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                          HOUSE BILL 2494

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State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By Representatives Jones, Mielke and Kremen

Read first time 01/17/94.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Requiring moving companies to use a Washington utilities and transportation commission permit number for advertisements.

    AN ACT Relating to moving companies; adding a new section to chapter 81.80 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 81.80 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) No person in the business of transporting household goods as defined by the commission in intrastate commerce shall advertise without listing the carrier's Washington utilities and transportation commission permit number in the advertisement.

    (2) As of the effective date of this act, all advertising, contracts, correspondence, cards, signs, posters, papers, and documents which show a household goods motor carrier name or address shall show the carrier's Washington utilities and transportation commission permit number.  The alphabetized listing of household good motor carriers appearing in the advertising sections of telephone books or other directories and all advertising that shows the carrier's name or address shall show the carrier's current Washington utilities and transportation commission permit number.

    (3) Advertising by electronic transmission need not contain the carrier's Washington utilities and transportation commission permit number if the carrier provides it to the person selling the advertisement and it is recorded in the advertising contract.

    (4) No person shall falsify a Washington utilities and transportation commission permit number or use a false or inaccurate Washington utilities and transportation commission permit number in connection with any solicitation or identification as an authorized household goods motor carrier.

    (5) If, upon investigation, the commission determines that a motor carrier or person acting in the capacity of a motor carrier has violated this section, the commission may issue a penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars for every violation.

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