WAC 480-14-250 Insurance requirements; cause for suspension or cancellation. (1) Requirements. Each applicant for common carrier authority, and each common carrier, shall file with the commission evidence of currently effective liability and property damage insurance written by a company authorized to write such insurance in the state of Washington, covering each motor vehicle as defined in RCW 81.80.010 used or to be used under the permit granted.

аааа (a) For vehicles with gross vehicle weight ratings of ten thousand pounds or more, filings shall be for the amount shown on the following table:

Category of Carrier Operation		Filing Required
1.	Property (nonhazardous) . . . . . . . . . . . .	$750,000
2.	Hazardous substances, as defined in 49 CFR 171.8 transported in cargo tanks, portable tanks, or hopper-type vehicles with capacities in excess of 3,500 water gallons; or in bulk Class A or B explosives, poison gas (Poison A), liquified compressed gas or compressed gas; or highway route controlled quantity radioactive materials as defined in 49 CFR 173.455 . . . . . . . . . . . .	$5,000,000
3.	Oil listed in 49 CFR 172.101; hazardous waste, hazardous materials and hazardous substances defined in 49 CFR 171.8 and listed in 49 CFR 172.101, but not mentioned in 2. above or in 4. below . . . . . . . . . . . .	$1,000,000
4.	Any quantity of Class A or B explosives; any quantity of poison gas (Poison A); or highway route controlled quantity radioactive materials as defined in 49 CFR 173.455 . . . . . . . . . . . .	$5,000,000

аааа (b) For vehicles with gross vehicle weight ratings less than ten thousand pounds, filings shall be for the amounts shown on the following table:

Category of Carrier Operation		Filing Required
1.	Property (nonhazardous) . . . . . . . . . . . .	$300,000
2.	Property (hazardous); any quantity of Class A or B explosives; any quantity of poison gas (Poison A); or highway route controlled quantity radioactive materials as defined in 49 CFR 173.455 . . . . . . . . . . . .	$5,000,000

аааа (c) For taxicabs whose only operation subject to commission jurisdiction is the operation of small parcel general freight service under a permit issued pursuant to chapter 81.80 RCW shall comply with the provisions of RCW 46.72.040 and 46.72.050 in lieu of the above. Such carriers must comply with the reporting requirements of this section.

аааа (d) Carriers registering under WAC 480-14-300 as registered interstate carriers may provide evidence of insurance in the amount prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission or its successor agency written by a company authorized to write insurance in any state.

аааа (e) Failure to file and keep such insurance in full force and effect shall be cause for dismissal of an application or cancellation of a permit.

аааа (f) Evidence of insurance shall be submitted either on a uniform motor carrier bodily injury and property damage liability certificate of insurance, filed in triplicate with the commission, or a written binder issued by an insurance agent or insurance company evidencing the coverages as required above. If a binder is submitted, it shall be effective for not longer than sixty days, during which time the carrier must file the required evidence of insurance.

аааа (2) Insurance, continuation of. Proper evidence of continued insurance shall be filed with the commission not less than ten days prior to termination date of insurance then on file in order that there shall be no question of continuous coverage as required by law.

аааа (3) Insurance endorsement. All liability and property damage insurance policies issued to motor freight carriers shall carry a "uniform motor carrier bodily injury and property damage liability endorsement."

аааа (4) Insurance termination. All insurance policies issued under the requirements of chapter 81.80 RCW shall provide that the same shall continue in full force and effect unless and until canceled by at least thirty days' written notice served on the insured and the Washington utilities and transportation commission by the insurance company, with the thirty days' notice to commence to run from the date notice is actually received by the commission, except for binders which may be cancelled on ten days' written notice.

аааа Notice of cancellation or expiration shall be submitted in duplicate on forms prescribed by the commission and shall not be submitted more than sixty days before the desired termination date, except binders which may be cancelled by written notification from the insurance agency or the insurance company on ten days' written notice.

аааа No common carrier may operate upon the public highways of this state without insurance as required in this section. The permit of any common carrier who fails to maintain evidence on file that its insurance is in current force and effect as required herein shall be suspended by operation of law beginning with the time of the failure, until the permit is canceled or the cause of the suspension is cured and the permit is reinstated. The commission will make a good faith effort to notify carriers of impending suspension for failure to maintain evidence of insurance and will make a good faith effort to enter a timely order of suspension, but failure to do so shall not invalidate the suspension.

аааа (5) Information about 49 CFR regarding the version currently in effect and where to obtain it is set out in WAC 480-14-999.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 80.01.040, 80.04.160, 81.04.160, and 34.05.310. 01-20-061 (Docket No. A-010827, General Order No. R-491), з 480-14-250, filed 9/28/01, effective 10/29/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 80.01.040 and 34.05.350. 95-24-001 (Order R-435, Docket No. TV-941290), з 480-14-250, filed 11/22/95, effective 12/23/95.]