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                                           SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 274

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By House Committee on Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Sanders, Leonard, J. Williams, Cole, Fuhrman, Dobbs, Lundquist, Sutherland and Isaacson)

Read first time 2/11/85 and passed to Committee on Rules.

AN ACT Relating to conservation licenses; and amending RCW 77.32.380.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 15, chapter 310, Laws of 1981 and RCW 77.32.380 are each amended to read as follows:

          A conservation license is required to be ((displayed on all vehicles parked on)) in the possession of all persons using game department lands or using game department access facilities which shall be clearly identified.  The fee for this license is five dollars annually for all persons sixteen years of age or older.  The license ((shall be issued to the registered owner of the vehicle and)) is nontransferable.

          A conservation license shall be issued without charge to persons possessing a hunting, fishing, trapping, or free license.

The spouse, all children under eighteen years of age, and guests under eighteen years of age of the holder of a valid conservation license may use game department lands and access facilities when accompanied by the license holder.

Youth groups may use game department lands and game access facilities without possessing a conservation license when accompanied by a license holder.