RCW 46.72A.050
Business license, vehicle certificates
required. (Effective until January 1, 2012.)
No limousine
carrier may operate a limousine upon the highways of this state
without first obtaining a business license from the department. The applicant shall forward an application for a business license
to the department along with a fee established by rule. Upon
approval of the application, the department shall issue a
business license and unified business identifier authorizing the
carrier to operate limousines upon the highways of this state.
In addition, a limousine carrier shall annually obtain, upon
payment of the appropriate fee, a vehicle certificate for each
limousine operated by the carrier.
[1996 c 87 § 8.]
RCW 46.72A.050
Registration -- Carrier license, vehicle
certificates required -- Rules -- Penalty. (Effective January 1,
2012.)
(1) No limousine carrier may operate a limousine upon the
highways of this state without first being properly registered as
a business in Washington and having been issued a unified
business identifier.
(2) In addition, a limousine carrier shall obtain from the
department a limousine carrier license for the business and a
limousine vehicle certificate for each limousine operated by the
carrier. The limousine carrier license and limousine vehicle
certificates must be renewed through the department annually or
as may be required by the department. The department shall
establish by rule the procedure for obtaining, and the fees for,
the limousine carrier license and limousine vehicle certificate.
It is a class 1 civil infraction, with monetary penalties against
the carrier as specified in RCW 7.80.120, for each day that a
limousine is operated without a valid limousine carrier license
or valid limousine vehicle certificate required under this
subsection.
[2011 c 374 § 5; 1996 c 87 § 8.]
NOTES:
Effective date -- 2011 c 374 §§ 1-12: See note following RCW 46.72A.010.
Report by internal work group on issuance of chauffeur licenses -- 2011 c 374: See note following RCW 46.72A.090.