RCW 46.72A.010 Finding and intent. The legislature finds and declares that privately operated limousine transportation service is a vital part of the transportation system within the state and provides prearranged transportation services to state residents, tourists, and out-of-state business people. Consequently, the safety, reliability, and stability of privately operated limousine transportation services are matters of […]
RCW 46.72A.020 Engagement of and fares for carrier services—Service records—Carrier information—Penalties—Rules. (1) Contact by a customer or customer’s agent to engage the services of a carrier’s limousine must be initiated by a customer or customer’s agent at a time and place different from the customer’s time and place of departure. The fare for service must […]
RCW 46.72A.030 Regulation—Inspection—Fees—Penalties. (1) The department, in conjunction with the Washington state patrol, shall regulate limousine carriers with respect to entry, safety of equipment, chauffeur qualifications, and operations. The department shall adopt rules and require such reports as are necessary to carry out this chapter. The department may develop penalties for failure to comply with […]
RCW 46.72A.040 State preemption—Exceptions. Except when a port district regulates limousine carriers under RCW 46.72A.030 or a city with a population of five hundred thousand or more is authorized under RCW 46.72A.150 to enforce state laws or rules applicable to limousine carriers, limousines, and chauffeurs, subject to the limitations set forth in RCW 46.72A.150, the […]
RCW 46.72A.050 Registration—Carrier license, vehicle certificates required—Rules—Penalty. (1) No limousine carrier may operate a limousine upon the highways of this state without first being properly registered as a business in Washington and having been issued a unified business identifier. (2) In addition, a limousine carrier shall obtain from the department a limousine carrier license for […]
RCW 46.72A.060 Insurance—Amount—Penalty. (1) The department shall require limousine carriers to obtain and continue in effect, liability and property damage insurance from a company licensed to sell liability insurance in this state for each limousine used to transport persons for compensation. (2) The department shall fix by rule coverages and limits, and prohibit provisions that […]
RCW 46.72A.070 Vehicle certificates—Issuance of new or duplicate certificate—Penalty. (1) If the limousine carrier substitutes a liability and property damage insurance policy after a vehicle certificate has been issued, a new vehicle certificate is required. The limousine carrier shall submit the substituted policy to the department for approval, together with a fee. If the department […]
RCW 46.72A.080 Advertising—Penalties. (1) No limousine carrier may advertise without listing the carrier’s unified business identifier issued by the department in the advertisement and specifying the type of service offered as provided in RCW 46.04.274. No limousine carrier may advertise or hold itself out to the public as providing taxicab transportation services. (2) All advertising, […]
RCW 46.72A.090 Chauffeurs—Criteria for, physical exams. (1) The limousine carrier shall, before a chauffeur operates a limousine, provide proof in a form approved by the department to the appropriate regulating authority that each chauffeur hired to operate a limousine meets the following criteria administered or monitored by the department or an authority approved by the […]
RCW 46.72A.100 Unprofessional conduct—Sanctions—Chauffeur. The director may impose any of the sanctions specified in RCW 18.235.110 for unprofessional conduct as described in RCW 18.235.130 or if one of the following is true of a chauffeur hired to drive a limousine, including where such a chauffeur is also the carrier: (1) The person has been convicted […]
RCW 46.72A.110 Deposit of fees. The department must transmit all license and vehicle certificate fees received under this chapter, together with a proper identifying report, to the state treasurer to be deposited by the state treasurer in the highway safety fund. Appropriations from the highway safety fund will support expenses incurred in carrying out the […]
RCW 46.72A.120 Rules and fees. The department may adopt and enforce such rules, including the setting of fees, as may be consistent with and necessary to carry out this chapter. The fees must approximate the cost of administration. Any fee related to limousine vehicle certificates must not exceed seventy-five dollars. Any fee related to a […]
RCW 46.72A.130 Continued operation of existing limousines. A vehicle operated as a limousine under *chapter 81.90 RCW before April 1, 1996, may continue to operate as a limousine even though it may not meet the definition of limousine in RCW 46.04.274 as long as the owner is the same as the registered owner on April […]
RCW 46.72A.140 Uniform regulation of business and professions act. The uniform regulation of business and professions act, chapter 18.235 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses, and the discipline of licensees under this chapter by the department. [ 2011 c 374 § 11; 2002 c 86 § 296.] NOTES: Effective date—2011 c […]
RCW 46.72A.150 Cooperative agreements with cities with populations of five hundred thousand or more—Enforcement authority, limitations. (1) The department may enter into cooperative agreements with cities with populations of five hundred thousand or more for the purpose of enforcing state laws or rules applicable to limousine carriers and chauffeurs. This power to enforce includes the […]
RCW 46.72A.160 Limousine carriers account. (1) The limousine carriers account is created in the state treasury. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all receipts from each civil infraction and violation imposed by this chapter must be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account must be spent only after appropriation. (2) Expenditures from the account […]
