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WA Rev Code § 81.77.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.77 - Solid Waste Collection Companies.|81.77.080 - Companies to file reports of gross operating revenue and pay fees—Legislative intent—Disposition of revenue.

RCW 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 commission a fee equal to one percent of the amount of gross operating revenue: PROVIDED, That the commission may, by rule, set minimum fees that do not exceed the cost of collecting the fees. The commission may by rule waive any or all of the minimum fee established pursuant to this section.It is the intent of the legislature that the fees collected under the provisions of this chapter shall reasonably approximate the cost of supervising and regulating motor carriers subject thereto, and to that end the utilities and transportation commission is authorized to decrease the schedule of fees provided in this section by general order entered before March 1st of any year in which it determines that the moneys then in the solid waste collection companies account of the public service revolving fund and the fees currently to be paid will exceed the reasonable cost of supervising and regulating such carriers.All fees collected under this section or under any other provision of this chapter shall be paid to the commission and shall be by it transmitted to the state treasurer within thirty days to be deposited to the credit of the public service revolving fund.[ 2003 c 296 § 5; 1989 c 431 § 24; 1971 ex.s. c 143 § 3; 1969 ex.s. c 210 § 11; 1963 c 59 § 12; 1961 c 295 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 81.77.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.77 - Solid Waste Collection Companies.|81.77.090 - Penalty.

RCW 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 gross misdemeanor.(2) Each advertisement reproduced, broadcast, or displayed via a particular medium constitutes a separate violation under this chapter.[ 2010 c 24 § 2; 1961 c 295 § 10.]NOTES:Effective date—2010 c 24: See note following RCW 81.77.040.
WA Rev Code § 81.77.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.77 - Solid Waste Collection Companies.|81.77.100 - Application to foreign or interstate commerce—Regulation of solid waste collection companies.

RCW 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 accordance with this chapter, shall regulate all solid waste collection companies conducting business in the state.[ 2007 c 234 § 67; 1989 c 431 § 25; 1985 c 436 § 2; 1961 c 295 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 81.77.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.77 - Solid Waste Collection Companies.|81.77.110 - Temporary certificates.

RCW 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 one hundred eighty days where the area or territory covered thereby is not contained in the certificate of any other solid waste collection company. In all other cases such temporary certificate may be issued for a period not to exceed one hundred twenty days. The commission may prescribe such special rules and regulations and impose such special terms and conditions with reference thereto as in its judgment are reasonable and necessary in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. The commission shall collect a fee of twenty-five dollars for an application for such temporary certificate.[ 1989 c 431 § 26; 1965 ex.s. c 105 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 81.77.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.77 - Solid Waste Collection Companies.|81.77.120 - Service to unincorporated areas of counties.

RCW 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 commission all letters of comment on services provided by regulated franchise holder(s) serving unincorporated areas of the county. Any such written comments or letters shall become part of the record of any rate, compliance, or any other hearing held by the commission on the issuance, revocation, or reissuance of a certificate provided for in RCW 81.77.040.[ 1987 c 239 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 81.77.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.77 - Solid Waste Collection Companies.|81.77.130 - Application of chapter to collection or transportation of source separated recyclable materials.

RCW 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 from residences.[ 1989 c 431 § 19.]
WA Rev Code § 81.77.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.77 - Solid Waste Collection Companies.|81.77.140 - Application of chapter—Collection and transportation of recyclable materials by recycling companies or nonprofit entities—Reuse or reclamation.

RCW 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 shall be construed as prohibiting a commercial or industrial generator of commercial recyclable materials from selling, conveying, or arranging for transportation of such material to a recycler for reuse or reclamation.[ 1989 c 431 § 31.]
WA Rev Code § 81.77.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.77 - Solid Waste Collection Companies.|81.77.160 - Pass-through rates—Rules.

RCW 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 solid waste management plan or ordinance; and(b) All known and measurable costs related to implementation of the approved county or city comprehensive solid waste management plan.(2) If a solid waste collection company files a tariff to recover the costs specified under this section, and the commission suspends the tariff, the portion of the tariff covering costs specified in this section shall be placed in effect by the commission at the request of the company on an interim basis as of the originally filed effective date, subject to refund, pending the commission's final order. The commission may adopt rules to implement this section.(3) This section applies to a solid waste collection company that has an affiliated interest under chapter 81.16 RCW with a facility, if the total cost of disposal, including waste transfer, transport, and disposal charges, at the facility is equal to or lower than any other reasonable and currently available option.[ 1997 c 434 § 1; 1989 c 431 § 30.]
WA Rev Code § 81.77.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.77 - Solid Waste Collection Companies.|81.77.170 - Fees, charges, or taxes—Normal operating expense.

RCW 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 tax is not considered a general rate proceeding.[ 2015 3rd sp.s. c 44 § 424; 1989 c 431 § 36.]NOTES:Effective date—2015 3rd sp.s. c 44: See note following RCW 46.68.395.
WA Rev Code § 81.77.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.77 - Solid Waste Collection Companies.|81.77.180 - Recyclable materials collection—Processing and marketing.

RCW 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 collection program commences or at any time that the solid waste collection company changes its existing processor;(b) A local private recycling business is capable and competent to provide the processing and marketing service; and(c) A local private recycling business offers to pay a price for the recyclable materials which is equal to or greater than the price offered by out-of-county private recyclers, or proposes a charge for the processing and marketing service which is equal to or less than the charge for the service available from an out-of-county private recycler.(2) This section shall not apply to:(a) Cities or towns who exercise their authority under RCW 81.77.130 to provide residential curbside collection of recyclable materials;(b) A solid waste collection company that is directed by a city, town, or county to utilize a publicly owned recyclable processing facility located within such city, town, or county; or(c) Counties which exercise their authority under RCW 36.58.040 to contract for the residential curbside collection of source separated recyclables.This section shall not apply to programs for the collection of source separated recyclable materials where rates to implement the programs have been filed with the commission prior to May 21, 1991.(3) For the purposes of this section, "private recycling business" means any private for-profit or private not-for-profit firm that engages in the processing and marketing of recyclable materials.(4) This section is not enforceable by complaint filed with the commission.[ 1991 c 319 § 403.]
WA Rev Code § 81.77.185 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.77 - Solid Waste Collection Companies.|81.77.185 - Recyclable materials collection—Revenue sharing—Report.

RCW 81.77.185 Recyclable materials collection—Revenue sharing—Report.(1) The commission shall allow solid waste collection companies collecting recyclable materials to retain up to fifty percent of the revenue paid to the companies for the material if the companies submit a plan to the commission that is certified by the appropriate local government authority as being consistent with the local government solid waste plan and that demonstrates how the revenues will be used to increase recycling. The remaining revenue shall be passed to residential customers.(2) By December 2, 2005, the commission shall provide a report to the legislature that evaluates:(a) The effectiveness of revenue sharing as an incentive to increase recycling in the state; and(b) The effect of revenue sharing on costs to customers.[ 2010 c 154 § 3; 2002 c 299 § 6.]NOTES:Intent—Scope of authority—2010 c 154: See notes following RCW 70A.205.040.
WA Rev Code § 81.77.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.77 - Solid Waste Collection Companies.|81.77.190 - Curbside recycling—Reduced rate.

RCW 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 this section, "reduced rate" means a residential solid waste collection rate incorporating a rebate, refund, or discount. It does not include any residential solid waste collection rate based on the volume or weight of solid waste set out for collection.[ 1991 c 319 § 406.]
WA Rev Code § 81.77.195 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.77 - Solid Waste Collection Companies.|81.77.195 - Discounts for low-income customers.

RCW 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 cost of service and recovered in rates to other customers.[ 2010 c 154 § 4.]NOTES:Intent—Scope of authority—2010 c 154: See notes following RCW 70A.205.040.
WA Rev Code § 81.77.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.77 - Solid Waste Collection Companies.|81.77.200 - Federal authority and registration for compensatory services.

RCW 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 commission either directly or through a federally authorized uniform registration program.[ 2007 c 234 § 64.]
WA Rev Code § 81.77.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.77 - Solid Waste Collection Companies.|81.77.210 - Protection of records containing commercial information.

RCW 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 chapter 42.56 RCW: (1) Until notice to the person or persons directly affected has been given; and (2) if, within ten days of the notice, the person has obtained a superior court order protecting the records as confidential. The court must determine that the records are confidential and not subject to inspection and copying if disclosure is likely to result in private loss, including an unfair competitive disadvantage, and is not necessary for further public review and comment on the appropriate allocation of costs and revenues. When providing information to the commission or the attorney general, a person shall designate which records or portions of records contain valuable commercial information. Nothing in this section prevents the use of protective orders by the commission governing disclosure of proprietary or confidential information in contested proceedings.[ 2014 c 170 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 81.80.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.80 - Motor Freight Carriers.|81.80.020 - Declaration of policy.

RCW 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 increased the dangers and hazards on public highways and make it imperative that regulation to the fullest extent allowed under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 14501 should be employed to the end that the highways may be rendered safer for the use of the general public; that the wear of such highways may be reduced; that congestion on highways may be minimized; that the shippers of the state may be provided with a stabilized service and rate structure; that sound economic conditions in such transportation and among such carriers may be fostered in the public interest; that adequate, economical, and efficient service by motor carriers, and reasonable charges therefor, without unjust discrimination, undue preferences or advantages, or unfair or destructive competitive practices may be promoted; that the common carriage of commodities by motor carrier may be preserved in the public interest; that the relations between, and transportation by and regulation of, motor carriers and other carriers may be improved and coordinated so that the highways of the state of Washington may be properly developed and preserved, and the public may be assured adequate, complete, dependable, and stable transportation service in all its phases.[ 2007 c 234 § 69; 1961 c 14 § 81.80.020. Prior: 1937 c 166 § 1; 1935 c 184 § 1; RRS § 6382-1.]
WA Rev Code § 81.80.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.80 - Motor Freight Carriers.|81.80.040 - Exempt vehicles.

RCW 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 a city or town of ten thousand population or over, nor between contiguous cities or towns both or all of which are less than ten thousand population;(b) Motor vehicles when operated in transportation wholly within the corporate limits of cities or towns of ten thousand or more but less than thirty thousand population, or between such cities or towns when contiguous, as to which the commission, after investigation and the issuance of an order thereon, has determined that no substantial public interest exists which requires that such transportation be subject to regulation under this chapter;(c) Motor vehicles when transporting exclusively the United States mail or in the transportation of newspapers or periodicals;(d) Motor vehicles owned and operated by the United States, the state of Washington, or any county, city, town, or municipality therein, or by any department of them, or either of them;(e) Motor vehicles specially constructed for towing not more than two disabled, unauthorized, or repossessed motor vehicles, wrecking, or exchanging an operable vehicle for a disabled vehicle and not otherwise used in transporting goods for compensation. For the purposes of this subsection (1)(e), a vehicle is considered to be repossessed only from the time of its actual repossession through the end of its initial tow;(f) Motor vehicles normally owned and operated by farmers in the transportation of their own farm, orchard, or dairy products, including livestock and plant or animal wastes, from point of production to market, or in the infrequent or seasonal transportation by one farmer for another farmer, if their farms are located within twenty miles of each other, of products of the farm, orchard, or dairy, including livestock and plant or animal wastes, or of supplies or commodities to be used on the farm, orchard, or dairy;(g) Motor vehicles when transporting exclusively water in connection with construction projects only;(h) Motor vehicles of less than 8,000 pounds gross vehicle weight when transporting exclusively legal documents, pleadings, process, correspondence, depositions, briefs, medical records, photographs, books or papers, cash or checks, when moving shipments of the documents described at the direction of an attorney as part of providing legal services.(2) The exemptions set forth in subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section do not apply to household goods carriers.[ 2009 c 94 § 2; 1993 c 121 § 4; 1984 c 171 § 1; 1979 ex.s. c 6 § 1; 1963 c 59 § 7; 1961 c 14 § 81.80.040. Prior: 1957 c 205 § 4; 1949 c 133 § 1; 1947 c 263 § 1; 1937 c 166 § 4; 1935 c 184 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 6382-3.]
WA Rev Code § 81.80.045 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.80 - Motor Freight Carriers.|81.80.045 - Exemption—Freight consolidators.

RCW 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 are used for the transportation of such shipments.[ 2007 c 234 § 70; 1979 ex.s. c 138 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 81.80.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.80 - Motor Freight Carriers.|81.80.050 - Compliance required.

RCW 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 § 81.80.050. Prior: 1935 c 184 § 4; RRS § 6382-4.]
WA Rev Code § 81.80.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.80 - Motor Freight Carriers.|81.80.060 - Combination of services.

RCW 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 having obtained a common carrier or contract carrier permit to do so. A combination of services includes, but is not limited to, the delivery of household appliances for others where the delivering carrier also unpacks or uncrates the appliances and makes the initial installation. Any person engaged in extracting or processing, or both, and, in connection therewith, hauling materials exclusively for the maintenance, construction, or improvement of a public highway is not engaged in performing a combination of services.[ 2007 c 234 § 71; 1969 ex.s. c 210 § 17; 1969 c 33 § 1. Prior: 1967 ex.s. c 145 § 77; 1967 c 69 § 2; 1965 ex.s. c 170 § 40; 1961 c 14 § 81.80.060; prior: 1937 c 166 § 5; RRS § 6382-4a.]NOTES:Severability—1967 c 69: See note following RCW 81.80.010.