Washington Administrative Code

(1) The commission will issue a common carrier permit to any applicant that files an application satisfying the requirements of WAC 480-14-180 and that files insurance in accordance with the requirements of WAC 480-14-250.(2) The commission may dismiss an incomplete application. …

Common carriers defined as providing "armored car service" under WAC 480-14-040(8), when transporting cash or coin with a value exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, are subject to the following provisions:(1) The vehicle must be accompanied by at least two armed security guard…

(1) An application to change carrier name or business structure is required when:(a) The carrier changes its registered name, with no change in ownership or business structure.(b) The carrier changes its business structure:(i) From an individual to a corporation or limited liabil…

(1) A common carrier may apply to reinstate a canceled permit within ten months of the cancellation date provided the carrier:(a) Corrects the cause of cancellation.(b) Satisfies any outstanding fees or filings.(c) Submits the appropriate application and fee as required in WAC 48…

A common carrier may not operate any of its equipment while its permit is suspended or canceled.(1) Involuntary suspension.(a) The commission may suspend or cancel a carrier's permit if the carrier fails to maintain evidence that it has insurance in effect for its operations as r…

(1) When the holder of a common carrier permit is called into or enters the military service of the United States and must cease its common carrier operations, the carrier may apply to the commission, at no charge, for inactive status. The written, informal application must inclu…

(1) Required insurance coverage. Each applicant for common carrier authority and each common carrier must file with the commission evidence of currently effective liability and property damage insurance written by a company authorized to write such insurance in the state of Washi…

No person may perform interstate transportation service for compensation upon the public roads of this state without first having secured appropriate authority from the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) or its successor agency.[Statutory Authority: RCW 80.01.040 …

A carrier operating under interstate authority issued by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) or its successor agency must register with the commission and pay fees as required by the Uniform Carrier Registration (UCR) program or any successor program as require…

WAC 480-14-999In this chapter, the commission adopts by reference all or portions of regulations and standards identified below. They are available for inspection at the commission library. The publication, effective dates, references within this chapter, and availability of the …

Commission means Washington utilities and transportation commission.Net utility plant in service means plant in service less accumulated depreciation and amortization.Public service company means every gas company, electrical company, and water company subject to regulation under…

(1) The commission may grant an exemption of any rule in this chapter, if consistent with the public interest, the purposes underlying regulation, and applicable statutes.(2) To request a rule exemption, a person must file with the commission a written request identifying the rul…

The following public service companies with annual gross operating revenues exceeding two hundred fifty thousand dollars must file budgets with the commission:(1) Gas companies; and(2) Electrical companies.[Statutory Authority: RCW 80.01.040(4), 80.04.160, and 80.40.320. WSR 06-0…

The budget for the ensuing fiscal year must be filed with the commission within ten days after it is approved by the company, but no later than sixty days after the beginning of the company's fiscal year.[Statutory Authority: RCW 80.04.160, 80.01.040 and 80.04.300 through 80.04.3…

Budgets, in a format selected by the reporting company, must show amounts needed for construction, operation and maintenance during the ensuing year. The reporting company must provide the information by industry (water, gas, and electrical) to the extent such information has bee…

The commission may, in its discretion, to the extent permitted by RCW 80.04.095 and chapter 42.17 RCW, upon the request of any public service company, withhold from publication, any portion of any budget designated as confidential pursuant to WAC 480-07-160.[Statutory Authority: …

The commission may, in its discretion, require any public service company to furnish information, data or detail as to any proposed expenditure.[Order R-5, § 480-140-180, filed 6/6/69, effective 10/9/69.]

The rules in this chapter apply to any public service company that meets the requirements for commission regulation or jurisdiction under RCW 80.04.010. The rules do not apply to a local exchange company that serves less than two percent of the access lines in the state of Washin…

Any filing under this chapter must be made at the commission by mail or in person or as the commission otherwise may provide.[Statutory Authority: RCW 80.01.040 and 80.04.160. WSR 99-08-055 (Order R-461, Docket No. A-980084), § 480-143-110, filed 4/1/99, effective 5/2/99.]

A public service company may not complete a transfer of property necessary or useful to perform its public duties unless the company first applies for, and obtains, commission approval. Transfers include sale, lease, assignment of all or part of a public service company's propert…

A public service company may not acquire any franchise, property, facility, capital stock, or bonds of another public service company unless it first applies for, and obtains, commission approval. Applications must describe the proposed acquisitions in detail and include the publ…

Applicants must state all facts that support each application. Each application must be dated and signed by the applicant, the applicant's authorized representative, or the applicant's attorney. Whoever signs the application must certify that the information it includes is true a…

If a company other than a public service company proposes to acquire franchises, property, or facilities from a public service company, the commission may require a sworn statement from the purchaser that includes any resulting changes in rates, services, or equipment that may af…

The commission will examine all applications for transfers and accompanying exhibits. The commission may set an application for hearing and require all parties to the transaction to appear and give testimony.[Statutory Authority: RCW 80.01.040 and 80.04.160. WSR 99-08-055 (Order …

If, upon the examination of any application and accompanying exhibits, or upon a hearing concerning the same, the commission finds the proposed transaction is not consistent with the public interest, it shall deny the application.[Statutory Authority: RCW 80.01.040 and 80.04.160.…

A public service company must not dispose of any property necessary or useful to perform its public duties unless it first applies for, and obtains, written authority from the commission.Necessary or useful includes all property except items that:(1) Are substituted with or repla…

Every public service company must file with the commission by March 1 of each year a detailed list of all items transferred without commission approval during the previous calendar year, except items whose fair market value is less than the greater of .01% of the public service c…

A telephone utility may lease its properties to another telephone utility without prior commission approval if:(1) The properties are not essential to the lessor's provision of telephone service;(2) The properties are used to transmit interexchange messages between subscribers of…

(1) Whenever a public service company files an application to merge or consolidate any of its franchises, property or facilities with any other company, it must provide notice to customers. This notice must be provided thirty days before the commission's open meeting date when th…

(1) All tariffs and supplements thereto must be in book, pamphlet or loose leaf form and printed or typed on hard calendered paper with not smaller than 8 point type, except that 6 point bold face type may be used for reference marks and except as provided in WAC 480-149-030 (1)(…

(1) All printed or typewritten tariffs and supplements must indicate all changes in rates, fares, charges, rules, regulations or classifications by use of the following symbols in connection with such changes:or (R) to denote reductionsor (A) to denote increasesor (C) to denote c…

(1) The title page of every tariff or supplement must show not less than thirty days' notice, or bear plain notation to the number and date of the permission or rule or decision of the commission under which it is effective on less than such statutory notice. The title page of ev…

(1) When a tariff or item in a tariff gives reference to another tariff, full number reference to such tariff must be given unless otherwise specifically authorized by the commission.(2) If a tariff carries joint rates or rates applying over more than one road, local routing and …

Freight tariffs shall contain:(1) Table of contents (unless otherwise specifically authorized by the commission). A full and complete statement in alphabetical order of the exact location where information under general headings, by subjects, will be found, specifying page or ite…

Passenger tariffs shall contain:(1) Rules and regulations which govern the tariff, in clear and explicit terms, setting forth all privileges, stopovers, extension of time limit, restrictions outlines in certificate, children's fares, baggage rules, excess baggage rates, etc., and…

(1) If a tariff or supplement to a tariff or a revised page is issued which is to displace a part of another tariff which is in force at the time and which tariff is not thereby canceled in full, it shall specifically state the portion of such other tariff or such other supplemen…

(1) A change in or addition to a tariff shall be known as an amendment, and excepting amendments to tariffs of less than three pages, and amendments to tariffs in loose-leaf form, shall be published in a supplement to the tariff.(2) No supplement shall be issued on tariffs contai…

(1) Unless more copies are specifically requested by the commission, one copy of every tariff, supplement or revised page must be filed with the commission and notice must be given to the public by posting copies in a conspicuous place at each station affected thirty days before …

(1) All tariffs, supplements or revised pages must be delivered to the commission free from all charges.(2) Each company or agent must file tariffs under serial numbers of its own.(3)(a) Copies of each tariff, supplement, revised page or other schedule shall be included in one pa…

(1) Rates, fares, rules or regulations prescribed by the commission in its decisions and orders in formal cases shall be promulgated by the companies against which such orders are entered, in duly published, filed and posted tariffs, supplements or revised pages which shall show …

(1) This rule does not apply where powers of attorney and concurrences are filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission.(2) An agent may be either an individual person or a corporation. Such agent must file tariffs under serial numbers of his own.(3) The following form shall be …

The filing of tariffs or supplements with the commission does not imply that the provisions thereof are approved, unless the commission has prescribed the rates, fares, rules, regulations or practices in an order, and companies must not in any way make such inference.[Order R-16,…

(1) The commission has power either on receipt of a complaint or protest or on its own motion to suspend the rates, fares, charges, rentals or tolls of any public service company as provided in RCW 81.04.130.(2) No tariff or any part of a tariff will be suspended on a complaint o…

When permission of the Washington utilities and transportation commission has been secured for discontinuance of service, supplements must be issued canceling tariffs. Such supplements shall carry full reference to the permission granted by the commission.[Order R-16, § 480-149-1…

Blank forms of concurrence, power of attorney, adoption notice, revocation notice and application for permission to change rates on less than statutory notice, can be secured from the commission upon request.[Order R-16, § 480-149-190, filed 2/3/70; Public Service Commission Caus…

Request for special permission to waive the provisions of this tariff circular may be made, in writing only, to the commission. Such permission, if granted, will be given a special permission number by the commission. Applicants receiving permission to depart from the terms of th…

(1) Wherever the provisions of this tariff circular do not fully cover all of the points which may arise, the rules of the Interstate Commerce Commission's tariff circulars will apply and the commission hereby adopts the rules promulgated by the Interstate Commerce Commission and…