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WA Rev Code § 81.54.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.54 - Railroads—Inspection of Industrial Crossings.|81.54.010 - Definitions.

RCW 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 highway crosses a railroad by passing above the same.The term "under-crossing" when used in this chapter means any point or place where a highway crosses a railroad by passing under the same.The term "over-crossing" or "under-crossing" shall also mean any point or place where one railroad crosses another railroad not at grade.The term "logging" or "industrial" railroad when used in this chapter shall include every railway owned or operated primarily for the purpose of carrying the property of its owners or operators or a limited class of persons, with all tracks, spurs and sidings used in connection therewith.[ 1961 c 14 § 81.54.010. Prior: 1941 c 161 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 10511-1. Formerly RCW 81.52.080, part.]
WA Rev Code § 81.54.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.54 - Railroads—Inspection of Industrial Crossings.|81.54.020 - Annual inspection of industrial crossings.

RCW 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 necessary, require such improvements, changes and repairs as in its judgment are proper to the end that adequate safety shall be provided for the public.[ 1961 c 14 § 81.54.020. Prior: 1941 c 161 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 10511-2. Formerly RCW 81.52.310.]
WA Rev Code § 81.54.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.54 - Railroads—Inspection of Industrial Crossings.|81.54.030 - Reimbursement of inspection cost.

RCW 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 each crossing so reported. The commission shall, by order, fix the exact fee based on the cost of rendering such inspection service. All fees collected shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the public service revolving fund. Intersections having one or more tracks shall be treated as a single crossing. Tracks separated a distance in excess of one hundred feet from the nearest track or group of tracks shall constitute an additional crossing. Where two or more independently operated railroads cross each other or the same highway intersection, each independent track shall constitute a separate crossing.(2) Every person failing to make the report and pay the fees as required by this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and in addition subject to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each day that the fee remains unpaid after it becomes due.[ 2003 c 53 § 392; 1991 c 46 § 1; 1961 c 14 § 81.54.030. Prior: 1951 c 111 § 1; 1941 c 161 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 10511-3. Formerly RCW 81.52.320.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
WA Rev Code § 81.54.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.54 - Railroads—Inspection of Industrial Crossings.|81.54.040 - Chapter not operative within first-class cities.

RCW 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 § 81.54.040. Prior: 1953 c 95 § 16; 1951 c 111 § 2. Formerly RCW 81.52.325.]
WA Rev Code § 81.60.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.60 - Railroads—Railroad Police and Regulations.|81.60.010 - Criminal justice training commission may appoint railroad police officers.

RCW 81.60.010 Criminal justice training commission may appoint railroad police officers.The criminal justice training commission shall have the power to and may in its discretion appoint and commission railroad police officers at the request of any railroad corporation and may revoke any appointment at its pleasure.[ 2001 c 72 § 1; 1961 c 14 § 81.60.010. Prior: 1915 c 118 § 1; RRS § 10542.]
WA Rev Code § 81.60.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.60 - Railroads—Railroad Police and Regulations.|81.60.020 - Application for appointment.

RCW 81.60.020 Application for appointment.Any railroad corporation desiring the appointment 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. The application shall be signed by the president or some managing officer of the railroad corporation and shall be accompanied by an affidavit stating that the officer is acquainted with the person whose appointment is sought, that the officer believes the person to be of good moral character, and that the person is of such character and experience that he or she can be safely entrusted with the powers of a police officer.For the purposes of this section, "division" means the part of any railroad or railroads under the jurisdiction of any one division superintendent.[ 2001 c 72 § 2; 1961 c 14 § 81.60.020. Prior: 1955 c 99 § 1; 1915 c 118 § 2; RRS § 10543.]
WA Rev Code § 81.60.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.60 - Railroads—Railroad Police and Regulations.|81.60.030 - Oath.

RCW 81.60.030 Oath.Before receiving a commission each person appointed under the provisions of RCW 81.60.010 through 81.60.060 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 Washington, and to faithfully perform the duties of the office. The corporation requesting appointment of a railroad police officer shall bear the full cost of training.Railroad police officers appointed and commissioned under RCW 81.60.010 through 81.60.060 are subject to rules and regulations adopted by the commission.[ 2001 c 72 § 3; 1961 c 14 § 81.60.030. Prior: 1915 c 118 § 3; RRS § 10544.]
WA Rev Code § 81.60.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.60 - Railroads—Railroad Police and Regulations.|81.60.040 - Duties.

RCW 81.60.040 Duties.Every police officer appointed and 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 officer is appointed and in preventing, and making arrest for, violations of law upon or in connection with such property.[ 2001 c 72 § 4; 1961 c 14 § 81.60.040. Prior: 1915 c 118 § 4; RRS § 10545.]
WA Rev Code § 81.60.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.60 - Railroads—Railroad Police and Regulations.|81.60.050 - Badge.

RCW 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 § 5; 1961 c 14 § 81.60.050. Prior: 1915 c 118 § 5; RRS § 10546.]
WA Rev Code § 81.60.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.60 - Railroads—Railroad Police and Regulations.|81.60.060 - Liability for unlawful acts.

RCW 81.60.060 Liability for unlawful acts.The corporation procuring the appointment 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.[ 2001 c 72 § 6; 1961 c 14 § 81.60.060. Prior: 1915 c 118 § 6; RRS § 10547.]
WA Rev Code § 81.60.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.60 - Railroads—Railroad Police and Regulations.|81.60.070 - Malicious injury to railroad property.

RCW 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 pertaining to or connected with any railway, or any train, engine, motor, or car on such railway, and every person who shall discharge any firearm or throw any dangerous missile at any train, engine, motor, or car on any railway, is guilty of a class B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not more than ten years.[ 2003 c 53 § 394; 1999 c 352 § 4; 1992 c 7 § 60; 1961 c 14 § 81.60.070. Prior: 1909 c 249 § 398; RRS § 2650.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.Application—1999 c 352 §§ 3-5: See note following RCW 9.94A.515.
WA Rev Code § 81.60.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.60 - Railroads—Railroad Police and Regulations.|81.60.080 - Sabotaging rolling stock—Receiving stolen railroad property.

RCW 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 mechanism of any locomotive, engine, tender, coach, car, caboose, or motor car used or capable of being used by any railroad or railway company in this state, is guilty of a class C felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not more than five years, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.(2) Every person who buys or receives any of the property described in subsection (1) of this section, knowing the same to have been stolen, is guilty of a class C felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided in subsection (1) of this section.[ 2003 c 53 § 395; 1992 c 7 § 61; 1961 c 14 § 81.60.080. Prior: 1941 c 212 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 2650-1.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
WA Rev Code § 81.61.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.61 - Railroads—Railroad Crew Transportation.|81.61.010 - Definitions.

RCW 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 agents, contractors, subcontractors, vendors, subvendors, secondary vendors, or subcarriers, and used primarily to provide railroad crew transportation.(2) "Passenger-carrying vehicle," as used in this chapter, means those buses, vans, trucks, and cars owned, operated, and maintained by a railroad company and primarily used to transport railroad employees in other than the cab of such vehicle and designed primarily for operation on roads which may or may not be equipped with retractable flanged wheels for operation on railroad tracks.[ 2017 c 333 § 1; 1977 ex.s. c 2 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—2017 c 333: "This act takes effect January 1, 2018." [ 2017 c 333 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 81.61.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.61 - Railroads—Railroad Crew Transportation.|81.61.020 - Minimum standards for safe maintenance and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles—Rules and orders—Scope.

RCW 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 and orders must establish minimum standards for:(1) The construction and mechanical equipment of the passenger-carrying vehicles, including lighting devices and reflectors, exhaust system, rear vision mirrors, service and parking brakes, steering mechanisms, tires, warning and signaling devices, windshield wipers, and heating equipment capable of maintaining a reasonable temperature in passenger areas;(2) The operation of passenger-carrying vehicles, including driving rules, the loading and carrying of passengers, maximum daily hours of service by drivers, minimum age and skill of drivers, physical condition of drivers, refueling, road warning devices, and the transportation of gasoline and explosives;(3) The safety of passengers in a passenger-carrying vehicle, including emergency exits, fire extinguishers, first aid kits, facilities for communication between cab and rear compartments, means of ingress and egress, side walls, canopy, tail gates, or other means of retaining passengers within the passenger-carrying vehicle.[ 2007 c 234 § 41; 1977 ex.s. c 2 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 81.61.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.61 - Railroads—Railroad Crew Transportation.|81.61.030 - Rules and orders—Adoption and enforceability—Hearings—Notice.

RCW 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 hearing prior to the adoption of any rule or order under this chapter.[ 1977 ex.s. c 2 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 81.61.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.61 - Railroads—Railroad Crew Transportation.|81.61.040 - Inspection of railroad crew transportation vehicles.

RCW 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 inspection program for contract crew transportation vehicles. This program must require a periodic inspection of each vehicle, including a review of operational practices.[ 2017 c 333 § 5; 1977 ex.s. c 2 § 4.]NOTES:Effective date—2017 c 333: See note following RCW 81.61.010.
WA Rev Code § 81.61.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.61 - Railroads—Railroad Crew Transportation.|81.61.060 - Operation of contract crew transportation vehicle—Grounds for disqualification, reporting.

RCW 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 three-year period, for a reason other than the nonpayment of fines, or (b) the person is found guilty of, or is found to have committed, any drug or alcohol-related traffic offense, using a vehicle to commit a felony, leaving the scene of an accident, prohibited passing of another vehicle, a railroad-highway grade crossing offense identified in RCW 46.25.090(8), or driving with a suspended, revoked, or canceled license.(2) A driver that sustains a conviction or a traffic violation as outlined under this section while employed by a contract carrier must report the conviction or infraction to the carrier within ten days of the date of conviction or the finding that the infraction was committed.[ 2017 c 333 § 3.]NOTES:Effective date—2017 c 333: See note following RCW 81.61.010.
WA Rev Code § 81.61.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.61 - Railroads—Railroad Crew Transportation.|81.61.070 - Safety complaint, accident, and penalty data compilation—Exemption.

RCW 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 transportation vehicles in the state, must, at the request of the commission, provide data relevant to any complaints and accidents, including location, time of day, visibility, a description of the event, whether any property damage or personal injuries resulted, and any corrective action taken by the railroad company, person operating the contract crew transportation vehicle, or commission. The commission must make this data available upon request.(2) Information included in safety complaints that identifies the employee who submitted the complaint is exempt from public inspection and copying pursuant to RCW 42.56.330.[ 2017 c 333 § 4.]NOTES:Effective date—2017 c 333: See note following RCW 81.61.010.
WA Rev Code § 81.64.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.64 - Street Railways.|81.64.010 - Grant of franchise.

RCW 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 operation of electric railroads or railways, motor railroads or railways and railroads and railways of which the motive power is any power other than steam, together with such poles, wires and other appurtenances upon, over, along and across any such public street or road and in granting such authority the legislative authority of such city or town or the board of county commissioners, as the case may be, may prescribe the terms and conditions on which such railroads or railways and their appurtenances shall be constructed, maintained and operated upon, over, along and across such road or street, and the grade or elevation at which the same shall be maintained and operated.[ 1961 c 14 § 81.64.010. Prior: 1907 c 99 § 1, part; 1903 c 175 § 1, part; RRS § 11082, part.]
WA Rev Code § 81.64.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.64 - Street Railways.|81.64.020 - Application to county legislative authority—Notice—Hearing—Order.

RCW 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 places in the county seat of the county, and in at least one conspicuous place on the road or street or part thereof, for which application is made, at least thirty days before the day fixed for the hearing, and by publishing a like notice once a week for two consecutive weeks in the official county newspaper, the last publication to be at least five days before the day fixed for the hearing, which notice shall state the name or names of the applicant or applicants, a description of the roads or streets or parts thereof for which the application is made, and the time and place fixed for the hearing. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time by order of the county legislative authority. If, after the hearing, the county legislative authority shall deem it to be for the public interest to grant the authority in whole or in part, it may make and enter the proper order granting the authority applied for or such part thereof as it deems to be for the public interest, and shall require such railroad or railway and its appurtenances to be placed in such location on or along the road or street as it finds will cause the least interference with other uses of the road or street.[ 1985 c 469 § 63; 1961 c 14 § 81.64.020. Prior: 1907 c 99 § 1, part; 1903 c 175 § 1, part; RRS § 11082, part.]
WA Rev Code § 81.64.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.64 - Street Railways.|81.64.030 - May cross public road.

RCW 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 unnecessary damage: PROVIDED, That any person or corporation constructing such crossing or operating such railroad or railway on or along such county road or public street shall be liable to the county for all necessary expense incurred in restoring such county road or public street to a suitable condition for travel.[ 1961 c 14 § 81.64.030. Prior: 1907 c 99 § 1, part; 1903 c 175 § 1, part; RRS § 11082, part.]
WA Rev Code § 81.64.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.64 - Street Railways.|81.64.040 - Eminent domain.

RCW 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 property for right-of-way or for any corporate purpose, in the same manner and under the same procedure as now is or may hereafter be provided by law in the case of ordinary railroad corporations authorized by the laws of this state to exercise the right of eminent domain: PROVIDED, That such right of eminent domain shall not be exercised with respect to any public road or street until the location of the electric railroad or railway thereon has been authorized in accordance with RCW 81.64.010 through 81.64.030.[ 1961 c 14 § 81.64.040. Prior: 1903 c 175 § 2; RRS § 11083.]
WA Rev Code § 81.64.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.64 - Street Railways.|81.64.050 - Right of entry.

RCW 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 § 81.64.050. Prior: 1899 c 94 § 2; RRS § 11085.]