AN ACT Relating to game
fish catch record cards; and amending RCW 77.32.050, 77.32.060, 77.32.070,
77.32.090, 77.32.250, 77.32.256, and 77.32.360.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 77.32.050 and 1987 c
506 s 77 are each amended to read as follows:
Licenses, permits,
tags, and stamps((, and punchcards)) required by this chapter
shall be issued under the authority of the commission. The director may
authorize department personnel, county auditors, or other reputable citizens to
issue licenses, permits, tags, and stamps((, and punchcards)) and
collect the appropriate fees. The authorized persons shall pay on demand or
before the tenth day of the following month the fees collected and shall make
reports as required by the director. The director may adopt rules for issuing
licenses, permits, tags, and stamps, ((and punchcards,))
collecting and paying fees, and making reports.
Sec. 2. RCW 77.32.060 and 1987 c
506 s 78 are each amended to read as follows:
The director may adopt
rules establishing the amount a license dealer may charge and keep for each
license, tag, permit, or stamp((, or punchcard)) issued. The
director shall establish the amount to be retained by dealers to be at least
fifty cents for each license issued, and twenty-five cents for each tag,
permit, or stamp((, or punchcard)) issued. The director shall
report to the next regular session of the legislature explaining any increase
in the amount retained by license dealers. Fees retained by dealers shall be
uniform throughout the state.
Sec. 3. RCW 77.32.070 and 1987 c
506 s 79 are each amended to read as follows:
Applicants for a
license, permit, tag, or stamp((, or punchcard)) shall furnish
the information required by the director. The director may adopt rules
requiring licensees or permittees to keep records and make reports concerning
the taking of wildlife.
Sec. 4. RCW 77.32.090 and 1987 c
506 s 80 are each amended to read as follows:
The director may adopt
rules pertaining to the form, period of validity, use, possession, and display
of licenses, permits, tags, and stamps((, and punchcards))
required by this chapter.
Sec. 5. RCW 77.32.250 and 1981 c
310 s 29 are each amended to read as follows:
Licenses, permits,
tags, and stamps((, and punchcards)) required by this chapter
shall not be transferred and, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, are
void on January 1st following the year ((in)) for which the
license, permit, tag, or stamp((, or punchcard)) was issued.
Upon request of a
wildlife agent or ex officio wildlife agent, persons licensed, operating under
a permit, or possessing wildlife under the authority of this chapter shall
produce required licenses, permits, tags, or stamps((, or punchcards))
for inspection and write their signatures for comparison and in addition
display their wildlife. Failure to comply with the request is prima facie
evidence that the person has no license or is not the person named.
Sec. 6. RCW 77.32.256 and 1994 c
255 s 13 are each amended to read as follows:
The director shall by
rule establish the conditions for issuance of duplicate licenses, rebates,
permits, tags, and stamps((, and catch record cards)) required by
this chapter. The fee for a duplicate provided under this section is ten
dollars for those licenses that are ten dollars and over, and for those
licenses under ten dollars the duplicate fee is the value of the license.
Sec. 7. RCW 77.32.360 and 1991
sp.s. c 7 s 10 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) ((A
steelhead catch record card is required to fish for steelhead trout. The fee
for this catch record card is eighteen dollars.
(2)
Persons possessing steelhead trout shall immediately validate their catch
record card as provided by rule.
(3) The
steelhead catch record card required under this section expires April 30th
following the date of issuance.
(4))) Each person who returns a steelhead catch
record card to an authorized license dealer ((by June 1)) within
thirty days following the period for which it was issued shall be given a
credit equal to five dollars towards that day's purchase of any license,
permit, transport tag, ((catch record card,)) or stamp required by this
chapter. This subsection does not apply to annual steelhead catch record cards
for persons under the age of fifteen.
(((5)
Persons under the age of fifteen may purchase an annual steelhead catch record
card for six dollars. The six-dollar catch record card entitles the holder to
retain no more than five steelhead. After retaining five steelhead, a new
catch record card may be purchased.))
(2)
Catch record cards necessary for proper management of the state's game fish
resources shall be administered under rules adopted by the director and issued
at no charge.
