WSR 14-12-090
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING
[Filed June 3, 2014, 2:20 p.m., effective July 4, 2014]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Update WAC 308-88-020, regarding rental vehicle business registration, to account for the transfer of the business licensing service from the department of licensing to the department of revenue.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 308-88-020.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 46.01.110 and 46.87.023.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 14-09-125 on April 23, 2014.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: June 3, 2014.
Damon Monroe
Rules Coordinator
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 07-02-077, filed 1/2/07, effective 2/2/07)
WAC 308-88-020 Application and registration of rental vehicle businesses.
(1) What is required to become a rental vehicle business?
(a) Applicants must apply for a rental vehicle business license by submitting a completed ((master)) business license application to the department of ((licensing's master license)) revenue's business licensing service. The business licensing service will process the application on behalf of the department of licensing.
(b) A separate ((master)) business license application must be filed for each place of business operated as a rental vehicle business. For the purposes of this section, "place of business" means a physical location at which arrangements to rent a rental vehicle may be made.
(c) Businesses operating in the form of a corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or similar form of legal entity must register their legal entity through the office of the secretary of state before applying for a rental vehicle business license.
(2) What will I receive as proof that I qualified as a vehicle rental business? A rental vehicle business registration number will be issued to your business and displayed on the ((master)) business license.
(3) Can I transfer my business registration number to another company? No. The rental vehicle business registration number issued through the ((master license)) business licensing service is not assignable or transferable, and is valid only for the rental vehicle business to which the registration number (R-number) was issued.