The commission is hereby granted the power to prescribe exchange area boundaries and/or territorial boundaries for telecommunications companies.
RCW 80.36.230
Exchange areas for telecommunications companies.
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 123 Wash. 2d 530 - Electric Lightwave, Inc. v. Utilities & Transportation Commission (1994)
Most recently applied in James Courtney v. Washington Util. and Transp. Comm'n (April 2018)
1985 c 450 s 37; 1961 c 14 s 80.36.230
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