46.72A.030 - Regulation -- Inspection.

Regulation — Inspection.

(1) The department, in conjunction with the Washington state patrol, shall regulate limousine carriers with respect to entry, safety of equipment, chauffeur qualifications, and operations. The department shall adopt rules and require such reports as are necessary to carry out this chapter.

     (2) In addition, a port district in a county with a population of one million or more may regulate limousine carriers with respect to entry, safety of equipment, chauffeur qualifications, and operations. The county in which the port district is located may adopt ordinances and rules to assist the port district in enforcement of limousine regulations only at port facilities. In no event may this be construed to grant the county the authority to regulate limousines within its jurisdiction. The port district may not set limousine rates, but the limousine carriers shall file their rates and schedules with the port district.

     (3) The department, a port district in a county with a population of at least one million, or a county in which the port district is located may enter into cooperative agreements for the joint regulation of limousines.

     (4) The Washington state patrol shall annually conduct a vehicle inspection of each limousine licensed under this chapter, except when a port district regulates limousine carriers under subsection (2) of this section, that port district or county in which the port [district] is located shall conduct the annual vehicle inspection. The patrol, the port district, or the county may impose an annual vehicle inspection fee.

[1996 c 87 § 6.]