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Home » US Law » 2022 Revised Code of Washington » Title 81 - Transportation » Chapters » Chapter 81.68 - Auto Transportation Companies.

81.68.010 – Definitions.

RCW 81.68.010 Definitions. The definitions set forth in this section apply throughout this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) “Corporation” means a corporation, company, association, or joint stock association. (2) “Person” means an individual, firm, or a copartnership. (3) “Auto transportation company” means every corporation or person, their lessees, trustees, receivers, or trustees […]

81.68.015 – Application of chapter restricted.

RCW 81.68.015 Application of chapter restricted. This chapter does not apply to corporations or persons, their lessees, trustees, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever insofar as they own, control, operate, or manage taxicabs, hotel buses, school buses, or any other carrier that does not come within the term “auto transportation company” as defined […]

81.68.020 – Compliance with chapter required.

RCW 81.68.020 Compliance with chapter required. A corporation or person, their lessees, trustees, or receivers or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, may not engage in the business of operating as a common carrier any motor-propelled vehicle for the transportation of persons and their baggage on the vehicles of auto transportation companies carrying passengers, between […]

81.68.030 – Regulation by commission.

RCW 81.68.030 Regulation by commission. The commission is vested with power and authority, and it is its duty to supervise and regulate every auto transportation company in this state as provided in this section. Under this authority, it shall for each auto transportation company: (1) Fix, alter, and amend just, fair, reasonable, and sufficient rates, […]

81.68.040 – Certificate of convenience and necessity.

RCW 81.68.040 Certificate of convenience and necessity. An auto transportation company shall not operate for the transportation of persons and their baggage for compensation between fixed termini or over a regular route in this state, without first having obtained from the commission under this chapter a certificate declaring that public convenience and necessity require such […]

81.68.046 – Temporary certificates—Waiver of provisions during state of emergency.

RCW 81.68.046 Temporary certificates—Waiver of provisions during state of emergency. The commission may, with or without a hearing, issue temporary certificates to engage in the business of operating an auto transportation company, but only after it finds that the issuance of the temporary certificate is consistent with the public interest. The temporary certificate may be […]

81.68.050 – Filing fees.

RCW 81.68.050 Filing fees. Any application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity or amendment thereof, or application to sell, lease, mortgage, or transfer a certificate of public convenience and necessity or any interest therein, shall be accompanied by such filing fees as the commission may prescribe by rule: PROVIDED, That such fee shall […]

81.68.060 – Liability and property damage insurance—Surety bond.

RCW 81.68.060 Liability and property damage insurance—Surety bond. In granting certificates to operate any auto transportation company, for transporting for compensation persons and their baggage on the vehicles of auto transportation companies carrying passengers, the commission shall require the owner or operator to first procure liability and property damage insurance from a company licensed to […]

81.68.065 – Self-insurers exempt as to insurance or bond.

RCW 81.68.065 Self-insurers exempt as to insurance or bond. Any auto transportation company authorized to transport persons for compensation on the highways and engaging in interstate, or interstate and intrastate, operations within the state of Washington which is or becomes qualified as a self-insurer with the federal motor carrier safety administration of the United States […]

81.68.080 – Penalty.

RCW 81.68.080 Penalty. Every officer, agent, or employee of any corporation, and every other person who violates or fails to comply with, or who procures, aids, or abets in the violation of any provisions of this chapter, or who fails to obey, observe, or comply with any order, decision, rule or regulation, direction, demand, or […]

81.68.090 – Scope of chapter.

RCW 81.68.090 Scope of chapter. This chapter applies to persons and motor vehicles engaged in interstate or foreign commerce to the full extent permitted by the Constitution and laws of the United States. [ 2007 c 234 § 53; 1961 c 14 § 81.68.090. Prior: 1921 c 111 § 8; RRS § 6394.]

81.68.100 – Federal authority and registration for compensatory services.

RCW 81.68.100 Federal authority and registration for compensatory services. It is unlawful for any motor carrier to perform a transportation service for compensation upon the public highways of this state without first having secured appropriate federal authority from the United States department of transportation, if such authority is required, and without first having registered with […]