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                         SENATE BILL 5355

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Senators Drew, Morton and Rasmussen

Read first time 01/20/95.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

Providing for payment of claims for damages caused by deer or elk.

    AN ACT Relating to claims for damages caused by deer or elk; creating new sections; and providing an expiration date.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  Claims exceeding two thousand dollars that have been filed pursuant to RCW 77.12.280(1) and that have been submitted to the legislature pursuant to RCW 4.92.040(5) may be paid as submitted by the risk management office.  Payment shall be made by the department from moneys appropriated for that purpose.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  The house of representatives and the senate committees on natural resources, together with the department of fish and wildlife, shall study the issue of damages caused by wildlife and develop long-term policy proposals regarding state compensation to be made for such damages.  These proposals shall be submitted by December 1, 1995.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  This act shall expire on January 1, 1996.

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