2014 Revised Code of Washington
Title 81 - TRANSPORTATION
81.72 Taxicab companies.
81.72.230 License suspension or revocation -- Failure to pay industrial insurance premiums -- Rules -- Cooperative agreements.
RCW 81.72.230 License suspension or revocation — Failure to pay industrial insurance premiums — Rules — Cooperative agreements.
(1) A license issued pursuant to this chapter must be suspended or revoked and may not be renewed in the event of failure to pay the mandatory for hire vehicle operator industrial insurance premium as charged by the department of labor and industries under RCW 51.12.183 and 51.16.240.
(2)(a) A taxicab vehicle and its operator must have evidence of payment in good standing with the department of labor and industries of the for hire vehicle operator industrial insurance premium, whenever the taxicab vehicle is operated on public streets and highways for compensation.
(b) Failure to produce evidence of payment of the for hire vehicle insurance premium upon demand by a law enforcement officer or other government agent acting under the authority of this chapter is a civil infraction punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars per infraction separately upon both the taxicab vehicle owner and the taxicab vehicle operator if they are not one and the same.
(3) Taxicab vehicle license suspension or revocation and the administration thereof for failure to pay the mandatory industrial insurance premium must be at the direction and expense of the department of labor and industries.
(4)(a) The department of labor and industries, the department of licensing, cities, towns, counties, and port districts may enter into cooperative agreements to implement this section.
(b) The department of licensing and the department of labor and industries may adopt rules to implement this section.
(c) Cities, towns, counties, and port districts may take legislative action to implement this section.
[2011 c 190 § 7.]
Notes:
| Effective date -- 2011 c 190: See note following RCW 51.12.180.
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