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                                            ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5534

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Senators Vognild and Prince

Read first time 02/02/93.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Authorizing terminal safety audits of private carriers.

          AN ACT Relating to terminal safety audits of private carriers; and adding a new section to chapter 81.80 RCW.

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)(a) The commission has the authority to conduct terminal safety audits of private carriers as defined in RCW 81.80.010(6).  Only those private carriers operating vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds, or those vehicles used in the transportation of hazardous materials in a quantity requiring placarding are subject to the commission's terminal audits.

          (b) For purposes of this section, only those private carriers that (i) have terminal operations located in the state of Washington, and (ii) operate fleets of three or more vehicles are subject to commission jurisdiction.  The Washington state patrol will continue to conduct highway safety inspections for all private carriers.

          (2)(a) Those motor vehicles normally owned and operated by farmers in the transportation of their own farm, orchard, or dairy products, including livestock and plant or animal wastes from point of production to market, or in transporting farm machinery or farm supplies to or from a farm owned by the farmer are exempt from this section, but only if the vehicle is not used to transport hazardous materials of a type or quantity that require the vehicle to be placarded or operated within one hundred fifty air miles of the farmer's farm.

          (b) Those motor vehicles that are owned and operated by the United States government, Washington state, or any county, city, or municipality are exempt from this section.

          (3) Private carriers operating terminals in the state of Washington and having motor vehicles with a gross weight rating or gross combination weight rating of 26,001 pounds shall register with the commission.  The commission shall establish, by rule, a fee not to exceed fifty dollars for an application filed by a private motor carrier who has not filed a currently effective application for registration.  The commission shall establish, by rule, an annual regulatory fee not to exceed ten dollars per vehicle.

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