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                                            SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5533

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Agriculture (originally sponsored by Senators M. Rasmussen, Roach, Amondson, Barr and Winsley)

Read first time 03/03/93.

Restricting wolf-dog hybrids.

          AN ACT Relating to dangerous animals; adding a new section to chapter 16.08 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 16.08 RCW to be codified between RCW 16.08.070 and 16.08.100 to read as follows:

          It is unlawful to buy, sell, transfer, release, export, import, or breed any wolf-dog hybrid, or to breed a wolf with a domestic dog with the intent to produce a wolf-dog hybrid.  Any person violating this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable in accordance with RCW 9A.20.021.

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