PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: March 8, 2000.
Purpose: Implementation of the requirements of HB 2201, chapter 270 of the 1999 legislative session.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 46.16.160.
Other Authority: RCW 88.38.100.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 99-18-061 on August 30, 1999.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
March 8, 2000
Fred Stephens
Director
OTS-3278.2
NEW SECTION
WAC 308-97-011
Definitions.
Motor carrier is a person or business who owns, leases or operates a vehicle which carries freight and/or passengers and either:
(1) The vehicle has a gross vehicle weight or combined gross vehicle weight greater than twenty-six thousand pounds;
(2) Is a trailer with a gross vehicle weight rating of greater than ten thousand pounds; or
(3) Carries sixteen or more passengers, including the driver.
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