RCW 81.61.010 Definitions. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) “Contract crew transportation vehicle,” as used in this chapter, means every motor vehicle, designed to transport fifteen or fewer passengers, including the driver, that is owned, leased, operated, or maintained by a person contracting with a railroad company or its agents, contractors, subcontractors, vendors, subvendors, […]
RCW 81.61.020 Minimum standards for safe maintenance and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles—Rules and orders—Scope. The utilities and transportation commission shall adopt rules and orders necessary to ensure that every passenger-carrying vehicle provided by a railroad company to transport employees in the course of their employment is maintained and operated in a safe manner when it […]
RCW 81.61.030 Rules and orders—Adoption and enforceability—Hearings—Notice. Any rules or orders adopted under this chapter shall be subject to the requirements of, and enforceable by the penalties imposed by chapter 81.04 RCW. Any interested person or group may request notice of, and participate in any hearings or proceedings held pursuant to this chapter. The commission […]
RCW 81.61.040 Inspection of railroad crew transportation vehicles. (1) The commission may, in enforcing rules and orders under this chapter, inspect any passenger-carrying vehicle or contract crew transportation vehicle. Upon request, the chief of the state patrol may assist the commission in these inspections. (2) Consistent with RCW 81.61.050, the commission must develop an inspection […]
RCW 81.61.050 Contract railroad crew transportation and vehicles—Commission duties and powers. (1) The commission must regulate persons providing contract railroad crew transportation and every contract crew transportation vehicle with respect to driver qualifications, equipment safety, safety of operations, hours of service by drivers, passenger safety, drug testing requirements, and record retention. This regulation must be […]
RCW 81.61.060 Operation of contract crew transportation vehicle—Grounds for disqualification, reporting. (1) A person is immediately and automatically disqualified from operating a contract crew transportation vehicle for a period of three years if (a) the person is convicted of, or is found to have committed, two or more traffic violations that result in suspension or […]
RCW 81.61.070 Safety complaint, accident, and penalty data compilation—Exemption. (1) The commission must compile data regarding any reported safety complaints, accidents, regulatory violations and fines, and corrective actions taken by the commission involving vehicles regulated under this chapter. A railroad company, and any person that owns or leases, operates, or maintains contract crew transportation vehicles in […]
