S-0109.1 _______________________________________________
SENATE BILL 5253
_______________________________________________
State of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By Senators Strannigan, Oke, Hargrove, Roach, Morton, Swecker, Horn and Winsley
Read first time 01/21/97. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Parks.
AN ACT Relating to nonresident juvenile fishing licenses; and amending RCW 77.32.101 and 77.32.230.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 77.32.101 and 1994 c 255 s 11 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) A combination hunting and fishing license allows a resident holder to hunt, and to fish for game fish throughout the state. The fee for this license is twenty-nine dollars.
(2) A hunting license allows the holder to hunt throughout the state. The fee for this license is fifteen dollars for residents and one hundred fifty dollars for nonresidents.
(3)
A fishing license allows the holder to fish for game fish throughout the
state. The fee for this license is seventeen dollars for residents fifteen
years of age or older and under seventy years of age, three dollars for
residents seventy years of age or older, ((twenty dollars for nonresidents
under fifteen years of age,)) and forty-eight dollars for nonresidents
fifteen years of age or older.
(4) A steelhead fishing license allows the holder of a combination hunting and fishing license or a fishing license issued under this section to fish for steelhead throughout the state. The fee for this license is eighteen dollars.
(5) A juvenile steelhead license allows residents under fifteen years of age and nonresidents under fifteen years of age who hold a fishing license to fish for steelhead throughout the state. The fee for this license is six dollars and entitles the holder to take up to five steelhead at which time another juvenile steelhead license may be purchased. Any person who purchases a juvenile steelhead license is prohibited from purchasing a steelhead license for the same calendar year.
Sec. 2. RCW 77.32.230 and 1996 c 101 s 11 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) A person sixty-five years of age or older who is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces having a service-connected disability and who is a resident may receive upon written application a hunting and fishing license free of charge.
(2) Residents who are honorably discharged veterans of the United States armed forces with a thirty percent or more service-connected disability may receive upon written application a hunting and fishing license free of charge.
(3) An honorably discharged veteran who is a resident and is confined to a wheelchair shall receive upon application a hunting license free of charge.
(4) A person who is blind, or a person with a developmental disability as defined in RCW 71A.10.020 with documentation of the disability from the department of social and health services, or a physically handicapped person confined to a wheelchair may receive upon written application a fishing license free of charge.
(5) A person who is blind or a physically handicapped person confined to a wheelchair who has been issued a card for a permanent disability under RCW 46.16.381 may use that card in place of a fishing license.
(6) A fishing license is not required for residents or nonresidents under the age of fifteen.
(7) Tags, permits, stamps, and steelhead licenses required by this chapter and raffle tickets authorized under chapter 77.12 RCW shall be purchased separately by persons receiving a free or reduced-fee license.
(8) Licenses issued at no charge under this section shall be issued from Olympia as provided by rule of the director, and are valid for five years.
--- END ---