PDFWAC 308-100-010

Vehicles requiring a commercial driver's license for their operation.

The director of the department of licensing hereby finds that the following vehicles require special operating skills by the drivers of those vehicles:
(1) Single vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 26,001 pounds or more;
(2) Any combination of vehicles where:
(a) The vehicle being driven has a GVWR of 26,001 pounds or more; or
(b) The vehicle being towed has a GVWR of 10,001 pounds or more and the gross combination weight rating (GCWR) of the vehicles is 26,001 pounds or more;
(3) Vehicles designed to transport sixteen or more passengers, including the driver;
(4) Vehicles used in the transportation of hazardous materials that requires the vehicle to be identified with a placard under 49 C.F.R., part 172, subpart F; and
(5) All public school buses, regardless of capacity.
All persons driving such vehicles, other than those exempt under RCW 46.25.050, must have a commercial driver's license with the proper classification(s) and endorsements.
As used in this section, "gross vehicle weight rating" has the meaning defined by RCW 46.25.010(12).
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.01.110, 46.25.010, 46.25.060, and 46.25.140. WSR 00-18-068, § 308-100-010, filed 9/1/00, effective 10/2/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 46.01.110 and 46.25.140. WSR 90-17-028, § 308-100-010, filed 8/8/90, effective 9/8/90. Statutory Authority: RCW 46.01.110 and 1989 c 178 §§ 3, 5, 8 and 16. WSR 89-18-003, § 308-100-010, filed 8/24/89, effective 9/24/89. Statutory Authority: RCW 46.01.110. WSR 87-19-129 (Order DS 3), § 308-100-010, filed 9/22/87; WSR 82-03-046 (Order 668 DOL), § 308-100-010, filed 1/19/82; Order 106 MV, § 308-100-010, filed 8/17/71; Order 691101, § 308-100-010, filed 11/26/69; Order 1, § 308-100-010, filed 1/5/68.]