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WA Rev Code § 80.04.440 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 80 - Public Utilities|Chapter 80.04 - Regulations—General.|80.04.440 - Companies liable for damages.

RCW 80.04.440 Companies liable for damages.In case any public service company shall do, cause to be done or permit to be done any act, matter or thing prohibited, forbidden or declared to be unlawful, or shall omit to do any act, matter or thing required to be done, either by any law of this state, by this title or by any order or rule of the commission, such public service company shall be liable to the persons or corporations affected thereby for all loss, damage or injury caused thereby or resulting therefrom, and in case of recovery if the court shall find that such act or omission was wilful, it may, in its discretion, fix a reasonable counsel or attorney's fee, which shall be taxed and collected as part of the costs in the case. An action to recover for such loss, damage or injury may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction by any person or corporation.[ 1961 c 14 § 80.04.440. Prior: 1911 c 117 § 102; RRS § 10451.]
WA Rev Code § 80.04.450 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 80 - Public Utilities|Chapter 80.04 - Regulations—General.|80.04.450 - Certified copies of orders, rules, etc.—Evidentiary effect.

RCW 80.04.450 Certified copies of orders, rules, etc.—Evidentiary effect.Upon application of any person the commission shall furnish certified copies of any classification, rate, rule, regulation or order established by such commission, and the printed copies published by authority of the commission, or any certified copy of any such classification, rate, rule, regulation or order, with seal affixed, shall be admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding, and shall be sufficient to establish the fact that the charge, rate, rule, order or classification therein contained is the official act of the commission. When copies of any classification, rate, rule, regulation or order not contained in the printed reports, or copies of papers, accounts or records of public service companies filed with the commission shall be demanded from the commission for proper use, the commission shall charge a reasonable compensation therefor.[ 1961 c 14 § 80.04.450. Prior: 1911 c 117 § 103; RRS § 10452.]
WA Rev Code § 80.04.460 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 80 - Public Utilities|Chapter 80.04 - Regulations—General.|80.04.460 - Investigation of accidents.

RCW 80.04.460 Investigation of accidents.Every public service company shall give immediate notice to the commission of every accident resulting in death or injury to any person occurring in its plant or system, in such manner as the commission may prescribe. Such notice shall not be admitted as evidence or used for any purpose against the company giving it in any action for damages growing out of any matter mentioned in the notice.The commission may investigate any accident resulting in death or injury to any person occurring in connection with the plant or system of any public service company. Notice of the investigation shall be given in all cases for a sufficient length of time to enable the company affected to participate in the hearing and may be given orally or in writing, in such manner as the commission may prescribe.Such witnesses may be examined as the commission deems necessary and proper to thoroughly ascertain the cause of the accident and fix the responsibility therefor. The examination and investigation may be conducted by an inspector or deputy inspector, and he or she may administer oaths, issue subpoenas, and compel the attendance of witnesses, and when the examination is conducted by an inspector or deputy inspector, he or she shall make a full and complete report thereof to the commission.[ 2013 c 23 § 277; 1961 c 14 § 80.04.460. Prior: 1953 c 104 § 2; prior: 1911 c 117 § 63, part; RRS § 10399, part.]
WA Rev Code § 80.04.470 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 80 - Public Utilities|Chapter 80.04 - Regulations—General.|80.04.470 - Commission to enforce public service laws—Employees as peace officers.

RCW 80.04.470 Commission to enforce public service laws—Employees as peace officers.It shall be the duty of the commission to enforce the provisions of this title and all other acts of this state affecting public service companies, the enforcement of which is not specifically vested in some other officer or tribunal. Any employee of the commission may, without a warrant, arrest any person found violating in his or her presence any provision of this title, or any rule or regulation adopted by the commission: PROVIDED, That each such employee shall be first specifically designated in writing by the commission or a member thereof as having been found to be a fit and proper person to exercise such authority. Upon being so designated, such person shall be a peace officer and a police officer for the purposes herein mentioned.[ 2013 c 23 § 278; 1961 c 173 § 1; 1961 c 14 § 80.04.470. Prior: 1911 c 117 § 101; RRS § 10450.]
WA Rev Code § 80.04.480 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 80 - Public Utilities|Chapter 80.04 - Regulations—General.|80.04.480 - Rights of action not released—Penalties cumulative.

RCW 80.04.480 Rights of action not released—Penalties cumulative.This title shall not have the effect to release or waive any right of action by the state or any person for any right, penalty or forfeiture which may have arisen or may hereafter arise under any law of this state; and all penalties accruing under this title shall be cumulative of each other, and a suit for the recovery of one penalty shall not be a bar to the recovery of any other.[ 1961 c 14 § 80.04.480. Prior: 1911 c 117 § 104; RRS § 10453. Formerly RCW 80.04.480 and 80.04.490.]
WA Rev Code § 80.04.500 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 80 - Public Utilities|Chapter 80.04 - Regulations—General.|80.04.500 - Application to municipal utilities.

RCW 80.04.500 Application to municipal utilities.Nothing in this title authorizes the commission to make or enforce any order affecting rates, tolls, rentals, contracts or charges or service rendered, or the adequacy or sufficiency of the facilities, equipment, instrumentalities or buildings, or the reasonableness of rules or regulations made, furnished, used, supplied or in force affecting any telecommunications line, gas plant, electrical plant, system of sewerage, or water system owned and operated by any city or town, or to make or enforce any order relating to the safety of any telecommunications line, electrical plant, system of sewerage, or water system owned and operated by any city or town, but all other provisions enumerated herein apply to public utilities owned by any city or town.[ 2011 c 214 § 10; 1985 c 450 § 13; 1969 ex.s. c 210 § 1; 1961 c 14 § 80.04.500. Prior: 1911 c 117 § 105; RRS § 10454.]NOTES:Findings—Purpose—Limitation of chapter—Effective date—2011 c 214: See notes following RCW 80.04.010.
WA Rev Code § 80.04.510 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 80 - Public Utilities|Chapter 80.04 - Regulations—General.|80.04.510 - Duties of attorney general.

RCW 80.04.510 Duties of attorney general.It shall be the duty of the attorney general to represent and appear for the people of the state of Washington and the commission in all actions and proceedings involving any question under this title, or under or in reference to any act or order of the commission; and it shall be the duty of the attorney general generally to see that all laws affecting any of the persons or corporations herein enumerated are complied with, and that all laws, the enforcement of which devolves upon the commission, are enforced, and to that end he or she is authorized to institute, prosecute, and defend all necessary actions and proceedings.[ 2013 c 23 § 279; 1961 c 14 § 80.04.510. Prior: 1911 c 117 § 5; RRS § 10341.]
WA Rev Code § 80.04.520 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 80 - Public Utilities|Chapter 80.04 - Regulations—General.|80.04.520 - Approval of lease of utility facilities.

RCW 80.04.520 Approval of lease of utility facilities.In addition to any other powers and duties under this chapter, the commission shall have the authority to authorize and approve the terms of any lease of utility facilities by a public service company, as lessee, if the public service company makes proper application to the commission certifying that such authorization or approval is necessary or appropriate to exempt any owner of the facilities from being a public utility company under the federal Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.[ 1979 ex.s. c 125 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 80.04.530 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 80 - Public Utilities|Chapter 80.04 - Regulations—General.|80.04.530 - Local exchange company that serves less than two percent of state's access lines—Regulatory exemptions—Reporting requirements.

RCW 80.04.530 Local exchange company that serves less than two percent of state's access lines—Regulatory exemptions—Reporting requirements.(1)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, the following do not apply to a local exchange company that serves less than two percent of the access lines in the state of Washington: RCW 80.04.080, 80.04.300 through 80.04.330, and, except for RCW 80.08.140, chapters 80.08, 80.12, and 80.16 RCW.(b) Nothing in this subsection (1) shall affect the commission's authority over the rates, service, accounts, valuations, estimates, or determinations of costs, as well as the authority to determine whether any expenditure is fair, reasonable, and commensurate with the service, material, supplies, or equipment received.(c) For purposes of this subsection, the number of access lines served by a local exchange company includes the number of access lines served in this state by any affiliate of that local exchange company.(2) Any local exchange company for which an exemption is provided under this section shall not be required to file reports or data with the commission, except each such company shall file with the commission an annual report that consists of its annual balance sheet and results of operations, both presented on a Washington state jurisdictional basis. This requirement may be satisfied by the filing of information or reports and underlying studies filed with exchange carrier entities or regulatory agencies if the jurisdictionally separated results of operations for Washington state can be obtained from the information or reports. This subsection shall not be applied to exempt a local exchange company from an obligation to respond to data requests in an adjudicative proceeding in which it is a party.(3) The commission may, in response to customer complaints or on its own motion and after notice and hearing, establish additional reporting requirements for a specific local exchange company.[ 1995 c 110 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 80.04.560 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 80 - Public Utilities|Chapter 80.04 - Regulations—General.|80.04.560 - Finding.

RCW 80.04.560 Finding.The legislature finds that an electrical company's acquisition of coal transition power helps to achieve the state's greenhouse gas emission reduction goals by effecting an orderly transition to cleaner fuels and supports the state's public policy.[ 2011 c 180 § 303.]NOTES:Findings—Purpose—2011 c 180: See note following RCW 80.80.010.
WA Rev Code § 80.04.580 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 80 - Public Utilities|Chapter 80.04 - Regulations—General.|80.04.580 - Regulatory fee on wastewater companies regulated by the commission—Rule-making authority.

RCW 80.04.580 Regulatory fee on wastewater companies regulated by the commission—Rule-making authority.(1) Every wastewater company subject to regulation by the commission must, on or before the date specified by the commission for filing annual reports under RCW 80.04.080, pay to the commission a regulatory fee.(2) The commission must assess such regulatory fees in amounts sufficient for the commission to recover the commission's actual and reasonable costs of supervising and regulating wastewater companies.(3) Any payment of a fee assessed under this section made after the due date must include a late fee of two percent of the amount due.(4) Delinquent fees accrue interest at the rate of one percent per month.(5) The provisions of RCW 80.24.030, 80.24.040, and 80.24.050 apply to regulatory fees for wastewater companies.(6) The commission is authorized and empowered to adopt and issue rules and regulations to implement this section, including establishing the methodologies and procedures for developing, assessing, and collecting fees under this section.[ 2012 c 111 § 1; 2011 c 214 § 4.]NOTES:Effective date—2012 c 111: "This act takes effect July 1, 2012." [ 2012 c 111 § 2.]Findings—Purpose—Limitation of chapter—Effective date—2011 c 214: See notes following RCW 80.04.010.
WA Rev Code § 80.08.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 80 - Public Utilities|Chapter 80.08 - Securities.|80.08.010 - Definition.

RCW 80.08.010 Definition.The term "public service company", as used in this chapter, shall mean every company now or hereafter engaged in business in this state as a public utility and subject to regulation as to rates and service by the utilities and transportation commission under the provisions of this title.[ 1961 c 14 § 80.08.010. Prior: 1959 c 248 § 2; 1953 c 95 § 4; 1933 c 151 § 1, part; RRS § 10439-1, part.]
WA Rev Code § 80.08.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 80 - Public Utilities|Chapter 80.08 - Securities.|80.08.020 - Control vested in state.

RCW 80.08.020 Control vested in state.The power of public service companies to issue stocks and stock certificates or other evidence of interest or ownership, and bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness and to create liens on their property situated within this state is a special privilege, the right of supervision, regulation, restriction, and control of which is and shall continue to be vested in the state, and such power shall be exercised as provided by law and under such rules and regulations as the commission may prescribe.[ 1961 c 14 § 80.08.020. Prior: 1933 c 151 § 2; RRS § 10439-2.]
WA Rev Code § 80.08.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 80 - Public Utilities|Chapter 80.08 - Securities.|80.08.030 - Authority to issue.

RCW 80.08.030 Authority to issue.A public service company may issue stock and stock certificates or other evidence of interest or ownership, or bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness payable on demand or at periods of more than twelve months after the date thereof, for the following purposes only: The acquisition of property, or the construction, completion, extension, or improvement of its facilities, or the improvement or maintenance of its service, or the issuance of stock dividends, or the discharge or refunding of its obligations, or the reimbursement of moneys actually expended from income or from any other moneys in the treasury of the company not secured by or obtained from the issue of stock or stock certificates or other evidence of interest or ownership, or bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness of the company for any of the aforesaid purposes except maintenance of service, in cases where the applicant keeps its accounts and vouchers for such expenditures in such manner as to enable the commission to ascertain the amount of money so expended and the purpose for which the expenditure was made.[ 1961 c 14 § 80.08.030. Prior: 1953 c 95 § 5; 1937 c 30 § 1; 1933 c 151 § 3; RRS § 10439-3.]
WA Rev Code § 80.08.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 80 - Public Utilities|Chapter 80.08 - Securities.|80.08.040 - Prior to issuance—Filing required—Contents—Request for order establishing compliance.

RCW 80.08.040 Prior to issuance—Filing required—Contents—Request for order establishing compliance.Any public service company that undertakes to issue stocks, stock certificates, other evidence of interest or ownership, bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness shall file with the commission before such issuance:(1) A description of the purposes for which the issuance is made, including a certification by an officer authorized to do so that the proceeds from any such financing is for one or more of the purposes allowed by this chapter;(2) A description of the proposed issuance including the terms of financing; and(3) A statement as to why the transaction is in the public interest.(4) Any public service company undertaking an issuance and making a filing in conformance with this section may at any time of such filing request the commission to enter a written order that such company has complied with the requirements of this section. The commission shall enter such written order after such company has provided all information and statements required by subsections (1), (2), and (3) of this section.[ 1994 c 251 § 1; 1987 c 106 § 1; 1961 c 14 § 80.08.040. Prior: 1933 c 151 § 4; RRS § 10439-4.]
WA Rev Code § 80.08.043 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 80 - Public Utilities|Chapter 80.08 - Securities.|80.08.043 - Issuance of notes—Compliance with RCW 80.08.040—Exceptions.

RCW 80.08.043 Issuance of notes—Compliance with RCW 80.08.040—Exceptions.A public service company may issue notes, except demand notes, for proper purposes and not in violation of any provision of this chapter, or any other law, payable at periods of not more than twelve months after the date of issuance, without complying with the requirements of RCW 80.08.040, but no such note may be refunded, in whole or in part, by any issue of stock or stock certificates or other evidence of interest or ownership, or bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness, without compliance with RCW 80.08.040. However, compliance with RCW 80.08.040 is required for the issuance of any note or notes issued as part of a single borrowing transaction of one million dollars or more payable at periods of less than twelve months after the date of issuance by any public service company that is subject to the federal power act unless such note or notes aggregates together with all other then outstanding notes and drafts of a maturity of twelve months or less on which such public service company is primarily or secondarily liable not more than five percent of the par value of other securities of such company then outstanding, computed, in the case of securities having no par value, on the basis of the fair market value as of the date of issuance.[ 1997 c 162 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 80.08.047 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 80 - Public Utilities|Chapter 80.08 - Securities.|80.08.047 - Commission may exempt certain issuances—Order or rule—Public interest.

RCW 80.08.047 Commission may exempt certain issuances—Order or rule—Public interest.The commission may from time to time by order or rule, and subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed in the order or rule, exempt any security or any class of securities for which a filing is required under this chapter or any electrical or natural gas company or class of electrical or natural gas company from the provisions of this chapter if it finds that the application of this chapter to such security, class of securities, electrical or natural gas company, or class of electrical or natural gas company is not required by the public interest.[ 1997 c 15 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 80.08.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 80 - Public Utilities|Chapter 80.08 - Securities.|80.08.080 - Capitalization of franchises or merger contracts prohibited.

RCW 80.08.080 Capitalization of franchises or merger contracts prohibited.The commission shall have no power to authorize the capitalization of the right to be a corporation, or to authorize the capitalization of any franchise or permit whatsoever or the right to own, operate or enjoy any such franchise or permit, in excess of the amount (exclusive of any tax or annual charge) actually paid to the state or to a political subdivision thereof as the consideration for the grant of such franchise, permit or right; nor shall any contract for consolidation or lease be capitalized, nor shall any public service company hereafter issue any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness against or as a lien upon any contract for consolidation or merger.[ 1961 c 14 § 80.08.080. Prior: 1933 c 151 § 7; RRS § 10439-7.]
WA Rev Code § 80.08.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 80 - Public Utilities|Chapter 80.08 - Securities.|80.08.090 - Accounting for disposition of proceeds.

RCW 80.08.090 Accounting for disposition of proceeds.The commission shall have the power to require public service companies to account for the disposition of the proceeds of all sales of stocks and stock certificates or other evidence of interest or ownership, and bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness, in such form and detail as it may deem advisable, and to establish such rules and regulations as it may deem reasonable and necessary to insure the disposition of such proceeds for the purpose or purposes specified in its order.[ 1961 c 14 § 80.08.090. Prior: 1933 c 151 § 8; RRS § 10439-8.]
WA Rev Code § 80.08.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 80 - Public Utilities|Chapter 80.08 - Securities.|80.08.100 - Issuance made contrary to this chapter—Penalties.

RCW 80.08.100 Issuance made contrary to this chapter—Penalties.If a public service company issues any stock, or other evidence of interest or ownership, bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness contrary to the provisions of this chapter, the company may be subject to penalty under RCW 80.08.110 and 80.08.120.[ 1994 c 251 § 2; 1961 c 14 § 80.08.100. Prior: 1933 c 151 § 9; RRS § 10439-9.]
WA Rev Code § 80.08.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 80 - Public Utilities|Chapter 80.08 - Securities.|80.08.110 - Penalty against companies.

RCW 80.08.110 Penalty against companies.Every public service company which, directly or indirectly, issues or causes to be issued, any stock or stock certificate or other evidence of interest or ownership, or bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness, in nonconformity with the provisions of this chapter, or which applies the proceeds from the sale thereof, or any part thereof, to any purpose other than the purpose or purposes allowed by this chapter, shall be subject to a penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each offense. Every violation shall be a separate and distinct offense and in case of a continuing violation every day's continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.The act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or employee of any public service company acting within the scope of his or her official duties or employment, shall in every case be deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of such public service company.[ 2013 c 23 § 280; 1994 c 251 § 3; 1961 c 14 § 80.08.110. Prior: 1933 c 151 § 11; RRS § 10439-11.]