Nothing in this title authorizes the commission to make or enforce any order affecting rates, tolls, rentals, contracts or charges or service rendered, or the adequacy or sufficiency of the facilities, equipment, instrumentalities or buildings, or the reasonableness of rules or regulations made, furnished, used, supplied or in force affecting any telecommunications line, gas plant, electrical plant, system of sewerage, or water system owned and operated by any city or town, or to make or enforce any order relating to the safety of any telecommunications line, electrical plant, system of sewerage, or water system owned and operated by any city or town, but all other provisions enumerated herein apply to public utilities owned by any city or town.
RCW 80.04.500
Application to municipal utilities.
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 99 Wash. 2d 861 - Earle M. Jorgensen Co. v. City of Seattle (1983)
Most recently applied in Fisk v. City of Kirkland (October 2008)
2011 c 214 s 10; 1985 c 450 s 13; 1969 ex.s. c 210 s 1; 1961 c 14 s 80.04.500
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Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.