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Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-149 - Tariff Circular No. 6 › Section 480-149-040 - General rules

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(1) When a tariff
			 or item in a tariff gives reference to another tariff, full number reference to
			 such tariff must be given unless otherwise specifically authorized by the
			 commission.
(2) If a tariff carries
			 joint rates or rates applying over more than one road, local routing and
			 junctions must be given.
(3) All
			 basing or proportional rates must clearly specify the extent and manner of
			 their use.
(4)
(a) All tariffs of transportation companies,
			 except water transportation companies, must carry a rule providing for
			 intermediate application which must apply except where a waiver of the long and
			 short haul statute (RCW 81.28.200 ) is specifically
			 authorized by the commission.
(b)
			 When the commission has issued an order granting to a carrier authority to
			 depart from the provisions of the "long and short haul statute," each tariff or
			 supplement issued and filed under such authority must bear a notation to the
			 following effect:
(i) "This tariff (or
			 supplement) contains rates that are higher for shorter than longer distances
			 over the same route. Such departure from the terms of
			 RCW
			 81.28.200, is permitted by authority of
			 W.U.T.C. order (or orders), as indicated in individual items of this tariff (or
			 supplement)."
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-149 - Tariff Circular No. 6 › Section 480-149-060 - Passenger tariffs

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Passenger tariffs shall contain:
(1) Rules and regulations which govern the
			 tariff, in clear and explicit terms, setting forth all privileges, stopovers,
			 extension of time limit, restrictions outlines in certificate, children's
			 fares, baggage rules, excess baggage rates, etc., and the following provision
			 with regard to the refund for unused and partly used tickets:
(a) "Unused tickets will be redeemed at the
			 purchase price. Unused portions of round trip or commutation tickets will be
			 redeemed by charging the regular fare or fares for the portion or portions used
			 and refunding the balance of the purchase price."
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-149 - Tariff Circular No. 6 › Section 480-149-110 - Amendments and supplements

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(1) A
			 change in or addition to a tariff shall be known as an amendment, and excepting
			 amendments to tariffs of less than three pages, and amendments to tariffs in
			 loose-leaf form, shall be published in a supplement to the tariff.
(2) No supplement shall be issued on tariffs
			 containing less than three pages or to tariffs in loose-leaf form except for
			 the purpose of canceling the tariff or unless specifically authorized by the
			 commission.
(3) Tariffs issued in
			 loose-leaf form can only be amended by issuing revised pages to the tariff
			 except as provided in subsection (2) of this rule. A revised page must carry
			 the same page number as is carried by the page which it cancels. For example,
			 1st revised page 1 cancels original page 1.
(4) When a participating party is eliminated
			 by supplement or revised page, such supplement or revised page must also
			 provide for cancellation of rates or fares in connection with that
			 party.
(5)
(a) Supplements to a tariff shall be numbered
			 consecutively. Each supplement shall specify on its title page the supplement
			 or supplements or tariffs which it cancels and shall also show what supplements
			 contain actual changes from the rates, fares, rules or regulations in the
			 original tariff.
(b) Purely
			 intrastate supplements to a tariff having interstate application may be
			 assigned the number of the last interstate supplement with capital letters of
			 the alphabet (used consecutively) added, such as "23A," except that if any
			 intrastate supplements are issued prior to Supplement No. 1, such intrastate
			 supplements will be identified with capital letters of the alphabet used
			 consecutively, such as "A," "B," etc.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-149 - Tariff Circular No. 6 › Section 480-149-120 - Notice required - Less than statutory notice

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(1) Unless more copies are specifically
			 requested by the commission, one copy of every tariff, supplement or revised
			 page must be filed with the commission and notice must be given to the public
			 by posting copies in a conspicuous place at each station affected thirty days
			 before the effective date thereof except as provided for in the following
			 sections of this rule or unless specifically authorized by the commission.
			 Filings received on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays will be considered as being
			 received on the following office day.
(2) The following tariffs may be filed on one
			 day's notice to the commission and to the public:
(a) Providing for the opening or closing of
			 navigation or traffic on rivers, harbors, lakes, highways or roads of the
			 state.
(b) Providing for the
			 movement of circuses.
(c) Providing
			 rates for new lines or extensions of lines or service not heretofore covered by
			 any similar form of transportation or service or not competitive with any
			 similar form of transportation or service.
If the new line, extension or service is covered by any form of
				transportation or service, and/or is competitive therewith, the tariff or
				supplement so filed, must provide the same rates or fares as those of the
				existing company unless full statutory notice is given prior to the beginning
				of operations.
(d)
			 Adoption, suspension or vacating supplements as provided for in WAC
			 480-149-110.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-149 - Tariff Circular No. 6 › Section 480-149-130 - Method of filing

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(1) All tariffs,
			 supplements or revised pages must be delivered to the commission free from all
			 charges.
(2) Each company or agent
			 must file tariffs under serial numbers of its own.
(3)
(a)
			 Copies of each tariff, supplement, revised page or other schedule shall be
			 included in one package and under one letter of transmittal.
(b) Letters of transmittal may be in
			 duplicate. In that event one copy will be stamped with the date received by the
			 commission and returned to the sender as a receipt for the
			 publication.
(c) Tariffs mailed for
			 filing must be addressed: Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission,
			 Olympia, Washington.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-149 - Tariff Circular No. 6 › Section 480-149-140 - Rates prescribed by the commission

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(1) Rates, fares, rules or regulations
			 prescribed by the commission in its decisions and orders in formal cases shall
			 be promulgated by the companies against which such orders are entered, in duly
			 published, filed and posted tariffs, supplements or revised pages which shall
			 show notation to that effect. Only the rates or fares so prescribed will carry
			 such notations. Notice shall be sent the commission that its decision or order
			 in Cause No.. . . . . . , has been complied with in item. . . . . . , page. . .
			 . . . of
Tariff No.
or supplement or revised page
			 No.. . . . to . . . . Tariff No.. . . . . . . .
(2) Unless otherwise specified in the
			 decision or order in the case, such tariff, supplement or revised page must be
			 made effective upon statutory notice to the commission and the public. Whether
			 made effective on less than statutory notice, or upon statutory notice, when an
			 entire tariff, supplement or revised page is issued in compliance with a
			 decision or order, such tariff, supplement or revised page shall bear on its
			 title page the notation "Issued in compliance with decision (or order) of the
			 Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission in Cause No.. . . . . . . .
			 "
If the decision or order of the commission affects only
				portions of the tariff, supplement or revised page, the above notice shall be
				shown in connection with each portion so affected.
Order R-16, § 480-149-140, filed 2/3/70; Public Service
				  Commission Cause No. T-9494, filed
				  4/5/61.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-149 - Tariff Circular No. 6 › Section 480-149-160 - Approval of rates by commission

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The filing of tariffs or supplements with the commission does
				not imply that the provisions thereof are approved, unless the commission has
				prescribed the rates, fares, rules, regulations or practices in an order, and
				companies must not in any way make such inference.
Order R-16, § 480-149-160, filed 2/3/70; Public Service
				  Commission Cause No. T-9494, filed
				  4/5/61.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-149 - Tariff Circular No. 6 › Section 480-149-170 - Suspension of tariffs

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(1) The
			 commission has power either on receipt of a complaint or protest or on its own
			 motion to suspend the rates, fares, charges, rentals or tolls of any public
			 service company as provided in
			 RCW
			 81.04.130.
(2) No tariff or any part of a tariff will be
			 suspended on a complaint or protest unless such complaint or protest is filed
			 in compliance with the commission's rules of practice and procedure.
(3) When a tariff or any part of a tariff is
			 suspended by the commission, supplements shall be filed as provided in WAC
			 480-149-110(10).
Order R-16, § 480-149-170, filed 2/3/70; Public Service
				  Commission Cause No. T-9494, filed
				  4/5/61.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-149 - Tariff Circular No. 6 › Section 480-149-180 - Discontinuance of service

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When permission of the Washington utilities and transportation
				commission has been secured for discontinuance of service, supplements must be
				issued canceling tariffs. Such supplements shall carry full reference to the
				permission granted by the commission.
Order R-16, § 480-149-180, filed 2/3/70; Public Service
				  Commission Cause No. T-9494, filed
				  4/5/61.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-149 - Tariff Circular No. 6 › Section 480-149-190 - Blank forms

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Blank forms of concurrence, power of attorney, adoption notice,
				revocation notice and application for permission to change rates on less than
				statutory notice, can be secured from the commission upon
				request.
Order R-16, § 480-149-190, filed 2/3/70; Public Service
				  Commission Cause No. T-9494, filed
				  4/5/61.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-149 - Tariff Circular No. 6 › Section 480-149-200 - Waiver of rules

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Request for special permission to waive the provisions of this
				tariff circular may be made, in writing only, to the commission. Such
				permission, if granted, will be given a special permission number by the
				commission. Applicants receiving permission to depart from the terms of this
				circular, must publish in tariffs exactly as granted and must show directly in
				connection therewith the special permission number and date issued, except as
				may be otherwise authorized by the commission.
Order R-16, § 480-149-200, filed 2/3/70; Public Service
				  Commission Cause No. T-9494, filed
				  4/5/61.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-149 - Tariff Circular No. 6 › Section 480-149-210 - Adoption of Interstate Commerce Commission regulations

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(1) Wherever the provisions of this tariff
			 circular do not fully cover all of the points which may arise, the rules of the
			 Interstate Commerce Commission's tariff circulars will apply and the commission
			 hereby adopts the rules promulgated by the Interstate Commerce Commission and
			 the tariff circulars issued by that body when same are not in conflict with the
			 regulations herein.
(2) Wherever
			 tariffs (or concurrences, etc.) having Washington intrastate application are
			 filed also with the Interstate Commerce Commission or with other state
			 commissions, and are in compliance with the applicable tariff circular of the
			 Interstate Commerce Commission or special waivers thereof, the tariffs will be
			 governed only [by] the opening paragraph of WAC
			 480-149-030 and subdivision
			 (1)(e) thereof of this circular, and the commission hereby adopts in full the
			 rules promulgated by the Interstate Commerce Commission and the tariff
			 circulars issued by that body.
Order R-16, § 480-149-210, filed 2/3/70; Public Service
				  Commission Cause No. T-9494, filed
				  4/5/61.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-160 - PILOTAGE RULES › Section 480-160-001 - Purpose of chapter

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(1)
Puget
			 Sound pilotage district
- The legislature has declared that tariffs for
			 pilotage services provided under chapter 88.16 RCW in the Puget Sound pilotage
			 district shall be established by the commission. The purpose of these rules is
			 to administer chapter 81.116 RCW in setting or amending pilotage tariff rates
			 or charges for pilotage services.
(2)
Grays Harbor pilotage
			 district
- The legislature has declared that in setting rates or charges
			 for pilotage services provided by the Grays Harbor pilotage district under
			 chapter 88.16 RCW, the commission will consider the recommendation of the port
			 district. The purpose of these rules is to administer chapter 81.116 RCW in
			 setting or amending pilotage tariff rates or charges for pilotage
			 services.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-160 - PILOTAGE RULES › Section 480-160-005 - Application

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Except for the vessels exempted under
				RCW
				88.16.070, every vessel that operates in the
				waters of the Puget Sound pilotage district or Grays Harbor pilotage district
				must employ a pilotage service provider licensed under the provisions of
				RCW
				88.16.090 and must pay the applicable
				pilotage rates and charges in accordance with the applicable
				tariff.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-160 - PILOTAGE RULES › Section 480-160-010 - Resolving disputes about the meaning of these rules

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Any person subject to these rules may seek a commission
				interpretation of a rule by filing with the commission a petition for
				declaratory order pursuant to WAC
				480-07-930
				or a petition under WAC
				480-07-370
				requesting clarification.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-160 - PILOTAGE RULES › Section 480-160-020 - Definitions

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"Commission"
means the utilities and
				transportation commission.
"File with the commission"
means filed with the
				commission's executive secretary pursuant to WAC
				480-07-140.
"Grays Harbor pilotage district"
shall have the
				same meaning as in
				RCW
				88.16.050(2).
"Person with a substantial interest"
means:
(a) A pilot or a group or association of pilots licensed under
				chapter 88.16 RCW;
(b) A vessel operator or other person using the services of a
				licensed pilot and paying pilotage fees and charges for such services or an
				organization representing vessel operators or persons; or
(c) Any other person or business entity that can show that a
				requested tariff change would be likely to have a substantial economic impact
				on its operations.
"Pilotage service provider"
means a person
				licensed by the state to provide marine pilotage services in the Grays Harbor
				pilotage district or Puget Sound pilotage district.
"Pro forma adjustments"
means a mechanism that
				gives effect for the test period to all known and measurable changes that are
				not offset by other factors.
"Puget Sound pilotage district"
shall have the
				same meaning as in
				RCW
				88.16.050(1).
"Rate design"
and
"rate structure"
mean an arrangement or system of rates and charges that produces revenues
				necessary to recover the costs of service and support economic and social goals
				and policies.
"Rates"
and
"charges"
mean prices for
				services that, when multiplied by the number of times a service is performed,
				determines the amount owed for the services.
"Serve"
or
"provide"
means to deliver
				to commission staff and parties in a proceeding documents that are filed with
				the commission or documents that are not filed with the commission but are
				formally exchanged between parties.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-160 - PILOTAGE RULES › Section 480-160-030 - Change of address, telephone number, or email

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A pilotage service provider must notify the commission in
				writing of any change in the provider's physical business address, business
				mailing address, business telephone number, or business email. This notice must
				be filed at least ten days before the effective date of the
				change.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-160 - PILOTAGE RULES › Section 480-160-040 - Exemptions from rules in chapter 480-160 WAC

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The commission may grant an exemption from the provisions of
				any rule in this chapter in the same manner, consistent with the standards, and
				according to the procedures set forth in WAC
				480-07-110.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-160 - PILOTAGE RULES › Section 480-160-050 - Records retention

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(1)
General provisions.
A pilotage service provider must keep all
			 business records and reports for at least three years following the date those
			 documents are created unless otherwise specified in these rules or unless a
			 longer retention period is required by another governmental entity.
(2) A pilotage service provider is deemed in
			 compliance with the requirements of this section (records retention), WAC
			 480-160-060 (reporting requirements), and 480-160-160 (complaints) if the
			 information required is provided by an organization of licensed pilots or an
			 employer on the pilotage service provider's behalf.
(3)
Customer service records.
A
			 pilotage service provider must maintain complete and accurate customer service
			 records for all customers the provider serves.
(a) A pilotage service provider must keep
			 customer service records on file in the provider's general office for at least
			 three years.
(b) Customer service
			 records must be retained either in a searchable electronic format, or in
			 alphabetical, service address, or service route order.
(c) Customer service records must show at
			 least the following information:
(i) The name
			 and service address of the customer;
(ii) The billing address of the customer, if
			 different than the service address;
(iii) Categories and quantity of pilotage or
			 other services provided, including extra services provided;
(iv) Information required to provide, on
			 customer request, a detailed description of the amount billed the
			 customer;
(v) Amounts
			 billed;
(vi) Amounts collected;
			 and
(vii) Any balance
			 due.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-160 - PILOTAGE RULES › Section 480-160-060 - Reporting requirements

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(1)
Annual reports.
An annual report is an end-of-the-year summary of
			 financial activity that each pilotage service provider is required to file with
			 the commission.
(a) Each year the commission
			 will make available on the commission web site an annual report form and
			 instructions for completing the form.
(b) A pilotage service provider must file a
			 complete and accurate annual report showing all requested information by May
			 1st of the succeeding year. Information provided in the annual report must be
			 consistent with source documents maintained at the provider's
			 offices.
(c) The commission may
			 grant an extension of time to allow a pilotage service provider to file its
			 annual report after the May 1st due date if the commission receives a request
			 for extension before April 15th.
(d) The commission may issue penalty
			 assessments if a provider fails to file its required annual report by May 1st
			 or any extended due date the commission has established.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-160 - PILOTAGE RULES › Section 480-160-070 - Commission compliance policy

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(1) The
			 commission encourages voluntary compliance with statutes, rules, and commission
			 orders.
(2) The commission will
			 enforce statutes, rules, and commission orders through:
(a) A program emphasizing education and
			 technical assistance.
(b) A
			 compliance program including:
(i)
			 Investigation and resolution of complaints;
(ii) Economic compliance audits including,
			 but not limited to, rates, charges, and billing practices; and
(iii) Cooperative agreements with other
			 agencies to enable effective enforcement and appropriate use of
			 resources.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-160 - PILOTAGE RULES › Section 480-160-080 - Fees

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The commission will assess fees to recover the reasonable costs
				the commission incurs to establish or amend the tariff rates of Grays Harbor
				pilotage district and Puget Sound pilotage district, respectively. The fees
				must be included in the respective marine pilotage tariffs and shall be
				appropriated from the pilotage account established in
				RCW
				88.16.061.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-160 - PILOTAGE RULES › Section 480-160-090 - Pilots must charge only approved rates

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No pilotage service provider shall charge, collect, or receive,
				and no person, firm, corporation, or association shall pay for pilotage or
				other services performed that is any greater, less, or in a different amount,
				directly or indirectly, than the rates or charges approved by the
				commission.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-160 - PILOTAGE RULES › Section 480-160-100 - Tariffs and rates-General

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(1) A
			 tariff is a publication containing the rates and charges for pilotage services,
			 including rules that govern how rates and charges are assessed.
(2) The commission establishes and amends the
			 tariffs that pilotage service providers serving the Puget Sound pilotage
			 district and Grays Harbor pilotage district must use.
(3) All regulated pilotage service providers
			 must comply with the rates, terms, conditions, and all other requirements in
			 the applicable tariff.
(4) Any
			 person with a substantial interest may petition the commission to update or
			 modify the rates, terms, or conditions contained in the applicable marine
			 pilotage district tariff.
(5) Any
			 proposed changes to the tariff must be provided using the electronic template
			 the commission provides.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-160 - PILOTAGE RULES › Section 480-160-110 - Tariffs-Changes must be identified

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Each change in rates, charges, terms, or conditions in a tariff
				must be clearly identified by including the appropriate code symbol immediately
				to the left of the material being changed. Symbols to indicate the type of
				changes are:
Code Symbol
Used to indicate:
(R)
Reductions in rates or charges
(I)
Increases in rates or charges
(C)
Changes resulting in neither increases nor decreases
(N)
New rates, terms, or conditions
(W)
Wording changes
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-160 - PILOTAGE RULES › Section 480-160-120 - Changing commission-published tariff-Puget Sound pilotage district

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(1) A person with a
			 substantial interest may petition the commission to modify the Puget Sound
			 pilotage district tariff, and the commission may propose tariff changes on its
			 own initiative.
(2) Persons must
			 file their proposed changes electronically using the commission's records
			 portal.
(3) Proposed changes must:
(a) Be made on the appropriate page(s) of the
			 existing tariff using the commission's tariff template.
(b) Identify the tariff item to be
			 changed.
(c) Fully describe the
			 proposed change.
(d) State clearly
			 the reason(s) for the proposed change.
(e) Include any information or documents that
			 justify the proposed change.
(f)
			 Provide name, title, address, telephone number, and email address of the person
			 or entity proposing the changes.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-160 - PILOTAGE RULES › Section 480-160-130 - Changing commission-published tariffs-Grays Harbor pilotage district

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(1) When the Grays
			 Harbor pilotage district files a notice of its recommended pilotage service
			 tariff with the commission, it must include:
(a) The district pilotage budget;
(b) The prior year pilotage financial
			 statement; and
(c) Official notice
			 of the public hearing held on the proposed tariff.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-160 - PILOTAGE RULES › Section 480-160-140 - Tariffs-Approval

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The commission's receipt of a filing to modify tariff rates,
				terms, or conditions does not mean that the proposed modifications are
				immediately effective or that the commission approves those revisions.
				Petitioners may not implement any proposed tariff modifications until the
				commission approves them or until the modified tariff becomes effective by
				operation of law.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-160 - PILOTAGE RULES › Section 480-160-150 - Tariffs-Suspension by the commission

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(1) Upon
			 receiving a complaint or protest concerning rates or charges, or on its own
			 initiative, the commission may suspend tariff rates, terms, or conditions as
			 provided in
			 RCW
			 81.04.130.
(2) The commission will not take action to
			 suspend a tariff, or any part of a tariff, based on a complaint or protest
			 concerning rates or charges unless the complaint or protest is filed in
			 compliance with the commission's rules of practice and procedure in chapter
			 480-07 WAC.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-160 - PILOTAGE RULES › Section 480-160-160 - Complaints-Rates and charges

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(1)
Pilotage service provider responsibility.
(a)
Complaints from customers.
When a pilotage service provider receives a complaint from a customer or an
			 applicant concerning rates or charges, it must:
(i) Acknowledge the complaint;
(ii) Investigate the matter
			 promptly;
(iii) Report the results
			 of the investigation to the complainant;
(iv) Take corrective action, if warranted, as
			 soon as appropriate under the circumstances;
(v) Inform the complainant that the pilotage
			 service provider's initial decision may be appealed to a higher level
			 representative of the pilotage service provider, if any;
(vi) Inform the complainant, if still
			 dissatisfied after speaking with the higher level representative, of the
			 commission's availability for review of the complaint; and
(vii) Provide the complainant with the
			 commission's mail and email addresses and toll free telephone number.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 484 - Veterans Affairs, Department of › Chapter 484-10 - Departmental headquarters › Section 484-10-005 - Purpose of organization

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The department of veterans affairs shall be the administrative body responsible for all duties and functions delegated to it by state law. Additionally, within budgetary limitations, it will initiate and maintain program control of:
(1) State veterans institutions.
(2) A system of veterans services, for veterans and their beneficiaries in various locations throughout the state, to provide claims and referral activities.
(3) Fiduciary services for eligible incompetent veterans and their beneficiaries.
Order 7659, §
										484-10-005, filed 7/28/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 484 - Veterans Affairs, Department of › Chapter 484-10 - Departmental headquarters › Section 484-10-010 - State veterans institutions

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(1) The
			 Washington soldiers home and colony, the Washington veterans home, the eastern
			 Washington veterans home, and the Walla Walla veterans home shall have,
			 respectively, a chief executive officer to be called an administrator. The
			 administrator shall be directly responsible to the director or designee, of the
			 department of veterans affairs.
(2)
			 The administrator shall be a licensed nursing home administrator in the state
			 of Washington.
Statutory Authority: RCW  43.60A.070. 10-04-027, §
										484-10-010, filed 1/26/10, effective 2/26/10; Order 7659, §
										484-10-010, filed 7/28/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 484 - Veterans Affairs, Department of › Chapter 484-10 - Departmental headquarters › Section 484-10-015 - Veterans services

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Field services for veterans and their beneficiaries shall be administered from the department of veterans affairs by a person designated by the director of the department. This designee shall be responsible for implementing departmental policy and maintaining program control, either directly and/or through contract administration.
Order 7659, §
										484-10-015, filed 7/28/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 484 - Veterans Affairs, Department of › Chapter 484-10 - Departmental headquarters › Section 484-10-020 - Personnel services

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Personnel services for departmental recruiting, testing and compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and policies shall be maintained by the department of veterans affairs.
The person responsible for administration of these services shall be designated by the director of the department.
Order 7659, §
										484-10-020, filed 7/28/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 484 - Veterans Affairs, Department of › Chapter 484-10 - Departmental headquarters › Section 484-10-025 - Administrative services

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Intradepartmental administrative services shall be provided by the department to include, but not be limited to: Accounting, purchasing, budget preparation, maintenance of supplies, and such management studies and program support functions as the director deems necessary.
Order 7659, §
										484-10-025, filed 7/28/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 484 - Veterans Affairs, Department of › Chapter 484-10 - Departmental headquarters › Section 484-10-030 - Fiduciary services

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Such fiduciary and other services mandated by RCW  43.60A.070 may be provided by the department of veterans affairs. Program administration and control shall be lodged in departmental headquarters, although the staff actually providing the services may be located elsewhere.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.60A.070. 80-09-069 (Order 80-01), §
										484-10-030, filed 7/17/80; Order 7659, §
										484-10-030, filed 7/28/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 484 - Veterans Affairs, Department of › Chapter 484-10 - Departmental headquarters › Section 484-10-035 - Veterans' affairs advisory committee

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Rules of operation.
(1) The committee shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) To serve in an advisory capacity to the governor and the director on all matters pertaining to the department of veterans affairs;
(b) To acquaint themselves fully with the operations of the department and recommend such changes to the governor and the director as they deem advisable.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 484 - Veterans Affairs, Department of › Chapter 484-10 - Departmental headquarters › Section 484-10-040 - Coordination with other agencies

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The department of veterans affairs shall be responsible for coordination with other agencies, both public and private, of all programs and projects affecting veterans and their beneficiaries, as its director may deem appropriate.
Order 7659, §
										484-10-040, filed 7/28/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 484 - Veterans Affairs, Department of › Chapter 484-10 - Departmental headquarters › Section 484-10-045 - Practice and procedures

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In those contested cases, declaratory proceedings, and requests for rule making in which the department of veterans affairs has authority to conduct hearings, practice and procedure shall be in accordance with those uniform rules promulgated by the code reviser and codified as chapter 1-21 WAC as now written or as hereafter amended except for those situations covered under WAC 484-20-105.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.60A.070 and chapter 72.36 RCW. 04-19-026, §
										484-10-045, filed 9/9/04, effective 10/10/04; Order 7659, §
										484-10-045, filed 7/28/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 484 - Veterans Affairs, Department of › Chapter 484-10 - Departmental headquarters › Section 484-10-050 - Exception to rules

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(1) The rules are necessarily based on conditions which are considered to apply in the great majority of situations. Individual circumstances may exist in which application of the rule seems to work in opposition to the objective desired. This may occur when an individual's situation differs from that of the majority or when his circumstances are peculiar. In these cases, exceptions may be considered.
(2) An exception cannot be made to a specific provision of the law. However, individual case exception to a rule or procedure not specifically enunciated in the law can be authorized by the department of veterans affairs when it appears to be in the best interest of overall economy and the individual's welfare.
(3) Exception decisions are not subject to the fair hearing procedure of WAC 484-20-105.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.60A.070 and chapter 72.36 RCW. 04-19-026, §
										484-10-050, filed 9/9/04, effective 10/10/04; Order 7659, §
										484-10-050, filed 7/28/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 484 - Veterans Affairs, Department of › Chapter 484-20 - State veterans homes › Section 484-20-010 - Definitions

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The following words or phrases are used in this chapter in the
						meaning given, unless the context clearly indicates another meaning.
(1) Admission team - A team consisting of a
					designated veterans benefit specialist, an admissions coordinator, and
					designated medical or nursing staff.
(2) Adjudicative proceeding - In accordance
					with RCW  34.05.010(1), an adjudicative proceeding is a proceeding before an
					agency in which an opportunity for hearing before that agency is required by
					statute or constitutional right before or after the entry of an action by the
					agency.
(3) Administrative action -
					An act (as defined in RCW  34.05.010(3))  taken by the agency or state veterans
					home which implements or enforces a statute, applies an agency rule or order,
					or imposes sanctions or withholds benefits.
(4) Comprehensive care plan - A plan which
					outlines details of health care for medicaid certified nursing facility
					residents.
(5) Cost of care.
(a) Daily rate - The daily charge for room
					and board, nursing care, and covered ancillary items and services.
(b) Private rate - The daily rate,
					established by WDVA, to provide care and services to residents who do not meet
					medicaid institutional long-term care eligibility requirements according to WAC
					182-513-1315. There is a different rate for nursing care and domiciliary
					care.
(c) Resident contribution -
					The monthly amount a resident pays to the state veterans home for the cost of
					care. If the resident is a medicaid recipient, the resident contribution is
					determined by the appropriate community service office. If the resident is not
					a medicaid recipient, the resident contribution is determined by the facility.
					The resident contribution is recalculated with any change in the resident's
					monthly income.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 484 - Veterans Affairs, Department of › Chapter 484-20 - State veterans homes › Section 484-20-015 - Application for admission

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(1) Applications
					for admission to a state veterans home shall be made using forms prescribed by
					the department.
(2) All
					applications shall include either a copy of the applicant's military discharge
					or a statement from the applicable military service denoting the dates and
					character of service. An individual whose eligibility is based on the military
					service of a spouse shall provide proof of the spouse's military
					service.
(3) An admissions team
					shall:
(a) Review each application to ensure
					inclusion of all information and documents necessary to determine eligibility
					for admission;
(b) For admission to
					a medicaid certified nursing facility, ensure a preadmission screening (in
					accordance with state regulations at WAC 388-97-1910 through 388-97-2000)  and
					if necessary a preadmission screening and resident review (PASRR) (in
					accordance with state regulations at WAC 388-97-2000)  have been conducted;
					and
(c) The applicant shall receive
					written notice of the decision in accordance with WAC 484-20-103.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 484 - Veterans Affairs, Department of › Chapter 484-20 - State veterans homes › Section 484-20-020 - Conditions of eligibility for admission

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An applicant shall be eligible for admission only if (s)he meets the requirements of chapter 72.36 RCW and this chapter.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.60A.070 and chapter 72.36 RCW. 94-22-050, §
										484-20-020, filed 10/31/94, effective 12/1/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.60A.070. 92-17-046, §
										484-20-020, filed 8/14/92, effective 9/14/92; 80-09-069 (Order 80-01), §
										484-20-020, filed 7/17/80; Order 7659, §
										484-20-020, filed 7/28/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 484 - Veterans Affairs, Department of › Chapter 484-20 - State veterans homes › Section 484-20-023 - Admission to a state veterans home

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(1) Each state
					veterans home maintains several waiting lists, one for each program or service
					offered. The names of applicants approved for admission shall be placed on the
					waiting list for the program or service which the admission team has determined
					shall be most appropriate based on their health care/service needs. Applicants
					shall be listed in order of approval.
(2) Applicants are admitted from the waiting
					lists in the order in which their applications are approved; subject to bed
					availability in the program or service area for which admission has been
					approved.
(3) An applicant may be
					denied admission, or be moved from one waiting list to another when in the
					interim between application approval and scheduled admission:
(a) The applicant's health care needs have
					changed to the extent that the program or service for which he/she was
					originally approved can no longer meet his/her health care needs; or
(b) The applicant's service needs have
					changed to such an extent that the facility can no longer meet the applicant's
					health care/service needs.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 484 - Veterans Affairs, Department of › Chapter 484-20 - State veterans homes › Section 484-20-024 - Resident payment information

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Prior to or shortly following admission, all residents receive information which states the resident contribution toward cost of care, the due date for monthly payments, the source of funds from which payment is to be made and the consequences of nonpayment.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.60A.070 and chapter 72.36 RCW. 94-22-050, §
										484-20-024, filed 10/31/94, effective 12/1/94.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 484 - Veterans Affairs, Department of › Chapter 484-20 - State veterans homes › Section 484-20-025 - Eligibility - State residency

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An applicant shall be a resident of the state of Washington at the time of application and at the time of admission to the state veterans home. An applicant shall be considered a Washington state resident if (s)he:
(1) Is living in the state at the time of application and has established residence either by declaring an intent to remain in the state or has an unbroken period of physical residence in the state;
(2) Is not living in this state at the time of application, but has demonstrated intent of remaining a resident of this state by maintaining a domicile or voting registration in this state or similar evidence of Washington state residency;
(3) Is not living in this state due to hospitalization or provision of similar care needs in another state resulting from transfer from a Washington state or federal health care or social service agency as long as the applicant has taken steps to maintain Washington state residency similar to subsection (2) of this section.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.60A.070 and chapter 72.36 RCW. 94-22-050, §
										484-20-025, filed 10/31/94, effective 12/1/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.60A.070. 92-17-046, §
										484-20-025, filed 8/14/92, effective 9/14/92; Order 7659, §
										484-20-025, filed 7/28/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 484 - Veterans Affairs, Department of › Chapter 484-20 - State veterans homes › Section 484-20-030 - Eligibility-Military service

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(1) An applicant
					must have served on active duty in:
(a) The
					armed forces of the United States government and must have received a discharge
					under honorable conditions; or
(b)
					The state militia, and have been disabled in line of duty or have received a
					discharge under honorable conditions; or
(c) The Coast Guard, Merchant Mariners, or
					other non-military organization when such service was recognized by the United
					States government as equivalent to service in the armed forces and have
					received a discharge under honorable conditions as evidenced by possession of a
					DD214, or similar document in accordance with WAC 484-20-015(2).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 484 - Veterans Affairs, Department of › Chapter 484-20 - State veterans homes › Section 484-20-035 - Eligibility-Transfer of resources

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Eligibility for admission as related to transfer of resources
						is determined by application of medical assistance eligibility rules as defined
						in chapter 182-513 WAC.
Statutory Authority: RCW  43.60A.070 and chapter 72.36 RCW. 04-19-026, §
										484-20-035, filed 9/9/04, effective 10/10/04; 94-22-050, §
										484-20-035, filed 10/31/94, effective 12/1/94. Statutory Authority: RCW  43.60A.070. 92-17-046, §
										484-20-035, filed 8/14/92, effective 9/14/92; 80-09-069 (Order 80-01), §
										484-20-035, filed 7/17/80; Order 7659, §
										484-20-035, filed 7/28/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 484 - Veterans Affairs, Department of › Chapter 484-20 - State veterans homes › Section 484-20-040 - Eligibility - Indigency

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Statutory Authority: RCW  43.60A.070 and chapter 72.36 RCW. 04-19-026, §
										484-20-040, filed 9/9/04, effective 10/10/04; 94-22-050, §
										484-20-040, filed 10/31/94, effective 12/1/94. Statutory Authority: RCW  43.60A.070. 92-17-046, §
										484-20-040, filed 8/14/92, effective 9/14/92; 85-20-099 (Order 85-01), §
										484-20-040, filed 10/1/85; 80-09-069 (Order 80-01), §
										484-20-040, filed 7/17/80; Order 7659, §
										484-20-040, filed 7/28/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 484 - Veterans Affairs, Department of › Chapter 484-20 - State veterans homes › Section 484-20-045 - Eligibility-Inability to support self/need for care

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To be eligible for admission an applicant must be in need
						of:
(1) Medicaid certified nursing
					facility care as described in chapter 182-513 WAC; or
(2) Nursing care other than medicaid
					certified nursing facility care; or
(3) Domiciliary care.
Statutory Authority: RCW  43.60A.070 and chapter 72.36 RCW. 04-19-026, §
										484-20-045, filed 9/9/04, effective 10/10/04; 94-22-050, §
										484-20-045, filed 10/31/94, effective 12/1/94. Statutory Authority: RCW  43.60A.070. 92-17-046, §
										484-20-045, filed 8/14/92, effective 9/14/92; Order 7659, §
										484-20-045, filed 7/28/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 484 - Veterans Affairs, Department of › Chapter 484-20 - State veterans homes › Section 484-20-055 - Eligibility-Surviving spouse of veteran

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The surviving spouse of a veteran may be admitted to a state
						veterans home provided:
(1) The
					veteran was a state resident at the time of death and would have been eligible
					for admission ; and
(2) The spouse
					or registered domestic partner:
(a) Meets the
					provisions of WAC 484-20-045; and
(b) Has not remarried or registered a new
					domestic partnership with the Washington state secretary of state, a person who
					is not a state resident or who is not eligible for admission.