the provisions of this section shall not apply when the railroads or transportation corporations involved are competing lines.[ 1961 c 14 § 81.36.075. Prior: 1909 c 196 § 2; RRS § 10464.]
WA Rev Code § 81.36.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.36 - Railroads—Corporate Powers and Duties.|81.36.090 - Requisites to building extension or branch line.

RCW 81.36.090 Requisites to building extension or branch line.Any railroad corporation chartered by or organized under the laws of the United States, or of any state or territory, whose constructed railroad shall reach or intersect the boundary line of this state at any point, may extend its railroad into this state from any such point or points to any place or places within the state, and may build branches from any point on such extension. Before making such extension or building any such branch road, such corporation shall, by resolution of its directors or trustees, to be entered in the record of its proceedings, designate the route of such proposed extension or branch by indicating the place from and to which such extension or branch is to be constructed, and the estimated length of such extension or branch, and the name of each county in this state through or into which it is constructed or intended to be constructed, and file a copy of such record, certified by the president and secretary, in the office of the secretary of state, who shall endorse thereon the date of filing thereof, and record the same. Thereupon such corporation shall have all the rights and privileges to make such extension or build such branch and receive such aid thereto as it would have had had it been authorized so to do by articles of incorporation duly filed in accordance with the laws of this state.[ 1961 c 14 § 81.36.090. Prior: 1890 p 527 § 3; RRS § 10466.]
WA Rev Code § 81.36.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.36 - Railroads—Corporate Powers and Duties.|81.36.100 - Bridges over navigable streams.

RCW 81.36.100 Bridges over navigable streams.Any railroad corporation heretofore duly incorporated and organized under the laws of this state or of the territory of Washington, or which may hereafter be duly incorporated and organized under the laws of this state, or heretofore or hereafter incorporated and organized under the laws of any other state or territory of the United States, and authorized to do business in this state and to construct and operate railroads therein, shall have and hereby is given the right to construct bridges across the navigable streams within this state over which the projected line or lines of railway of said railroad corporations will run: PROVIDED, That said bridges are constructed in good faith for the purpose of being made a part of the constructed line of said railroad: AND PROVIDED, That they shall be constructed in the course of the construction of said railroad or thereafter for the more convenient operation thereof: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That such bridges shall be so constructed as not to interfere with, impede or obstruct the navigation of such streams.[ 1961 c 14 § 81.36.100. Prior: 1890 p 53 § 1; RRS § 10468.]NOTES:Bridges and trestles across state waterways: RCW 79.110.130, 79.110.140.Railroad bridges across navigable streams: RCW 79.110.110.
WA Rev Code § 81.36.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.36 - Railroads—Corporate Powers and Duties.|81.36.120 - May own securities of irrigation companies.

RCW 81.36.120 May own securities of irrigation companies.It shall be lawful for any corporation, whether such corporation is organized under the laws of the territory or state of Washington, the laws of any other state or territory, or the laws of the United States owning, leasing or operating any line or lines of railway within the state of Washington, or which may own, lease or operate in the future any such line or lines of railway within this state, to take, acquire, own, negotiate, sell and guarantee bonds and stocks of companies or corporations which are or may hereafter be organized for the purpose of irrigating and reclaiming lands within this state.[ 1961 c 14 § 81.36.120. Prior: 1890 p 529 § 1; RRS § 10461.]
WA Rev Code § 81.36.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.36 - Railroads—Corporate Powers and Duties.|81.36.130 - May construct and operate ditches and canals.

RCW 81.36.130 May construct and operate ditches and canals.It shall be lawful for any such corporation to build, own and operate irrigating ditches and canals in this state for the purpose of irrigating and reclaiming arid lands contiguous to or tributary to such line or lines of railway.[ 1961 c 14 § 81.36.130. Prior: 1890 p 529 § 2; RRS § 10462.]
WA Rev Code § 81.40.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.40 - Railroads—Employee Requirements and Regulations.|81.40.005 - Definitions.

RCW 81.40.005 Definitions.The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Class I" means a railroad carrier designated as a class I railroad by the United States surface transportation board and its subsidiaries or is owned and operated by entities whose combined total railroad operational ownership and controlling interest meets the United States surface transportation board designation as a class I railroad carrier.(2) "Class III" means a railroad carrier designated as a class III railroad by the United States surface transportation board.(3) "Commission" means the utilities and transportation commission created in chapter 80.01 RCW.(4) "Crewmember" means a railroad operating craft employee who has been trained and meets the requirements and qualifications as determined by the federal railroad administration for a railroad operating service employee.(5) "Other railroad carrier" means a railroad carrier that is not a class I carrier.(6) "Railroad carrier" means a carrier of persons or property upon vehicles, other than streetcars, operated upon stationary rails, the route of which is principally outside incorporated cities and towns. "Railroad carrier" includes any officers and agents of the railroad carrier.[ 2020 c 170 § 2.]NOTES:Finding—2020 c 170: "The legislature finds that adequate personnel are critical to ensuring railroad operational safety, security, and in the event of a hazardous material incident, support of first responder activities, as well as in the interest of the safety of passengers and the general public. Therefore, the legislature declares that this act regulating minimum railroad employee staffing to reduce risk to localities constitutes an exercise of the state's police power to protect and promote the health, safety, security, and welfare of the residents of the state by reducing the risk exposure to local communities and protecting environmentally sensitive and/or pristine lands and waterways." [ 2020 c 170 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 81.40.015 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.40 - Railroads—Employee Requirements and Regulations.|81.40.015 - Operation and management of trains, switching assignments—Exemption.

RCW 81.40.015 Operation and management of trains, switching assignments—Exemption.(1) Except as provided in RCW 81.40.025, any person, corporation, company, or officer of the court operating any railroad, railway, or any part of any railroad or railway, in the state of Washington, and engaged, as a common carrier, in the transportation of freight or passengers, shall operate and manage all trains and switching assignments over its road with crews consisting of no less than two crewmembers.(2) Class III railroad carriers operating on their roads while at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less are exempt from subsection (1) of this section.[ 2020 c 170 § 3.]NOTES:Finding—2020 c 170: See note following RCW 81.40.005.
WA Rev Code § 81.40.025 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.40 - Railroads—Employee Requirements and Regulations.|81.40.025 - Train crew size requirement—Automatic waivers—Commission.

RCW 81.40.025 Train crew size requirement—Automatic waivers—Commission.(1) On June 11, 2020, automatic waivers to the train crew size requirement in RCW 81.40.015 shall be granted to other railroad carriers.(2) Such automatic waivers will remain in effect until ordered by the commission.(3) The commission must act to ensure that railroad carriers supplement trains entering Washington state with the requisite number of train crewmembers pursuant to chapter 170, Laws of 2020, at the closest regular station stop or crew change point located in proximity to and adjacent with either side of the state border, having been established and in use by the carrier on January 1, 2020.(4)(a) The commission may order railroad carriers to increase the number of railroad employees in areas of increased risk to the public, passengers, railroad employees, or the environment, or on specific trains, routes, or to switch assignments on their road with additional numbers of crewmembers, and may direct the placement of additional crewmembers, if it is determined that such an increase in staffing or the placement of additional crewmembers is necessary to protect the safety, health, and welfare of the public, passengers, or railroad employees, to prevent harm to the environment or to address site specific safety or security hazards.(b) In issuing such an order, the commission may consider relevant factors including, but not limited to, the volatility of the commodities being transported, train volume, risk mitigation measures, environmental and operating factors that impact vulnerabilities, risk exposure to passengers, the general public, railroad employees, communities, or the environment along the train route, security risks including sabotage or terrorism threat levels, a railroad carrier's prior history of accidents, compliance violations, operating practices, infrastructure investments including track and equipment maintenance issues or lack thereof, employee training and support programs, first responder access, and any other relevant factors in the interest of safety.[ 2020 c 170 § 4.]NOTES:Finding—2020 c 170: See note following RCW 81.40.005.
WA Rev Code § 81.40.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.40 - Railroads—Employee Requirements and Regulations.|81.40.060 - Purchase of apparel by employees—Penalty.

RCW 81.40.060 Purchase of apparel by employees—Penalty.(1) It shall be unlawful for any railroad or other transportation company doing business in the state of Washington, or of any officer, agent, or servant of such railroad or other transportation company, to require any conductor, engineer, brake operator, fire tender, purser, or other employee, as a condition of his or her continued employment, or otherwise to require or compel, or attempt to require or compel, any such employees to purchase of any such railroad or other transportation company or of any particular person, firm, or corporation or at any particular place or places, any uniform or other clothing or apparel, required by any such railroad or other transportation company to be used by any such employee in the performance of his or her duties as such; and any such railroad or transportation company or any officer, agent or servant thereof, who shall order or require any conductor, engineer, brake operator, fire tender, purser, or other person in its employ, to purchase any uniform or other clothing or apparel as aforesaid, shall be deemed to have required such purchase as a condition of such employee's continued employment.(2) Any railroad or other transportation company doing business in the state of Washington, or any officer, agent, or servant thereof, violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in any sum not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail of the county where the misdemeanor is committed, not exceeding six months.[ 2013 c 23 § 296; 2003 c 53 § 388; 1961 c 14 § 81.40.060. Prior: 1907 c 224 § 1; RRS § 10504.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.