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                                 SENATE BILL 6221

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1992 Regular Session

By Senators Oke, Snyder, Bailey, Erwin and Bauer

Read first time 01/22/92.  Referred to Committee on Environment & Natural Resources.Regulating the harvest of western Washington pheasants.

     AN ACT Relating to western Washington pheasant hunting; amending RCW 77.32.350; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.

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

     Sec. 1.  RCW 77.32.350 and 1991 sp.s. c 7 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:

     In addition to a basic hunting license, a supplemental license, permit, or stamp is required to hunt for quail, partridge, pheasant, or migratory waterfowl, to hunt with a raptor, or to hunt wild animals with a dog.

     (1) A hound permit is required to hunt wild animals, except rabbits and hares, with a dog.  The fee for this permit is twelve dollars.

     (2) An eastern Washington upland game bird permit is required to hunt for quail, partridge, and pheasant in eastern Washington.  The fee for this permit is ten dollars.

     (3) A western Washington upland game bird permit is required to hunt for quail, partridge, and pheasant in western Washington.  The fee for this permit is thirty-five dollars.  Western Washington upland game bird permits must contain numbered spaces for recording the location and date of harvest of each western Washington pheasant.  It is unlawful to harvest a western Washington pheasant without immediately recording this information on the permit.

(4) Effective January 1, ((1992)) 1993, the permit shall be available as a season option, ((an early season option, a late season option,)) a juvenile full season option, or a two-day option.  The fee for this permit is:

     (a) For the full season option, thirty-five dollars;

     (b) ((For the early season option, twenty-five dollars;

     (c) For the late season option, twenty-five dollars;

     (d))) For the juvenile full season or the two-day option, twenty dollars.

     For the purposes of this subsection a juvenile is defined as a person under fifteen years of age upon the opening date of the western Washington pheasant season.

     (((4))) (5) It is unlawful for a person to harvest more than two pheasants a day in western Washington.  Western Washington upland game permits are valid for the following number of pheasants and harvesting pheasants in excess of these numbers requires another permit:

(a) A full season permit is valid for no more than ten pheasants;

(b) A juvenile full season permit is valid for no more than six pheasants;

(c) A two-day permit is valid for no more than four pheasants.

(6) A falconry license is required to possess or hunt with a raptor, including seasons established exclusively for hunting in that manner.  The fee for this license is thirty-six dollars.

     (((5))) (7) A migratory waterfowl stamp affixed to a basic hunting license is required for all persons sixteen years of age or older to hunt migratory waterfowl.  The fee for the stamp is six dollars.

     (((6))) (8) The migratory waterfowl stamp shall be validated by the signature of the licensee written across the face of the stamp.

     (((7))) (9) The migratory waterfowl stamps required by this section expire on March 31st following the date of issuance.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.      This act shall take effect January 1, 1993.  The director of wildlife may take steps necessary to ensure that this act is implemented on its effective date.