(1) In addition to regulatory fees, each auto transportation company must pay mileage fees on each vehicle it operates with a seating capacity over six passengers. RCW 46.16.125 establishes the following mileage fees:
- (a) Fifteen cents for each one hundred vehicle miles; or
- (b) Twenty cents for each one hundred vehicle miles if the vehicle is propelled by steam, electricity, natural gas, diesel oil, butane, or propane.
- (2) The commission transmits mileage fees collected under the provisions of RCW 46.16.125 to the state treasurer to be deposited in the motor vehicle fund.
- (3) If a company fails to pay the mileage fees, the company is subject to a penalty of one hundred percent of the payment due.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 80.01.040, 81.04.160, 81.12.050, 81.68.030, and 81.70.270. WSR 06-13-006 (General Order No. R-533, Docket No. TC-020497), § 480-30-081, filed 6/8/06, effective 7/9/06.]