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                          HOUSE BILL 2292

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State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By Representatives Conway, Basich, Kremen, Rayburn, Orr, Lisk, Dyer, Sheahan, King, Chappell, Johanson, Sheldon, Flemming, Jones, Eide, Schoesler, Campbell, Long, Roland, Chandler and Kessler

Read first time 01/12/94.  Referred to Committee on Fisheries & Wildlife.

Providing free hunting licenses to veterans who are confined to wheelchairs.

    AN ACT Relating to hunting licenses; and amending RCW 77.32.230.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 77.32.230 and 1991 sp.s. c 7 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) A person sixty-five years of age or older who is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces having a service-connected disability and who has been a resident for five years may receive upon application a state hunting and fishing license free of charge.

    (2) A blind person, or a person with a developmental disability as defined in RCW 71A.10.020 with documentation of the disability from the department of social and health services, or a physically handicapped person confined to a wheelchair may receive upon application a fishing license free of charge.

    (3) A blind person or a physically handicapped person confined to a wheelchair who has been issued a card for a permanent disability under RCW 46.16.381 may use that card in place of a fishing license unless tags, permits, stamps, or punchcards are required by this chapter.

    (4) An honorably discharged veteran who:  (a) Has a nonservice connected disability as certified by the United States department of veterans' affairs or by any branch of the armed forces of the United States, (b) is confined to a wheelchair, and (c) has resided in the state for not less than five years, shall receive upon application a hunting license free of charge.

(5) A fishing license is not required for persons under the age of fifteen.

    (((5))) (6) Tags, permits, stamps, and punchcards required by this chapter shall be purchased separately by persons receiving a free or reduced-fee license.

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