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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.53 - Railroads—Crossings. › 81.53.281 - Crossing signals, warning devices—Grade crossing protective fund—Use and transfer of funds—Allocation of costs—Procedure—Federal funding.

RCW 81.53.281
Crossing signals, warning devices—Grade crossing protective fund—Use and transfer of funds—Allocation of costs—Procedure—Federal funding.
There is hereby created in the state treasury a "grade crossing protective fund" to carry out the provisions of RCW 81.53.261, 81.53.271, 81.53.281, 81.53.291, and 81.53.295; for grants and/or subsidies to public, private, and nonprofit entities for rail safety projects authorized or ordered by the commission; and for personnel and associated costs related to supervising and administering rail safety grants and/or subsidies. During the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, funds in this account may also be used to conduct the study required under section 102, chapter 222, Laws of 2014. The commission shall transfer from the public service revolving fund's miscellaneous fees and penalties accounts moneys appropriated for these purposes as needed. At the time the commission makes each allocation of cost to said grade crossing protective fund, it shall certify that such cost shall be payable out of said fund. When federal-aid highway funds are involved, the department of transportation shall, upon entry of an order by the commission requiring the installation or upgrading of a grade crossing protective device, submit to the commission an estimate for the cost of the proposed installation and related work. Upon receipt of the estimate the commission shall pay to the department of transportation the percentage of the estimate specified in RCW 81.53.295, as now or hereafter amended, to be used as the grade crossing protective fund portion of the cost of the installation and related work.
The commission may adopt rules for the allocation of money from the grade crossing protective fund. During the 2015-2017 and 2017-2019 fiscal biennia, the commission may waive rules regarding local matching fund requirements, maximum awards for individual projects, and other application requirements as necessary to expedite the allocation of money from the grade crossing protective fund to address underprotected grade crossings as identified by the commission.
[ 2017 c 313 § 715; 2016 c 14 § 701; 2014 c 222 § 702; 2003 c 190 § 3; 1998 c 245 § 166; 1987 c 257 § 1; 1985 c 405 § 509; 1982 c 94 § 3; 1975 1st ex.s. c 189 § 2; 1973 c 115 § 4; 1969 c 134 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2017 c 313: See note following RCW 43.19.642.
Effective date—2016 c 14: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [March 25, 2016]." [ 2016 c 14 § 802.]
Effective date—2014 c 222: See note following RCW 47.28.030.
Findings—2003 c 190: See note following RCW 81.53.271.
Severability—1985 c 405: See note following RCW 9.46.100.
Application—1982 c 94: See note following RCW 81.53.261.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.53 - Railroads—Crossings. › 81.53.291 - Crossing signals, warning devices—Operational scope—Election by first-class cities—Procedure.

RCW 81.53.291
Crossing signals, warning devices—Operational scope—Election by first-class cities—Procedure.
RCW 81.53.261 through 81.53.291 shall be operative within the limits of all cities, towns and counties, except cities of the first class. Cities of the first class may elect as to each particular crossing whether RCW 81.53.261 through 81.53.291 shall apply. Such election shall be made by the filing by such city of a petition as provided for in RCW 81.53.261 with the utilities and transportation commission, or by a statement filed with the commission accepting jurisdiction, when such petition is filed by others.
[ 1969 c 134 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.53 - Railroads—Crossings. › 81.53.295 - Crossing signals, warning devices, etc.—Federal funds used to pay installation costs—Grade crossing protective fund—State and local authorities to pay remaining installation costs—Railroad to pay maintenance costs.

RCW 81.53.295
Crossing signals, warning devices, etc.—Federal funds used to pay installation costs—Grade crossing protective fund—State and local authorities to pay remaining installation costs—Railroad to pay maintenance costs.
Whenever federal-aid highway funds are available and are used to pay a portion of the cost of installing a grade crossing protective device, and related work, at a railroad crossing of any state highway, city or town street, or county road at the then prevailing federal-aid matching rate, the grade crossing protective fund shall pay ten percent of the remaining cost of such installation and related work. The state or local authority having jurisdiction of such highway, street, or road shall pay the balance of the remaining cost of such installation and related work. The railroad whose road is crossed by the highway, street, or road shall thereafter pay the entire cost of maintaining the device.
[ 1982 c 94 § 4; 1975 1st ex.s. c 189 § 3.]
NOTES:
Application—1982 c 94: See note following RCW 81.53.261.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.53 - Railroads—Crossings. › 81.53.400 - Traffic control devices during construction, repair, etc. of crossing or overpass—Required.

RCW 81.53.400
Traffic control devices during construction, repair, etc. of crossing or overpass—Required.
Whenever any railroad company engages in the construction, maintenance, or repair of a crossing or overpass, the company shall install and maintain traffic control devices adequate to protect the public and railroad employees, subject to the requirements of RCW 81.53.410 and 81.53.420.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 168 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.53 - Railroads—Crossings. › 81.53.410 - Traffic control devices during construction, repair, etc. of crossing or overpass—Standards and conditions.

RCW 81.53.410
Traffic control devices during construction, repair, etc. of crossing or overpass—Standards and conditions.
All traffic control devices used under RCW 81.53.400 shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) Any traffic control devices shall be used at a repair or construction site only so long as the devices are needed or applicable. Any devices that are no longer needed or applicable shall be removed or inactivated so as to prevent confusion;
(2) All barricades, signs, and similar devices shall be constructed and installed in a workmanlike manner;
(3) Bushes, weeds, or any other material or object shall not be allowed to obscure any traffic control devices;
(4) All signs, barricades, and other control devices intended for use during hours of darkness shall be adequately illuminated or reflectorized, with precautions taken to protect motorists from glare; and
(5) Flagpersons shall be provided where necessary to adequately protect the public and railroad employees. The flagpersons shall be responsible and competent and possess at least average intelligence, vision, and hearing. They shall be neat in appearance and courteous to the public.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 168 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.53 - Railroads—Crossings. › 81.53.420 - Traffic control devices during construction, repair, etc. of crossing or overpass—Rules.

RCW 81.53.420
Traffic control devices during construction, repair, etc. of crossing or overpass—Rules.
The utilities and transportation commission shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of RCW 81.53.400 and 81.53.410 pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW. The commission shall invite the participation of all interested parties in any hearings or proceedings taken under this section, including any parties who request notice of any proceedings.
Any rules adopted under this section and any devices employed under RCW 81.53.410 shall conform to the national standards established by the current manual, including any future revisions, on the Uniform Traffic Control Devices as approved by the American national standards institute as adopted by the federal highway administrator of the United States department of transportation.
Rules adopted by the commission shall specifically prescribe the duties, procedures, and equipment to be used by the flagpersons required by RCW 81.53.410.
RCW 81.53.400 through 81.53.420 and rules adopted thereunder shall be enforced by the commission under the provisions of chapter 81.04 RCW: PROVIDED, That rules adopted by the commission shall recognize that cities with a population in excess of four hundred thousand are responsible for specific public thoroughfares and have the specific responsibility and authority for determining the practices relating to safeguarding the public during construction, repair, and maintenance activities.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 168 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.53 - Railroads—Crossings. › 81.53.430 - Safety standards for private crossings along railroad tracks over which crude oil is transported—Adoption of rules.

RCW 81.53.430
Safety standards for private crossings along railroad tracks over which crude oil is transported—Adoption of rules.
(1) To address the potential public safety hazards presented by private crossings in the state and by the transportation of hazardous materials in the state, including crude oil, the commission is authorized to and must adopt rules governing safety standards for private crossings along the railroad tracks over which crude oil is transported in the state. The commission is also authorized to conduct inspections of the private crossings subject to this section, to order the railroads to make improvements at the private crossings, and enforce the orders.
(2) The commission must adopt rules governing private crossings along railroad tracks over which crude oil is transported in the state, establishing:
(a) Minimum safety standards for the private crossings subject to this section, including, but not limited to, requirements for signage; and
(b) Criteria for prioritizing the inspection and improvements of the private crossings subject to this section.
(3) Nothing in this section modifies existing agreements between the railroad company and the landowner governing liability for injuries or damages occurring at the private crossing.
[ 2015 c 274 § 22.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2015 c 274: See note following RCW 90.56.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.53 - Railroads—Crossings. › 81.53.900 - Effective date—1975 1st ex.s. c 189.

RCW 81.53.900
Effective date—1975 1st ex.s. c 189.
This 1975 amendatory act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1975.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 189 § 4.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.
2023 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:
*Reviser's note: RCW 46.25.090 was amended by 2023 c 35 § 6, changing subsection (8) to subsection (7).
Effective date—2017 c 333: See note following RCW 81.61.010.
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.64 - Street Railways. › 81.64.060 - Purchase or lease of street railway property.

RCW 81.64.060
Purchase or lease of street railway property.
Any corporation incorporated or that may hereafter be incorporated under the laws of this state or any state or territory of the United States, for the purpose of constructing, owning or operating railroads or railways by electric power, may lease or purchase and operate (except in cases where such lease or purchase is prohibited by the Constitution of this state) the whole or any part of the electric railroad or electric railway, of any other corporation heretofore or hereafter constructed, together with the franchises, powers, immunities and all other property or appurtenances appertaining thereto: PROVIDED, That such lease or purchase has been or shall be consented to by stockholders of record holding at least two-thirds in amount of the capital stock of the lessor or grantor corporation; and all such leases and purchases made or entered into prior to the effective date of chapter 175, Laws of 1903, by consent of stockholders as aforesaid are for all intents and purposes hereby ratified and confirmed, saving, however, any vested rights of private parties.
[ 1961 c 14 § 81.64.060. Prior: 1903 c 175 § 3; RRS § 11084.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.64 - Street Railways. › 81.64.070 - Consolidation of companies.

RCW 81.64.070
Consolidation of companies.
With the consent of the majority in interest of their shareholders, two or more corporations operating street railway lines within or in the suburbs of the same municipality, may amalgamate their businesses and properties by consolidation, sale, lease, or other appropriate means, and either by conveyance to a third corporation or one to the other.
[ 1961 c 14 § 81.64.070. Prior: 1917 c 170 § 1; RRS § 11086.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.64 - Street Railways. › 81.64.080 - Fares and transfers.

RCW 81.64.080
Fares and transfers.
No street railroad company shall charge, demand or collect more than five cents for one continuous ride within the corporate limits of any city or town: PROVIDED, That such rate may be exceeded or lowered as to any municipally owned street railroad when the corporate authorities of the municipality owning such railroad shall, by an ordinance duly passed, authorize the collection of a higher or lower rate of fare, to be specified in such ordinance, and as to any other street railroad company, such rate may be exceeded or lowered with the permission or upon the order of the commission after the filing of a tariff or a complaint by such street railroad company and a hearing thereon as provided in this title. Every street railroad company shall, upon such terms as shall be just and reasonable, furnish to its passengers transfers entitling such passenger to one continuous trip over and upon portions of its lines within the said city or town not reached by the originating car.
[ 1961 c 14 § 81.64.080. Prior: 1919 c 33 § 1; 1911 c 117 § 25; RRS § 10361.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.64 - Street Railways. › 81.64.090 - Competent employees required—"Competent" defined—Penalty.

RCW 81.64.090
Competent employees required—"Competent" defined—Penalty.
(1) Street railway or streetcar companies, or streetcar corporations, shall employ none but competent persons to operate or assist as conductors, motor operators, or grip operators upon any street railway, or streetcar line in this state.
(2) A person shall be deemed competent to operate or assist in operating cars or (dummies) usually used by street railway or streetcar companies, or corporations, only after first having served at least three days under personal instruction of a regularly employed conductor, motor operator, or grip operator on a car or dummy in actual service on the particular street railway or streetcar line for which the service of an additional person or additional persons may be required: PROVIDED, That during a strike on the streetcar lines the railway companies may employ competent persons who have not worked three days on the particular streetcar line.
(3) Any violation of this section by the president, secretary, manager, superintendent, assistant superintendent, stockholder, or other officer or employee of any company or corporation owning or operating any street railway or streetcar line or any receiver of street railway or streetcar company, or street railway or streetcar corporations appointed by any court within this state to operate such car line is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine in any amount not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for a term of thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.
[ 2009 c 549 § 1032; 2003 c 53 § 396; 1961 c 14 § 81.64.090. Prior: 1901 c 103 § 1; RRS § 11073.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.64 - Street Railways. › 81.64.120 - Car equipment specified.

RCW 81.64.120
Car equipment specified.
Every streetcar run or used on any streetcar line in the state of Washington shall be provided with good and substantial aprons, pilots or fenders, and which shall be so constructed as to prevent any person from being thrown down and run over or caught beneath or under such car.
[ 1961 c 14 § 81.64.120. Prior: 1897 c 94 § 1; RRS § 11076. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1911 c 117 § 66, part now codified in RCW 81.44.040.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.64 - Street Railways. › 81.64.130 - Penalty.

RCW 81.64.130
Penalty.
The owners or managers operating any streetcar line failing to comply with the provisions of RCW 81.64.120 shall forfeit and pay to the state of Washington a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars for each and every violation of RCW 81.64.120 and each car run shall be considered a separate violation of RCW 81.64.120 and every period of five days shall be deemed a separate violation of RCW 81.64.120.
[ 1961 c 14 § 81.64.130. Prior: 1897 c 94 § 2; RRS § 11077.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.64 - Street Railways. › 81.64.140 - Weather guards.

RCW 81.64.140
Weather guards.
All corporations, companies or individuals owning, managing or operating any street railway or line in the state of Washington, shall provide, during the rain or winter season, all cars run or used on its or their respective roads with good, substantial and sufficient vestibules, or weather guards, for the protection of the employees of such corporation, company or individual.
The vestibules or weather guards shall be so constructed as to protect the employees of such company, corporation or individual from the wind, rain or snow.
[ 1961 c 14 § 81.64.140. Prior: (i) 1895 c 144 § 1; RRS § 11078. (ii) 1895 c 144 § 2; RRS § 11079.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.64 - Street Railways. › 81.64.150 - Penalty.

RCW 81.64.150
Penalty.
Any such street railway company, corporation or individual, as mentioned in RCW 81.64.140, failing to comply with the provisions of RCW 81.64.140, shall forfeit and pay to the state of Washington a penalty of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars for each and every violation of RCW 81.64.140, and each period of ten days that any such company, corporation or individual shall fail to comply with the provisions of RCW 81.64.140, or for each car used by such corporation, company, or individual not in conformity with RCW 81.64.140, shall be taken and deemed to be a separate violation of RCW 81.64.140.
[ 1961 c 14 § 81.64.150. Prior: 1895 c 144 § 3; RRS § 11080.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.64 - Street Railways. › 81.64.160 - Hours of labor—Penalty.

RCW 81.64.160
Hours of labor—Penalty.
(1) No person, agent, officer, manager, or superintendent or receiver of any corporation or owner of streetcars shall require his, her, or its grip operators, motor operators, drivers, or conductors to work more than ten hours in any twenty-four hours.
(2) Any person, agent, officer, manager, superintendent, or receiver of any corporation, or owner of streetcar or cars, violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each day in which such grip operator, motor operator, driver, or conductor in the employ of such person, agent, officer, manager, superintendent, or receiver of such corporation or owner is required to work more than ten hours during each twenty-four hours, as provided in this section.
(3) It is the duty of the prosecuting attorney of each county of this state to institute the necessary proceedings to enforce the provisions of this section.
[ 2013 c 23 § 306; 2003 c 53 § 397; 1961 c 14 § 81.64.160. Prior: 1895 c 100 § 1; RRS § 7648.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.66 - Transportation for Persons With Special Needs. › 81.66.005 - Scope—Federal authority and registration for compensatory services.

RCW 81.66.005
Scope—Federal authority and registration for compensatory services.
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.
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 § 42.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.66 - Transportation for Persons With Special Needs. › 81.66.010 - Definitions.

RCW 81.66.010
Definitions.
The definitions set forth in this section shall apply throughout this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) "Corporation" means a corporation, company, association, or joint stock association.
(2) "Person" means an individual, firm, or a copartnership.
(3) "Persons with special transportation needs" means those persons, including their personal attendants, who because of physical or mental disability, income status, or age are unable to transport themselves or to purchase appropriate transportation.
(4) "Private, nonprofit transportation provider" means any private, nonprofit corporation providing transportation services for compensation solely to persons with special transportation needs, or pursuant to a contract with a state agency or funded by a grant issued by the department of transportation.
[ 2009 c 557 § 3; 1996 c 244 § 1; 1979 c 111 § 4.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).
Severability—1979 c 111: See note following RCW 46.74.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.66 - Transportation for Persons With Special Needs. › 81.66.020 - Private, nonprofit transportation provider required to operate in accordance with this chapter.

RCW 81.66.020
Private, nonprofit transportation provider required to operate in accordance with this chapter.
No person or corporation, their lessees, trustees, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court, may operate as a private, nonprofit transportation provider except in accordance with this chapter.
[ 1979 c 111 § 5.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 c 111: See note following RCW 46.74.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.66 - Transportation for Persons With Special Needs. › 81.66.030 - Authority of commission.

RCW 81.66.030
Authority of commission.
The commission shall regulate every private, nonprofit transportation provider in this state but has authority only as follows: To issue certificates to such providers; to set forth insurance requirements; to adopt reasonable rules to insure that any vehicles used by such providers will be adequate for the proposed service; and to inspect the vehicles and otherwise regulate the safety of operations of each provider. The commission may charge fees to private, nonprofit transportation providers, which shall be approximately the same as the reasonable cost of regulating such providers.
[ 1998 c 173 § 4; 1979 c 111 § 6.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 c 111: See note following RCW 46.74.010.