WAC 480-30-111. Certificates, starting service

(1) Filing an application under WAC 480-30-096 does not authorize the applicant to start operations of the type requested or in the territory described in the application. The commission must grant the application and issue a certificate before a company may start the requested service. (2) This rule does not apply to applications for auto transportation company certificates under a preemptive federal grant of authority to provide intrastate service over an interstate route.