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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 294

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Representatives Sanders, Haugen, J. Williams, Leonard, Day, Isaacson, Dellwo, Van Luven, Vekich, van Dyke, Sutherland, Lundquist, Basich and Baugher

Read first time 1/28/85 and referred to Committee on Natural Resources. Referred to Committee on Agriculture 2/15/85.

AN ACT Relating to wildlife; amending RCW 77.12.265; and repealing RCW 77.12.260, 77.12.270, 77.12.280, 77.12.290, and 77.12.300.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 77.16.230, chapter 36, Laws of 1955 as amended by section 91, chapter 78, Laws of 1980 and RCW 77.12.265 are each amended to read as follows:

          The owner or tenant of real property may trap or kill on that property wild animals or wild birds, other than an endangered species, that is damaging crops, domestic animals, fowl, or other property.  ((Except in emergency situations,)) Deer, elk, and protected wildlife shall not be killed without a permit issued and conditioned by the director.  In emergency situations verbal permission may be given to affected landowners by the appropriate game department regional administrator.  The regional administrator may delegate, in writing, a member of the regional staff to give the required permission in these emergency situations.

           Wildlife trapped or killed under this section remains the property of the state, and the person trapping or killing the wildlife shall notify the department immediately.  The commission may specify by rule the disposition of wildlife so taken.

          For purposes of this section, "crop" means an agricultural or horticultural product growing or harvested and excludes wild shrubs and range land vegetation.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

                   (1) Section 77.12.260, chapter 36, Laws of 1955, section 43, chapter 78, Laws of 1980 and RCW 77.12.260;

          (2) Section 77.12.270, chapter 36, Laws of 1955, section 8, chapter 177, Laws of 1963, section 45, chapter 78, Laws of 1980 and RCW 77.12.270;

          (3) Section 77.12.280, chapter 36, Laws of 1955, section 1, chapter 177, Laws of 1957, section 8, chapter 144, Laws of 1977 ex. sess., section 176, chapter 151, Laws of 1979, section 46, chapter 78, Laws of 1980 and RCW 77.12.280;

          (4) Section 77.12.290, chapter 36, Laws of 1955, section 2, chapter 177, Laws of 1957, section 9, chapter 177, Laws of 1963, section 47, chapter 78, Laws of 1980 and RCW 77.12.290; and

          (5) Section 77.12.300, chapter 36, Laws of 1955, section 3, chapter 177, Laws of 1957, section 48, chapter 78, Laws of 1980 and RCW 77.12.300.