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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 6700
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State of Washington 51st Legislature 1990 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Patterson, Metcalf, DeJarnatt, Amondson, Benitz, Newhouse, Sellar, Hansen, Conner and Madsen)
Read first time 2/2/90.
AN ACT Relating to regulation of motor freight carriers transporting recovered materials; adding a new section to chapter 81.80 RCW; and providing an expiration date.
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:
It is unlawful for any motor vehicle transporting recovered materials to perform a transportation service for compensation upon the public highways of this state without first having received a permit from the commission. Such permits shall be granted upon a finding that the motor carrier is fit, willing, and able to provide transportation of recovered materials, and upon payment of the appropriate filing fee prescribed by this chapter for other applications for operating authority, including payment of the annual regulatory fee imposed by RCW 81.80.320. The carriers are subject to the safety of operations and insurance requirements of the commission, but are not subject to rate regulation by the commission.
The provisions of this section apply to motor vehicles when transporting recovered materials from a centralized collection point to a reprocessing facility or to an end-use manufacturing site. "Recovered materials" means those commodities that are collected for recycling or reuse, such as papers, glass, aluminum, plastics, metals, yard waste, used oil, and tires, that if not collected for recycling would otherwise be destined to disposal or incineration.
The commission, the department of ecology, and the recycling markets committee created pursuant to RCW 43.31.552 shall jointly conduct a study of the effectiveness of this section. The agencies shall periodically report to the legislature on their recommendations no later than January 1, 1993. This study shall determine (1) the impact that transportation costs have on the development and expansion of markets for recycling, and (2) whether there is any appreciable increase in the volume of recovered materials collected and delivered as a result of the exemption granted in this section.