5534.SL

CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5534

Chapter 359, Laws of 1993

53rd Legislature

1993 Regular Session

TERMINAL SAFETY AUDITS OF PRIVATE CARRIERS

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/25/93

Passed by the Senate April 20, 1993

YEAS 46 NAYS 0

JOEL PRITCHARD

President of the Senate

Passed by the House April 6, 1993

YEAS 98 NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5534 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

BRIAN EBERSOLE

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

MARTY BROWN

Secretary

Approved May 15, 1993

FILED

May 15, 1993 - 11:00 a.m.

MIKE LOWRY

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

_______________________________________________

ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5534

_______________________________________________

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session

State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session

By Senators Vognild and Prince

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

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 have terminal operations in the state of Washington are subject to commission jurisdiction.

(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.