Opinion ID: 1230017
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Heading: the trial court properly awarded transcript fees to the commission

Text: [15] Whidbey, GTE, and WITA each initiated suit under RCW 34.05.510 et seq. RCW 34.05.566(5)(b) governs remedies under RCW 34.05.510 et seq. It provides for remedies [i]n accordance with any provision of law. RCW 80.04.170 is a provision of law, permitting the Commission to recover [t]he reasonable cost of preparing the transcript of testimony taken before the commission. Whether the fee is actually applied toward the cost of preparing the transcript is irrelevant. See Taylor-Edwards Warehouse & Transfer Co. v. Department of Pub. Serv., 22 Wn.2d 565, 571, 157 P.2d 309 (1945). The award of transcript fees is affirmed. ANDERSEN, C.J., and DOLLIVER, DURHAM, SMITH, GUY, JOHNSON, and MADSEN, JJ., concur. Reconsideration denied April 28, 1994.