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                                 SENATE BILL 5221

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Senators Sellar and Snyder; by request of Utilities & Transportation Commission.

Read first time January 24, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.Requiring motor carriers to submit copies of contracts with permit applications.

     AN ACT Relating to the requirement that motor carriers provide original or duly verified photocopies of all transportation contracts when applying for permits; and amending RCW 81.80.080.

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

     Sec. 1.  RCW 81.80.080 and 1961 c 14 s 81.80.080 are each amended to read as follows:

     Application for permits shall be made to the commission in writing and shall state the ownership, financial condition, equipment to be used and physical property of the applicant, the territory or route or routes in or over which the applicant proposes to operate, the nature of the transportation to be engaged in and such other information as the commission may require, and in case such application is that of a "contract carrier" shall have attached thereto ((the original or duly verified copies)) photocopies of all contracts to furnish transportation covered by such application.