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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.66 - Transportation for Persons With Special Needs. › 81.66.040 - Certificate required—Transferability—Application—Carried in vehicle.

RCW 81.66.040
Certificate required—Transferability—Application—Carried in vehicle.
A private, nonprofit transportation provider may not operate in this state without first having obtained from the commission under this chapter a certificate. Any right, privilege, or certificate held, owned, or obtained by a private, nonprofit transportation provider may be sold, assigned, leased, transferred, or inherited as other property only upon authorization by the commission. The commission shall issue a certificate to any person or corporation who files an application, in a form to be determined by the commission, which sets forth:
(1) Satisfactory proof of its status as a private, nonprofit corporation;
(2) The kind of service to be provided;
(3) The number and type of vehicles to be operated, together with satisfactory proof that the vehicles are adequate for the proposed service and that drivers of such vehicles will be adequately trained and qualified;
(4) Satisfactory proof of insurance or surety bond, in accordance with RCW 81.66.050.
The commission may deny a certificate to a provider who does not meet the requirements of this section. Each vehicle of a private, nonprofit transportation provider must carry a copy of the provider's certificate.
[ 2007 c 234 § 43; 1979 c 111 § 7.]
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. › 81.66.050 - Insurance or bond required.

RCW 81.66.050
Insurance or bond required.
The commission shall, in the granting of certificates to operate any private, nonprofit transportation provider, 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 vehicle used or to be used in transporting persons for compensation. The commission shall fix the amount of the insurance policy or policies or surety bond, giving due consideration to the character and amount of traffic, the number of persons affected, and the degree of danger which the proposed operation involves. Such liability and property damage insurance or surety bond shall be maintained in force on each vehicle while so used. Each policy for liability of property damage insurance or surety bond required herein, shall be filed with the commission and kept in full force and effect, and failure to do so shall be cause for the revocation of the certificate.
[ 1979 c 111 § 8.]
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. › 81.66.060 - Suspension, revocation, or alteration of certificate.

RCW 81.66.060
Suspension, revocation, or alteration of certificate.
The commission may, at any time, by its order duly entered after notice to the holder of any certificate issued under this chapter, and an opportunity for a hearing, at which it is proven that the holder has willfully violated or refused to observe any of the commission's proper orders, rules, or regulations, suspend, revoke, alter, or amend any certificate issued under this chapter, but the holder of the certificate shall have all the rights of rehearing, review, and appeal as to the order of the commission as is provided for in chapter 34.05 RCW.
[ 2007 c 234 § 44; 2005 c 121 § 1; 1979 c 111 § 9.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 c 111: See note following RCW 46.74.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.68 - Auto Transportation Companies. › 81.68.010 - Definitions.

RCW 81.68.010
Definitions.
The definitions set forth in this section 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) "Auto transportation company" means every corporation or person, their lessees, trustees, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, controlling, operating, or managing any motor-propelled vehicle used in the business of transporting persons and their baggage on the vehicles of auto transportation companies carrying passengers, for compensation over any public highway in this state between fixed termini or over a regular route, and not operating exclusively within the incorporated limits of any city or town.
(4) "Public highway" means every street, road, or highway in this state.
(5) The words "between fixed termini or over a regular route" mean the termini or route between or over which any auto transportation company usually or ordinarily operates any motor-propelled vehicle, even though there may be departure from the termini or route, whether the departures are periodic or irregular. Whether or not any motor-propelled vehicle is operated by any auto transportation company "between fixed termini or over a regular route" within the meaning of this section is a question of fact, and the finding of the commission thereon is final and is not subject to review.
[ 2007 c 234 § 46; 1989 c 163 § 1; 1984 c 166 § 1; 1979 c 111 § 16; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 121 § 1; 1969 ex.s. c 210 § 10; 1961 c 14 § 81.68.010. Prior: 1935 c 120 § 1; 1921 c 111 § 1; RRS § 6387.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 c 111: See note following RCW 46.74.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.68 - Auto Transportation Companies. › 81.68.015 - Application of chapter restricted.

RCW 81.68.015
Application of chapter restricted.
This chapter does not apply to corporations or persons, their lessees, trustees, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever insofar as they own, control, operate, or manage taxicabs, hotel buses, school buses, or any other carrier that does not come within the term "auto transportation company" as defined in RCW 81.68.010.
This chapter does not apply to persons operating motor vehicles when operated wholly within the limits of incorporated cities or towns, and for a distance not exceeding three road miles beyond the corporate limits of the city or town in Washington in which the original starting point of the vehicle is located, and which operation either alone or in conjunction with another vehicle or vehicles is not a part of any journey beyond the three-mile limit.
This chapter does not apply to commuter ride sharing or ride sharing for persons with special transportation needs in accordance with RCW 46.74.010, so long as the ride-sharing operation does not compete with or infringe upon comparable service actually being provided before the initiation of the ride-sharing operation by an existing auto transportation company certificated under this chapter.
This chapter does not apply to a service carrying passengers for compensation over any public highway in this state between fixed termini or over a regular route if the commission finds, with or without a hearing, that the service does not serve an essential transportation purpose, is solely for recreation, and would not adversely affect the operations of the holder of a certificate under this chapter, and that exemption from this chapter is otherwise in the public interest. Companies providing these services must, however, obtain a permit under chapter 81.70 RCW.
This chapter does not apply to a service carrying passengers for compensation over any public highway in this state between fixed termini or over a regular route if the commission finds, with or without a hearing, that the service is provided pursuant to a contract with a state agency, or funded by a grant issued by the department of transportation, and that exemption from this chapter is otherwise in the public interest. Companies providing these services must, however, obtain a permit under chapter 81.70 RCW.
[ 2009 c 557 § 1; 2007 c 234 § 47; 1989 c 163 § 2; 1984 c 166 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.68 - Auto Transportation Companies. › 81.68.020 - Compliance with chapter required.

RCW 81.68.020
Compliance with chapter required.
A corporation or person, their lessees, trustees, or receivers or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, may not engage in the business of operating as a common carrier any motor-propelled vehicle for the transportation of persons and their baggage on the vehicles of auto transportation companies carrying passengers, between fixed termini or over a regular route for compensation on any public highway in this state, except in accordance with this chapter.
[ 2007 c 234 § 48; 1989 c 163 § 3; 1984 c 166 § 3; 1961 c 14 § 81.68.020. Prior: 1927 c 166 § 1; 1921 c 111 § 2; RRS § 6388.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.68 - Auto Transportation Companies. › 81.68.030 - Regulation by commission.

RCW 81.68.030
Regulation by commission.
The commission is vested with power and authority, and it is its duty to supervise and regulate every auto transportation company in this state as provided in this section. Under this authority, it shall for each auto transportation company:
(1) Fix, alter, and amend just, fair, reasonable, and sufficient rates, fares, charges, classifications, rules, and regulations;
(2) Regulate the accounts, service, and safety of operations;
(3) Require the filing of annual and other reports and of other data;
(4) Supervise and regulate the companies in all other matters affecting the relationship between such companies and the traveling and shipping public;
(5) By general order or otherwise, prescribe rules and regulations in conformity with this chapter, applicable to any and all such companies, and within such limits make orders.
The commission may, at any time, by its order duly entered after notice to the holder of any certificate under this chapter, and an opportunity for a hearing, at which it shall be proven that the holder willfully violates or refuses to observe any of the commission's proper orders, rules, or regulations, suspend, revoke, alter, or amend any certificate issued under the provisions of this chapter, but the holder of the certificate has all the rights of rehearing, review, and appeal as to the order of the commission as is provided for in chapter 34.05 RCW.
[ 2007 c 234 § 96; 2005 c 121 § 2; 1989 c 163 § 4; 1984 c 166 § 4; 1961 c 14 § 81.68.030. Prior: 1921 c 111 § 3; RRS § 6389.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.70 - Passenger Charter and Excursion Carriers. › 81.70.350 - Annual regulatory fee—Delinquent fee payments.

RCW 81.70.350
Annual regulatory fee—Delinquent fee payments.
(1) The commission shall collect from each charter party carrier and excursion service carrier holding a certificate issued pursuant to this chapter and from each interstate or foreign carrier subject to this chapter an annual regulatory fee, to be established by the commission but which in total shall not exceed the cost of supervising and regulating such carriers, for each bus used by such carrier.
(2) The fee prescribed under this section is due and payable on or before May 1st of each year, to cover operations during the calendar year in which the fee is paid.
(3) Any payment of the fee imposed by this section made after its due date shall include a late fee of two percent of the amount due. Delinquent fees shall accrue interest at the rate of one percent per month.
[ 2015 c 233 § 6; 1994 c 83 § 3; 1989 c 163 § 16; 1988 c 30 § 15.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.70 - Passenger Charter and Excursion Carriers. › 81.70.360 - Excursion service companies—Certificate.

RCW 81.70.360
Excursion service companies—Certificate.
No excursion service company may operate for the transportation of persons for compensation without first having obtained from the commission under the provisions of this chapter a certificate to do so. For the purposes of this section, "operate for the transportation of persons for compensation" includes advertising or soliciting, offering, or entering into an agreement to provide such service.
A certificate shall be issued to any qualified applicant therefor, authorizing the whole or any part of the operations covered by the application, if it is found that the applicant is fit, willing, and able to properly perform the services proposed and conform to the provisions of this chapter and the rules of the commission adopted under this chapter, and that such operations will be consistent with the public interest. Any right, privilege, or certificate held, owned, or obtained by an excursion service company may be sold, assigned, leased, transferred, or inherited as other property only upon authorization by the commission. For good cause shown the commission may refuse to issue the certificate, 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 such terms and conditions as, in its judgment, the public interest may require.
[ 2015 c 233 § 7; 1984 c 166 § 5. Formerly RCW 81.68.045.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.70 - Passenger Charter and Excursion Carriers. › 81.70.370 - Federal authority and registration for compensatory services.

RCW 81.70.370
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 § 54.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.70 - Passenger Charter and Excursion Carriers. › 81.70.380 - Party buses—Alcohol consumption requirements, penalty.

RCW 81.70.380
Party buses—Alcohol consumption requirements, penalty.
(1)(a) A charter party carrier or excursion service carrier operating a party bus must determine whether alcoholic beverages will be served or consumed in the passenger compartment of the vehicle. If it is expected that alcoholic beverages will be served or consumed in the passenger compartment, the permit holder must have obtained the appropriate liquor permit, provided a copy of the permit to the charter party carrier or excursion service carrier in advance of the trip, and be on the vehicle or reasonably proximate and available to the vehicle during the transportation service. The company must maintain the copy of the permit required with the contract of carriage.
(b) If the charter party carrier or excursion service carrier operating a party bus is the permit holder, the carrier must have a person separate from the driver be responsible for the permit holder requirements in this section and either chapter 66.20 or 66.24 RCW.
(c) The permit holder must:
(i) Be on the party bus or reasonably proximate and available to the vehicle during the transportation service;
(ii) Monitor and control party activities in a manner to prevent the driver from being distracted by the party activities; and
(iii) Assume responsibility for compliance with the terms of the special permit, if a permit is required, including compliance with RCW 66.44.270 concerning the prohibition against furnishing liquor to minors.
(2) If at any time the charter party carrier or excursion service carrier operating a party bus believes that conditions aboard the vehicle are unsafe due to party activities involving alcohol, the carrier must remove all alcoholic beverages and lock them in the party bus trunk or other locked compartment. The carrier may cancel the trip and return the passengers to the place of origin.
(3) This section does not limit the right of a charter party carrier or excursion service carrier to prohibit the consumption of alcohol aboard the vehicle.
(4) This section does not limit the right of a permit holder to seek indemnity from any person, corporation, or other entity other than the charter party carrier or excursion service carrier.
(5) This section does not relieve a passenger of legal responsibility for his or her own conduct or the permit holder of legal responsibility for compliance with Title 66 RCW.
(6) Any charter party carrier or excursion service carrier in violation of this section is subject to a penalty of up to five thousand dollars per violation.
[ 2015 c 233 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.70 - Passenger Charter and Excursion Carriers. › 81.70.390 - Passenger smoking on board prohibited.

RCW 81.70.390
Passenger smoking on board prohibited.
(1) A charter party carrier or excursion service carrier may not knowingly allow any passenger to smoke aboard a motor vehicle regulated under this chapter.
(2) For the purposes of this section, "smoke" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 70.160.020.
[ 2015 c 233 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.72 - Taxicab Companies. › 81.72.200 - Legislative intent.

RCW 81.72.200
Legislative intent.
The legislature finds and declares that privately operated taxicab transportation service is a vital part of the transportation system within the state and provides demand-responsive services to state residents, tourists, and out-of-state business people. Consequently, the safety, reliability, and economic viability and stability of privately operated taxicab transportation service are matters of statewide importance. The regulation of privately operated taxicab transportation services is thus an essential governmental function. Therefore, it is the intent of the legislature to permit political subdivisions of the state to regulate taxicab transportation services without liability under federal antitrust laws.
[ 1984 c 126 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.72 - Taxicab Companies. › 81.72.210 - Local regulatory powers listed.

RCW 81.72.210
Local regulatory powers listed.
To protect the public health, safety, and welfare, cities, towns, counties, and port districts of the state may license, control, and regulate privately operated taxicab transportation services operating within their respective jurisdictions. The power to regulate includes:
(1) Regulating entry into the business of providing taxicab transportation services;
(2) Requiring a license to be purchased as a condition of operating a taxicab and the right to revoke, cancel, or refuse to reissue a license for failure to comply with regulatory requirements;
(3) Controlling the rates charged for providing taxicab transportation service and the manner in which rates are calculated and collected, including the establishment of zones as the basis for rates;
(4) Regulating the routes of taxicabs, including restricting access to airports;
(5) Establishing safety, equipment, and insurance requirements; and
(6) Any other requirements adopted to ensure safe and reliable taxicab service.
[ 1984 c 126 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.72 - Taxicab Companies. › 81.72.220 - Cooperative agreements—Joint regulation.

RCW 81.72.220
Cooperative agreements—Joint regulation.
A city, town, county, or port district may enter into cooperative agreements with any other city, town, county, or port district for the joint regulation of taxicabs. Cooperative agreements may provide for, but are not limited to, the granting, revocation, and suspension of joint taxicab licenses.
[ 1984 c 126 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.72 - Taxicab Companies. › 81.72.240 - Rate adjustments—Industrial insurance, other costs—Requirement to train for hire operator.

RCW 81.72.240
Rate adjustments—Industrial insurance, other costs—Requirement to train for hire operator.
(1) Any city, town, county, or port district setting the rates charged for taxicab services under this chapter must adjust rates to accommodate changes in the cost of industrial insurance or in other industry-wide costs.
(2) Any business that as owner leases a taxicab licensed under this chapter to a for hire operator must make a reasonable effort to train the for hire operator in motor vehicle operation and safety requirements and monitor operator compliance. Monitoring operator compliance may include the use of vehicle operator monitoring cameras.
[ 2011 c 190 § 8.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2011 c 190: See note following RCW 51.12.185.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.75 - Transportation Centers. › 81.75.010 - Authorization to own and operate—Purpose.

RCW 81.75.010
Authorization to own and operate—Purpose.
It is desirable to a transportation system that convenient and comfortable terminals be established and maintained with the services of all modes of public transportation available to the public at such a center to the extent feasible. It is proper that cities, towns, counties, public transportation benefit area authorities, and municipal corporations of this state be authorized to own and operate transportation centers.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 217 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.75 - Transportation Centers. › 81.75.020 - Method of acquisition and operation prescribed—Grants—Consolidation of activities.

RCW 81.75.020
Method of acquisition and operation prescribed—Grants—Consolidation of activities.
Through its council or other legislative body, any city, town, county, public transportation benefit area authority, or other municipal corporation, authorized to operate public transportation services, may construct or otherwise acquire intermodal transportation centers by donation, lease, or purchase and may operate or let for purposes of leasing space at fair market value for the services set forth in RCW 81.75.030, and to perform other functions permitted by law, the centers or portions of the centers, for public or private purposes or for compensation or rental upon such conditions as its council or other legislative body shall from time to time prescribe. The city, town, county, public transportation benefit area authority, or municipal corporation, may apply for and receive grants from the federal government for purposes of funding a transportation center and may consolidate a transportation center with other lawful city or town activities.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 217 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › Chapter 81.75 - Transportation Centers. › 81.75.030 - Services available—Terms of usage.

RCW 81.75.030
Services available—Terms of usage.
To the extent feasible, the services available to the public at any transportation center may include taxi, auto rental, passenger trains, motor buses, travel agents, restrooms, food, telegraph, baggage handling, transfer and delivery of light freight and packages, commercial airlines, air charter, place of temporary rest for citizens and travelers (but not overnight), mail, private auto parking for users of public transportation through the transportation center, local transit, limousine, and any other use necessary to the foregoing.
Any city, town, county, public transportation benefit area authority, or municipal corporation, which elects to operate a transportation center shall operate the center for the general public good. The operator may establish the terms of usage for the various modes of transportation and for others that utilize its facilities, may make reasonable rules concerning public and private use, and may exclude all persons therefrom who refuse to comply with the terms or rules of use. The operator may own, operate, maintain, and manage a transportation center, but shall not engage in providing a transportation or other related service at the center unless otherwise authorized by law.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 217 § 3.]