Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-15 - Household goods carriers › Part 1 - GENERAL › Part 1.3 - Compliance with this Chapter › Section 480-15-145 - Enforcement

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The commission has a number of options available to enforce
					 its statutes, rules, orders and tariff requirements, as follows:
(1)
										RCW
				  81.04.110 allows the commission to file a
				  complaint and hold a hearing.
(2)
										RCW
				  81.04.260 allows the commission to file in
				  court for an immediate injunction for violations of law, commission rule,
				  order, direction or requirement of the commission.
(3)
										RCW
				  81.04.380 allows penalties against public
				  service companies of up to one thousand dollars for each violation for each day
				  the violation occurs or continues to occur.
(4)
										RCW
				  81.04.387 allows penalties against
				  corporations, other than public service companies, of up to one thousand
				  dollars for each offense.
(5)
										RCW
				  81.04.390 provides that violations may be
				  treated as misdemeanors.
(6)
										RCW
				  81.04.405 allows penalties of one hundred
				  dollars for each violation for each day the violation occurs or continues to
				  occur. These penalties are issued through a penalty assessment with a
				  fifteen-day response period.
(7)
										RCW
				  81.04.510 allows the commission to issue
				  cease and desist orders against a carrier operating without a permit.
(8) Section 4(5), chapter 94, Laws of 2009
				  (HB 1536), allows a penalty of up to ten thousand dollars per violation for any
				  person who engages in business as a household goods carrier in violation of a
				  cease and desist order.
(9)
										RCW
				  81.80.280 allows the commission to cancel,
				  suspend, alter, or amend a permit for violations of federal or state law, or
				  commission rule.
(10) Section
				  4(4), chapter 94, Laws of 2009 (HB 1536), allows a penalty of up to five
				  thousand dollars to any carrier operating without a permit. If the basis for
				  the violation is advertising, each advertisement reproduced, broadcast, or
				  displayed via a particular medium constitutes a separate violation.
(11)
										RCW
				  81.80.355 provides that advertising without a
				  permit may be treated as a misdemeanor.
(12)
										RCW
				  81.80.357 allows a penalty of five hundred
				  dollars for each violation when a carrier does not include its permit number,
				  physical address, and telephone number in its advertisements.
(13) WAC
				  480-120-172 allows a
				  telecommunications company to disconnect a customer's service if that service
				  is used for illegal purposes, such as operating without a permit issued by the
				  commission.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040,
					 80.04.160,
					 34.05.353, and 2009 c 94. WSR
					 09-24-104 (Docket TV-091038, General Order R-556), § 480-15-145, filed
					 12/2/09, effective 1/2/10. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040,
					 80.04.160,
					 81.04.250,
					 81.28.040,
					 81.80.120,
					 81.80.130 and
					 81.80.290. WSR 08-02-049 (Docket
					 TV-070466, General Order R-547), § 480-15-145, filed 12/27/07, effective
					 1/27/08.