Washington Administrative Code › Title 468 - Transportation, Department of (See Title 88) › Chapter 468-305 - General provisions › Section 468-305-001 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The following terms and acronyms shall have the meanings set
				forth as below.
"Administrative fee"
means a fee imposed by WSDOT
				for toll collection processing and other activities as set forth in chapter
				468-270 WAC.
"Administrative hearing"
means a hearing with an
				administrative law judge to contest WSDOT's written decision in response to a
				notice of dispute regarding a notice of civil penalty.
"Administrative law judge (ALJ)"
means a judge
				provided by the office of administrative hearings authorized to conduct
				administrative hearings.
"Auto Pay"
means the addition of money to an
				account using a customer's predesignated payment method.
"Civil penalty"
means the penalty assessed for any
				unpaid tolls.
"Commission"
means the transportation commission
				appointed by the governor of the state of Washington. The commission is
				responsible for setting toll rates, fees, schedules and exemptions under
				RCW
				 47.46.100,
				47.56.240,
				and
				47.56.850 et seq.
"Customer service center (CSC)"
means the place
				that customers can contact by phone, mail, in person, fax or internet to open
				and manage a toll account, and receive services regarding their account and
				information about state toll facilities.
"Department"
means the Washington state department
				of transportation (WSDOT).
"Department of licensing (DOL)"
means the agency
				that maintains vehicle registration information.
"Dishonored check"
means any check returned to
				WSDOT by a financial institution for any reason, including nonacceptance,
				nonpayment, nonsufficient funds, stop payment, or missing signature, unless a
				justifiable stop payment order exists.
"Dishonored credit card transaction"
means a
				credit card transaction that is not approved by the entity that issued the
				credit card.
"Dispute"
means a customer's contact with the
				department, online, by phone or in writing, to dispute a fee, toll bill and/or
				notice of civil penalty.
"Dynamic toll pricing"
means toll rates that vary
				automatically based on the real-time volume and/or performance of traffic in
				order to maximize the performance of the highway facility being tolled.
"Express toll lanes"
means one or more highway
				lanes that can be used by authorized high-occupancy vehicles, and by
				toll-paying vehicles, where dynamic toll pricing is used to maintain travel
				speed and reliability.
"Facility"
means a toll transportation
				facility.
"Final order"
means the decision provided by the
				administrative law judge (ALJ) in response to an administrative hearing.
"
Good To Go!
T"
means the name of
				the state's toll collection system and is a registered trademark.
"
Good To Go!
T account"
means an
				account that is linked to a Pass and/or license plate in order to pay
				tolls.
"
Good To Go!
T customer"
means a
				toll customer who participates in the department's
Good To
				Go!
T tolling program.
"
Good To Go!
T Pass (Pass)"
means
				a branded device attached to a toll customer's vehicle that electronically
				identifies the toll customer's vehicle as it passes through the toll
				facility.
"Hearing request"
means a request to dispute a
				Notice of Civil Penalty.
"Invoice account"
means a restricted account
				available only to government agencies and other limited cases where the
				customer is invoiced monthly.
"Nonsufficient funds"
means a dishonored check,
				for any reason, presented to WSDOT in payment of any toll transaction.
"Notice of civil penalty (NOCP)"
means the notice
				that is sent to the account holder or registered vehicle owner for failure to
				pay a toll by the toll payment due date, and for which a civil penalty is
				assessed.
"Notice of dishonored credit card transaction"
means that notice was sent to the account holder or registered vehicle owner
				that a transaction authorized by a toll customer is not honored by the
				financial institution for any reason except for the existence of a stop payment
				order.
"Notice of nonsufficient funds (NSF)"
means the
				notice sent to a toll customer who presented a dishonored check to WSDOT in
				payment of any toll transaction or fee.
"Office of administrative hearings (OAH)"
means
				Washington state office of administrative hearings who provides independent
				adjudication services for the state's tolling program.
"Pay As You Go"
means the account payment option
				where the account is charged at regular intervals based on use. This option
				requires the customer to provide a valid debit or credit card and no prepaid
				balance is necessary.
"Pay By Mail"
means the method used to pay a toll
				when a toll bill is mailed to the vehicle's registered owner. Tolls charged
				using Pay By Mail are charged the designated Pay By Mail toll rate.
"Pay By Plate"
means the optional method used to
				pay a toll by an account holder whose vehicle does not have a
Good To
				Go!
T Pass installed. Tolls charged using Pay By Plate are charged the
				designated
Good To Go!
T toll rate and a Pay By Plate
				fee.
"Payment transaction"
means a record of activity
				created by the customer service center as a result of a customer
				payment.
"RCW"
means the Revised Code of Washington.
"State"
means the state of Washington.
"Tacoma Narrows Bridge"
means the toll facility
				located on SR 16 in Pierce County, Washington.
"Toll"
means the charge for the use of a state
				toll facility
"Toll bill (Pay By Mail toll bill)"
means a bill
				that is sent to the account holder or registered owner of a vehicle.
"Toll collection system (TCS)"
means any system
				that creates a toll transaction and includes both electronic and photo toll
				collection systems, and cash (where available).
"Toll customer"
means anyone who passes through a
				Washington state toll transportation facility.
"Toll enforcement officer"
means any person
				authorized by WSDOT to review and certify notices of civil penalty
				(NOCP).
"Toll payment due date"
means the date when a toll
				bill must be paid.
"Toll transaction"
means a record of activity
				created by the toll collection system as a result of a vehicle traveling
				through a tolling point.
"Unregistered toll account"
means a uniquely
				identifiable type of account that does not contain customer name, address, or
				vehicle information and requires the use of a pass and manual
				replenishment.
"Variable toll pricing"
means toll rate schedule
				that varies by time of day in order to maximize the performance of the highway
				facility being tolled.
"WSDOT"
means Washington state department of
				transportation, any division, section, office, unit or other entity within
				Washington state department of transportation, and any of the officers or other
				officials lawfully representing Washington state department of
				transportation.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   46.63.160,
				  47.46.105,
				  47.56.010,
				  47.56.030(1),
				  47.56.070,
				  47.56.403,
				  47.56.785,
				  47.56.795. 11-07-039, §
				  468-305-001, filed 3/14/11, effective 12/3/11 at 12:00 a.m. per WSR
				  11-24-042.