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Wash. Rev. Code § 81.24.050 (2026)

Fees to approximate reasonable cost of regulation

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In fixing the percentage rates of gross operating revenue to be paid by companies under RCW 81.24.010, 81.24.020, and 81.24.030, the commission shall consider all moneys then in the public service revolving fund and the fees currently to be paid into such fund, to the end that the fees collected from the companies, or classes of companies, covered by each respective section shall be approximately the same as the reasonable cost of supervising and regulating such companies, or classes of companies, respectively.
[ 1983 c 3 s 206; 1961 c 14 s 81.24.050. Prior: 1955 c 125 s 8; prior: (i) 1939 c 123 s 1, part; 1937 c 158 s 1, part; RRS s 10417, part. (ii) 1937 c 158 s 2, part; RRS s 10417-1, part. (iii) 1939 c 123 s 3, part; 1937 c 158 s 4, part; RRS s 10417-3, part. (iv) 1939 c 123 s 2, part; 1937 c 158 s 3, part; RRS s 10417-2, part. (v) 1949 c 124 s 1, part; Rem. Supp. 1949 s 10417-2, part.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1980–1980 · leading case: State ex rel. Burlington N., Inc. v. Washington Utils. & Transp. Comm'n, 609 P.2d 1375 (Wash. 1980).
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State ex rel. Burlington N., Inc. v. Washington Utils. & Transp. Comm'n, 609 P.2d 1375 (Wash. 1980). · cites it 2× “RCW 81.24.050. The railroads applied in Thurston County Superior Court for a writ of mandate preventing the Commission from paying, and codefendant State Office of Financial Management from collecting, from the Railroad Regulatory Fee Account, the tort costs briefly described…”
State v. Utils. & Transp. Comm'n, 609 P.2d 1375 (Wash. 1980). · cites it 3× “RCW 81.24.050. The railroads applied in Thurston County Superior Court for a writ of mandate preventing the Commission from paying, and codefendant State Office of Financial Management from collecting, from the Railroad Regulatory Fee Account, the tort costs briefly described…”
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