AN ACT Relating to protected wildlife; and amending RCW 77.08.010, 77.32.320, and 77.32.340.

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

Sec. 1. Section 77.08.010, chapter 36, Laws of 1955 as amended by section 9, chapter 78, Laws of 1980 and RCW 77.08.010 are each amended to read as follows:

As used in this title or rules of the commission, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(1) "Director" means the director of game.

(2) "Department" means the department of game.

(3) "Commission" means the state game commission.

(4) "Person" means and includes an individual, a corporation, or a group of two or more individuals acting with a common purpose whether acting in an individual, representative, or official capacity.

(5) "Wildlife agent" means a person appointed and commissioned by the director, with authority to enforce laws of this title, rules of the commission, and other statutes as prescribed by the legislature.

(6) "Ex officio wildlife agent" means a commissioned officer of a municipal, county, state, or federal agency having as its primary function the enforcement of criminal laws in general, while the officer is in the appropriate jurisdiction. The term "ex officio wildlife agent" includes fisheries patrol officers, special agents of the national marine fisheries commission, state parks commissioned officers, United States fish and wildlife special agents, department of natural resources enforcement officers, and United States forest service officers, while the agents and officers are within their respective jurisdictions.

(7) "To hunt" and its derivatives means an effort to kill, injure, capture, or harass a wild animal or wild bird.

(8) "To trap" and its derivatives means a method of hunting using devices to capture wild animals or wild birds.

(9) "To fish" and its derivatives means an effort to kill, injure, harass, or catch a game fish.

(10) "Open season" means those times, manners of taking, and areas or waters established by rule of the commission for the lawful hunting, fishing, or possession of game animals, game birds, or game fish. "Open season" includes the first and last days of the established time.

(11) "Closed season" means all times, manners of taking, and areas or waters other than those established as an open season.

(12) "Closed area" means a place where the commission has prohibited by rule the hunting of some species of wild animals or wild birds.

(13) "Closed waters" means all or part of a lake, river, stream, or other body of water, where the commission has prohibited by rule fishing for game fish.

(14) "Game reserve" means a closed area where the commission has prohibited by rule hunting for all wild animals and wild birds.

(15) "Bag limit" means the maximum number of game animals, game birds, or game fish which may be taken, caught, killed, or possessed by a person, as specified by rule of the commission for a particular period of time, or as to size, sex, or species.

(16) "Wildlife" means all species of the animal kingdom whose members exist in Washington in a wild state. This includes but is not limited to mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates. The term "wildlife" does not include feral domestic mammals, the family Muridae of the order Rodentia (old world rats and mice), or those fish, shellfish, and marine invertebrates classified by the director of fisheries. The term "wildlife" includes all stages of development and the bodily parts of wildlife members.

(17) "Wild animals" means those species of the class Mammalia whose members exist in Washington in a wild state and the species Rana catesbeiana (bullfrog). The term "wild animal" does not include feral domestic mammals or the family Muridae of the order Rodentia (old world rats and mice).

(18) "Wild birds" means those species of the class Aves whose members exist in Washington in a wild state.

(19) "Protected wildlife" means wildlife ((~~designated by rule of the commission~~)) that shall not be hunted or fished. "Protected wildlife" includes: Beaver, Castor canadensis; mountain caribou, Rangifer taradeis; moose, Alces alces; fisher, Martes pennanti; and other wildlife designated by rule of the commission. (20) "Endangered species" means wildlife designated by rule of the commission as seriously threatened with extinction.

(21) "Game animals" means wild animals that shall not be hunted except as authorized by rule of the commission.

(22) "Fur-bearing animals" means game animals that shall not be trapped except as authorized by rule of the commission.

(23) "Game birds" means wild birds that shall not be hunted except as authorized by rule of the commission.

(24) "Predatory birds" means wild birds that may be hunted throughout the year as authorized by rule of the commission.

(25) "Deleterious exotic wildlife" means species of the animal kingdom not native to Washington and designated by rule of the commission as dangerous to the environment or wildlife of the state.

(26) "Game farm" means property on which wildlife is held or raised for commercial purposes, trade, or gift. The term "game farm" does not include publicly owned facilities.

Sec. 2. Section 8, chapter 310, Laws of 1981 and RCW 77.32.320 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) A separate transport tag is required to hunt deer, elk, bear, cougar, sheep, mountain goat, or wild turkey.

(2) A transport tag may only be obtained subsequent to the purchase of a valid hunting license and must have permanently affixed to it the hunting license number and the supplemental stamp appropriate for the species being hunted.

(3) Persons who kill deer, elk, bear, cougar, mountain goat, sheep, ((~~moose,~~)) or wild turkey shall immediately validate and attach their own transport tag to the carcass as provided by rule of the commission.

(4) Transport tags required by this section expire on March 31st following the date of issuance.

Sec. 3. Section 11, chapter 310, Laws of 1981 as amended by section 5, chapter 240, Laws of 1984 and RCW 77.32.340 are each amended to read as follows:

A supplemental stamp is required to hunt deer, elk, bear, cougar, sheep, mountain goat, ((~~moose,~~)) or wild turkey.

(1) The fee for a deer stamp is ten dollars.

(2) The fee for a resident elk stamp is fifteen dollars. The fee for a nonresident elk stamp is seventy-five dollars.

(3) The fee for a resident bear stamp is ten dollars. The fee for a nonresident bear stamp is seventy-five dollars.

(4) The fee for a resident cougar stamp is ten dollars. The fee for a nonresident cougar stamp is one hundred fifty dollars.

(5) The fee for a mountain goat stamp is thirty-five dollars which shall be paid at the time of application. Applicants who are not selected for a mountain goat special season permit shall receive a refund of this fee, less five dollars.

(6) The fee for a sheep stamp is seventy-five dollars for residents and three hundred dollars for nonresidents and shall be paid at the time of application. Applicants who are not selected for a sheep special season permit shall receive a refund of this fee, less five dollars.

(7) ((The fee for a moose stamp is one hundred dollars for residents and three hundred dollars for nonresidents and shall be paid at the time of application. Applicants who are not selected for a moose special season permit shall receive a refund of this fee, less five dollars.

~~(8)~~)) The fee for a wild turkey stamp is ten dollars.

((~~(9)~~)) (8) To be valid, supplemental stamps required under this section shall be permanently affixed to the transport tag at the time of purchase and the stamp numbers legibly transferred to the hunting license.

((~~(10)~~)) (9) Supplemental stamps required under this section expire on March 31st following the date of issuance.