FINAL BILL REPORT

                                    SB 6221

                                   C 41 L 92

                              SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

Brief Description:  Regulating the harvest of western Washington pheasants.

SPONSORS: Senators Oke, Snyder, Bailey, Erwin and Bauer

SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES & WILDLIFE

BACKGROUND:

The western Washington pheasant hunter is currently required to obtain a $35 permit in order to hunt pheasants.  A hunter may hunt the entire season with one pheasant permit, regardless of the number of pheasants taken.

If hunters were required to purchase an additional pheasant permit for every ten pheasants taken, more revenue would be generated to offset program costs.

SUMMARY:

A full season western Washington pheasant permit is valid for a maximum of ten pheasants.  A juvenile pheasant permit is valid for a maximum of five pheasants.  A two-day permit is valid for a maximum of four pheasants.  Additional pheasant permits may be purchased.  Numbered spaces are provided on the permits and hunters are required to record pheasants as they are harvested.

Early season permits and late season permits are repealed.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

Senate      45    3

House 92    3     (House amended)

Senate      47    2     (Senate concurred)

EFFECTIVE:  January 1, 1993