WSR 19-11-131
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Filed May 22, 2019, 10:34 a.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Amending existing rules affected by passage of SB 5148 during the 2019 legislative session.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.055, and 77.12.020.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: For the purpose of hunter safety, the commission has adopted rules determining the times and manner when a person hunting must wear fluorescent hunter orange clothing. The proposal will add the color fluorescent pink. A person hunting must wear either fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink clothing, or both, in order to meet a visible clothing requirement when hunting.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Eric Gardner, 1111 Washington Street, Olympia, WA 98501, phone 360-902-2515, fax 360-902-2162, email wildthing@dfw.wa.gov, web site wdfw.wa.gov.
May 22, 2019
Scott Bird
Rules Coordinator