WAC 480-31-070   Insurance.  (1) Evidence of liability and property damage insurance or a surety bond must be on file before a certificate will be issued to a private, nonprofit transportation provider. The insurance or surety bond must have been written by a company authorized to write such insurance in the state of Washington. The combined bodily injury and property damage liability insurance or surety bond must not be less than:

     Five hundred thousand dollars combined single limit for vehicles with a passenger capacity of less than sixteen passengers, including the driver;

     One million dollars combined single limit for vehicles with a passenger capacity of sixteen or more passengers, including the driver.

     (2) A provider's insurance agency or company must submit evidence of insurance on a "uniform motor carrier bodily injury and property damage liability certificate of insurance" (form E).

     (3) All liability and property damage insurance policies issued to providers must carry a "uniform motor carrier bodily injury and property damage liability endorsement."

     (4) Insurance termination. All insurance policies issued must provide that the same will continue in full force and effect until canceled by at least thirty days' written notice served on the insured and the commission by the insurance company. The thirty-day notice will commence to run from the date notice is actually received by the commission, except for binders which may be canceled on ten days' written notice.

     A provider's insurance agency or company must submit notice of cancellation or expiration in duplicate on forms prescribed by the commission and must not submit the notice more than sixty days before the desired termination date, except binders which may be canceled by ten days' written notice from the insurance agency or company.

     (5) No provider may operate upon the public highways of this state without insurance as required by this section.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 80.01.040(4), 81.04.160. 06-07-100 (Docket No. T-051359, General Order No. R-529), § 480-31-070, filed 3/15/06, effective 4/15/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 80.01.040 and chapter 80.01 RCW. 97-08-037 (Order R-440, Docket No. TC 961102), § 480-31-070, filed 3/27/97, effective 4/27/97.]