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WA Rev Code § 81.68.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.68 - Auto Transportation Companies.|81.68.040 - Certificate of convenience and necessity.

RCW 81.68.040 Certificate of convenience and necessity.An auto transportation company shall not operate for the transportation of persons and their baggage for compensation between fixed termini or over a regular route in this state, without first having obtained from the commission under this chapter a certificate declaring that public convenience and necessity require such operation. Any right, privilege, certificate held, owned, or obtained by an auto transportation company may be sold, assigned, leased, transferred, or inherited as other property, only if authorized by the commission. The commission may, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, when the applicant requests a certificate to operate in a territory already served by a certificate holder under this chapter, only when the existing auto transportation company or companies serving such territory will not provide the same to the satisfaction of the commission, or when the existing auto transportation company does not object, and in all other cases with or without hearing, issue the certificate as prayed for; or for good cause shown, may refuse to issue same, or issue it for the partial exercise only of the privilege sought, and may attach to the exercise of the rights granted by the certificate to such terms and conditions as, in its judgment, the public convenience and necessity may require.[ 2007 c 234 § 49; 2005 c 121 § 3; 1961 c 14 § 81.68.040. Prior: 1921 c 111 § 4; RRS § 6390.]
WA Rev Code § 81.68.046 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.68 - Auto Transportation Companies.|81.68.046 - Temporary certificates—Waiver of provisions during state of emergency.

RCW 81.68.046 Temporary certificates—Waiver of provisions during state of emergency.The commission may, with or without a hearing, issue temporary certificates to engage in the business of operating an auto transportation company, but only after it finds that the issuance of the temporary certificate is consistent with the public interest. The temporary certificate may be issued for a period up to one hundred eighty days. The commission may prescribe rules and impose terms and conditions as in its judgment are reasonable and necessary in carrying out this chapter. The commission may by rule, prescribe a fee for an application for the temporary certificate. The commission shall not issue a temporary certificate to operate in a territory: (1) For which a certificate has been issued, unless the existing certificate holder, upon twenty days' notice, does not object to the issuance of the certificate or is not providing service; or (2) for which an application is pending unless the filing for a temporary certificate is made by the applicant or the applicant does not object to the issuance of the certificate.During a state of emergency declared under RCW 43.06.010(12), the governor may waive or suspend the operation or enforcement of this section or any portion of this section or under any administrative rule, and issue any orders to facilitate the operation of state or local government or to promote and secure the safety and protection of the civilian population.[ 2008 c 181 § 415; 2005 c 121 § 8.]NOTES:Part headings not law—2008 c 181: See note following RCW 43.06.220.
WA Rev Code § 81.68.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.68 - Auto Transportation Companies.|81.68.050 - Filing fees.

RCW 81.68.050 Filing fees.Any application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity or amendment thereof, or application to sell, lease, mortgage, or transfer a certificate of public convenience and necessity or any interest therein, shall be accompanied by such filing fees as the commission may prescribe by rule: PROVIDED, That such fee shall not exceed two hundred dollars.[ 1973 c 115 § 5; 1961 c 14 § 81.68.050. Prior: 1955 c 125 § 9; prior: 1937 c 158 § 2, part; RRS § 10417-1, part.]
WA Rev Code § 81.68.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.68 - Auto Transportation Companies.|81.68.060 - Liability and property damage insurance—Surety bond.

RCW 81.68.060 Liability and property damage insurance—Surety bond.In granting certificates to operate any auto transportation company, for transporting for compensation persons and their baggage on the vehicles of auto transportation companies carrying passengers, the commission shall require the owner or operator to first procure liability and property damage insurance from a company licensed to make liability insurance in the state of Washington or a surety bond of a company licensed to write surety bonds in the state of Washington on each motor-propelled vehicle used or to be used in transporting persons for compensation, in an amount of no less than one hundred thousand dollars for any recovery for personal injury by one person, no less than three hundred thousand dollars for any vehicle having a capacity of sixteen passengers or less, no less than five hundred thousand dollars for any vehicle having a capacity of seventeen passengers or more for all persons receiving personal injury by reason of at least one act of negligence, and no less than fifty thousand dollars for damage to property of any person other than the insured. The commission shall fix the amount of the insurance policy or policies or security deposit by giving due consideration to the character and amount of traffic, the number of persons affected, and the degree of danger that the proposed operation involves. The liability and property damage insurance or surety bond must be maintained in force on the motor-propelled vehicle while in use, and each policy for liability or property damage insurance or surety bond required by this section must be filed with the commission and kept in full force and effect. Failure to file and maintain the required insurance is cause for the revocation of the certificate.[ 2007 c 234 § 50; 1989 c 163 § 5; 1984 c 166 § 6; 1977 ex.s. c 298 § 1; 1961 c 14 § 81.68.060. Prior: 1921 c 111 § 5; RRS § 6391.]
WA Rev Code § 81.68.065 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.68 - Auto Transportation Companies.|81.68.065 - Self-insurers exempt as to insurance or bond.

RCW 81.68.065 Self-insurers exempt as to insurance or bond.Any auto transportation company authorized to transport persons for compensation on the highways and engaging in interstate, or interstate and intrastate, operations within the state of Washington which is or becomes qualified as a self-insurer with the federal motor carrier safety administration of the United States department of transportation under the United States interstate commerce act applicable to self insurance by motor carriers, is exempt, so long as such qualification remains effective, from all provisions of law relating to the carrying or filing of insurance policies or bonds in connection with such operations.The commission may require auto transportation companies to prove the existence and continuation of such qualification with the federal motor carrier safety administration by affidavit in any form the commission prescribes.[ 2007 c 234 § 51; 1961 c 14 § 81.68.065. Prior: (i) 1949 c 127 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 6386-5a. (ii) 1949 c 127 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 6386-5b.]
WA Rev Code § 81.68.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.68 - Auto Transportation Companies.|81.68.080 - Penalty.

RCW 81.68.080 Penalty.Every officer, agent, or employee of any corporation, and every other 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, observe, or comply with any order, decision, rule or regulation, direction, demand, or requirement, or any part of provision thereof, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.[ 2007 c 234 § 52; 2003 c 53 § 398; 1979 ex.s. c 136 § 106; 1961 c 14 § 81.68.080. Prior: 1921 c 111 § 7; RRS § 6393.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.Effective date—Severability—1979 ex.s. c 136: See notes following RCW 46.63.010.
WA Rev Code § 81.68.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.68 - Auto Transportation Companies.|81.68.090 - Scope of chapter.

RCW 81.68.090 Scope of chapter.This chapter applies to persons and motor vehicles engaged in interstate or foreign commerce to the full extent permitted by the Constitution and laws of the United States.[ 2007 c 234 § 53; 1961 c 14 § 81.68.090. Prior: 1921 c 111 § 8; RRS § 6394.]
WA Rev Code § 81.68.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.68 - Auto Transportation Companies.|81.68.100 - Federal authority and registration for compensatory services.

RCW 81.68.100 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 § 45.]
WA Rev Code § 81.70.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.70 - Passenger Charter and Excursion Carriers.|81.70.010 - Business affected with the public interest—Declaration of purpose.

RCW 81.70.010 Business affected with the public interest—Declaration of purpose.The use of the public highways for the transportation of passengers for compensation is a business affected with the public interest. It is the purpose of this chapter to preserve for the public full benefit in use of public highways consistent with the needs of commerce, without unnecessary congestion or wear and tear upon such highways; to secure to the people safe, adequate and dependable transportation by carriers operating upon such highways; and to secure full and unrestricted flow of traffic by motor carriers over such highways which will adequately meet reasonable public demands by providing for the regulation of all transportation agencies with respect to safety of operations and accident indemnity so that safe, adequate and dependable service by all necessary transportation agencies shall be maintained, and the full use of the highway reserved to the public.[ 1965 c 150 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 81.70.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.70 - Passenger Charter and Excursion Carriers.|81.70.030 - Exclusions.

RCW 81.70.030 Exclusions.This chapter does not apply to:(1) Persons or their lessees, receivers, or trustees insofar as they own, control, operate, or manage taxicabs, hotel buses, or school buses, when operated as such;(2) Passenger vehicles carrying passengers on a noncommercial enterprise basis; or(3) Limousine charter party carriers of passengers under chapter 46.72A RCW.[ 2015 c 233 § 2; 2007 c 234 § 56; 1989 c 283 § 17; 1965 c 150 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 81.70.220 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.70 - Passenger Charter and Excursion Carriers.|81.70.220 - Certificate or registration required—Penalty.

RCW 81.70.220 Certificate or registration required—Penalty.(1) No person may engage in the business of a charter party carrier or excursion service carrier of passengers over any public highway without first having obtained a certificate from the commission to do so or having registered as an interstate carrier. For the purposes of this section, "engage in the business of a charter party carrier or excursion service carrier" includes advertising or soliciting, offering, or entering into an agreement to provide such service. Each advertisement reproduced, broadcast, or displayed via a particular medium constitutes a separate violation under this chapter.(2) Any person who engages in the business of a charter party carrier or excursion service carrier in violation of subsection (1) of this section is subject to a penalty of up to five thousand dollars per violation.(3) An auto transportation company carrying passengers for compensation over any public highway in this state between fixed termini or over a regular route that is not required to hold an auto transportation certificate because of a commission finding under RCW 81.68.015 must obtain a certificate under this chapter.[ 2015 c 233 § 3; 2009 c 557 § 4; 1989 c 163 § 7; 1988 c 30 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 81.70.230 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.70 - Passenger Charter and Excursion Carriers.|81.70.230 - Certificates—Application, issuance.

RCW 81.70.230 Certificates—Application, issuance.(1) Applications for certificates must be made to the commission in writing, verified under oath, and shall be in a form and contain information as the commission by regulation may require. Every application must be accompanied by a fee as the commission may prescribe by rule.(2) A certificate must be issued to any applicant who establishes proof of safety fitness and insurance coverage under this chapter.[ 2007 c 234 § 57; 1988 c 30 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 81.70.240 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.70 - Passenger Charter and Excursion Carriers.|81.70.240 - Certificates—Transfer restricted.

RCW 81.70.240 Certificates—Transfer restricted.No certificate issued under this chapter or rights to conduct services under it may be leased, assigned, or otherwise transferred or encumbered, unless authorized by the commission.[ 1988 c 30 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 81.70.250 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.70 - Passenger Charter and Excursion Carriers.|81.70.250 - Certificates—Grounds for cancellation.

RCW 81.70.250 Certificates—Grounds for cancellation.The commission may cancel, revoke, or suspend any certificate issued under this chapter on any of the following grounds:(1) The violation of any of the provisions of this chapter;(2) The violation of an order, decision, rule, regulation, or requirement established by the commission under this chapter;(3) Failure of a charter party carrier or excursion service carrier of passengers to pay a fee, under this chapter, imposed on the carrier within the time required by law; or(4) Failure of a charter party carrier or excursion service carrier to maintain required insurance coverage in full force and effect.[ 2007 c 234 § 58; 1989 c 163 § 8; 1988 c 30 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 81.70.260 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.70 - Passenger Charter and Excursion Carriers.|81.70.260 - Unlawful operation after certificate or registration canceled, etc.—Penalty.

RCW 81.70.260 Unlawful operation after certificate or registration canceled, etc.—Penalty.(1) After the cancellation or revocation of a certificate or interstate registration or during the period of its suspension, it is unlawful for a charter party carrier or excursion service carrier of passengers to conduct any operations as such a carrier. For the purposes of this section, "conduct any operations" includes advertising or soliciting, offering, or entering into an agreement to provide such service. Each advertisement reproduced, broadcast, or displayed via a particular medium constitutes a separate violation under this chapter.(2) Any person who conducts operations as a charter party carrier or excursion service carrier of passengers in violation of subsection (1) of this section is subject to a penalty of up to five thousand dollars per violation.[ 2015 c 233 § 4; 1989 c 163 § 9; 1988 c 30 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 81.70.270 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.70 - Passenger Charter and Excursion Carriers.|81.70.270 - Scope of regulation.

RCW 81.70.270 Scope of regulation.It is the duty of the commission to regulate charter party carriers and excursion service carriers with respect to safety of equipment, driver qualifications, and safety of operations. The commission shall establish such rules and regulations and require such reports as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.[ 1989 c 163 § 10; 1988 c 30 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 81.70.280 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.70 - Passenger Charter and Excursion Carriers.|81.70.280 - Insurance or bond for liability and property damage.

RCW 81.70.280 Insurance or bond for liability and property damage.(1) In issuing certificates under this chapter, the commission shall require charter party carriers and excursion service carriers to procure and continue in effect during the life of the certificate, liability and property damage insurance from a company licensed to make liability insurance in the state of Washington or a surety bond of a company licensed to write surety bonds in the state of Washington on each motor-propelled vehicle used or to be used in transporting persons for compensation, in the following amounts:(a) Not less than one hundred thousand dollars for any recovery for personal injury by one person; and(b) Not less than three hundred thousand dollars for any vehicle having a capacity of sixteen passengers or less; and(c) Not less than five hundred thousand dollars for any vehicle having a capacity of seventeen passengers or more for all receiving personal injury by at least one act of negligence; and(d) Not less than fifty thousand dollars for damage to property of any person other than the insured.(2) The commission shall fix the amount of the insurance policy or policies or security deposit by giving consideration to the character and amount of traffic, the number of persons affected, and the degree of danger which the proposed operation involves. The liability and property damage insurance or surety bond must be maintained in force on each motor-propelled vehicle while in use. Each policy for liability or property damage insurance or surety bond required by this section must be filed with the commission and kept in effect. Failure to file and maintain the required insurance is cause for the revocation of the certificate.[ 2007 c 234 § 59; 1989 c 163 § 11; 1988 c 30 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 81.70.290 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.70 - Passenger Charter and Excursion Carriers.|81.70.290 - Self-insurers exempt as to insurance or bond.

RCW 81.70.290 Self-insurers exempt as to insurance or bond.A charter party carrier or excursion service carrier of passengers, authorized to transport persons for compensation on the highways and engaging in interstate, or interstate and intrastate, operations within the state of Washington which is or becomes qualified as a self-insurer with the federal motor carrier safety administration of the United States department of transportation in accordance with the United States interstate commerce act applicable to self-insurance by motor carriers, is exempt from RCW 81.70.280 relating to the carrying or filing of insurance policies or bonds in connection with carrier operations as long as the qualification remains effective.The commission may require the charter party carrier or excursion service carrier to prove the existence and continuation of qualification with the federal motor carrier safety administration by affidavit in a form the commission may prescribe.[ 2007 c 234 § 60; 1989 c 163 § 12; 1988 c 30 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 81.70.310 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.70 - Passenger Charter and Excursion Carriers.|81.70.310 - Application of Title 81 RCW.

RCW 81.70.310 Application of Title 81 RCW.All applicable provisions of this title relating to procedure, powers of the commission, and penalties shall apply to the operation and regulation of persons under this chapter, except as those provisions may conflict with the provisions of this chapter and rules and regulations issued thereunder by the commission.[ 1988 c 30 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 81.70.320 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.70 - Passenger Charter and Excursion Carriers.|81.70.320 - Fees—Amounts, deposit.

RCW 81.70.320 Fees—Amounts, deposit.(1) An application for a certificate, amendment of a certificate, or transfer of a certificate must be accompanied by a filing fee the commission may prescribe by rule. The fee must not exceed two hundred dollars.(2) All fees paid to the commission under this chapter must be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the public service revolving fund.(3) It is the intent of the legislature that all fees collected under this chapter must reasonably approximate the cost of supervising and regulating charter party carriers and excursion service carriers subject thereto, and to that end the commission may decrease the schedule of fees provided for in RCW 81.70.350 by general order entered before March 1st of any year in which the commission determines that the moneys, then in the charter party carrier and excursion service carrier account of the public service revolving fund, and the fees currently owed will exceed the reasonable cost of supervising and regulating such carriers during the succeeding calendar year. Whenever the cost accounting records of the commission indicate that the schedule of fees previously reduced should be increased, the increase, not to exceed the schedule set forth in this chapter, may be effected by a similar general order entered before March 1st of any calendar year.[ 2015 c 233 § 5; 2007 c 234 § 61; 1989 c 163 § 13; 1988 c 30 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 81.70.330 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.70 - Passenger Charter and Excursion Carriers.|81.70.330 - Vehicle identification.

RCW 81.70.330 Vehicle identification.(1) It is unlawful for a charter party carrier or excursion service carrier to operate a motor vehicle upon the highways of this state unless there is firmly affixed to both sides of the vehicle, the name of the carrier and the certificate or permit number of the carrier. The characters composing the identification must be of sufficient size to be clearly distinguishable at a distance of at least fifty feet from the vehicle.(2) A charter party carrier or excursion service carrier holding both intrastate and interstate authority may identify its vehicles with either the commission permit number or the federal vehicle marking requirement established by the United States department of transportation for interstate motor carriers.[ 2007 c 234 § 62; 1989 c 163 § 14; 1988 c 30 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 81.70.340 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.70 - Passenger Charter and Excursion Carriers.|81.70.340 - Application to interstate or foreign carriers.

RCW 81.70.340 Application to interstate or foreign carriers.This chapter applies to persons and motor carriers engaged in interstate or foreign commerce to the full extent permitted by the Constitution and laws of the United States.[ 2007 c 234 § 63; 1989 c 163 § 15; 1988 c 30 § 14.]