CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        HOUSE BILL 2495

 

 

                   Chapter 109, Laws of 2000

 

 

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

 

 

HUNTING LICENSES--UNCLASSIFIED WILDLIFE

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/8/00

Passed by the House February 9, 2000

  Yeas 97   Nays 0

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the House of Representatives

     

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

 

Passed by the Senate March 3, 2000

  Yeas 35   Nays 12

             CERTIFICATE

 

We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2495 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

          TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

           CYNTHIA ZEHNDER

                          Chief Clerk

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

 

 

Approved March 24, 2000 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.           

                                FILED                

 

           March 24, 2000 - 3:00 p.m.

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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                          HOUSE BILL 2495

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             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Pennington and Benson; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife

 

Read first time 01/14/2000.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

Allowing holders of big and small game hunting licenses to hunt unclassified wildlife. 


    AN ACT Relating to hunting licenses; and amending RCW 77.32.450 and 77.32.460.

 

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

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 77.32.450 and 1998 c 191 s 14 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) A big game hunting license is required to hunt for big game.  A big game license allows the holder to hunt for forest grouse, unclassified wildlife, and the individual species identified within a specific big game combination license package.  Each big game license includes one transport tag for each species purchased in that package.  A hunter may not purchase more than one license for each big game species except as authorized by rule of the commission.  The fees for annual big game combination packages are as follows:

    (a) Big game number 1:  Deer, elk, bear, and cougar.  The fee for this license is sixty-six dollars for residents, six hundred sixty dollars for nonresidents, and thirty-three dollars for youth.

    (b) Big game number 2:  Deer and elk.  The fee for this license is fifty-six dollars for residents, five hundred sixty dollars for nonresidents, and twenty-eight dollars for youth.

    (c) Big game number 3:  Deer or elk, bear, and cougar.  At the time of purchase, the holder must identify either deer or elk.  The fee for this license is forty-six dollars for residents, four hundred sixty dollars for nonresidents, and twenty-three dollars for youth.

    (d) Big game number 4:  Deer or elk.  At the time of purchase, the holder must identify either deer or elk.  The fee for this license is thirty-six dollars for residents, three hundred sixty dollars for nonresidents, and eighteen dollars for youth.

    (e) Big game number 5:  Bear and cougar.  The fee for this license is twenty dollars for residents, two hundred dollars for nonresidents, and ten dollars for youth.

    (2) In the event that the commission authorizes a two animal big game limit, the fees for the second animal are as follows:

    (a) Elk:  The fee is twenty dollars for residents, two hundred dollars for nonresidents, and ten dollars for youth.

    (b) Deer:  The fee is twenty dollars for residents, two hundred dollars for nonresidents, and ten dollars for youth.

    (c) Bear:  The fee is ten dollars for residents, one hundred dollars for nonresidents, and five dollars for youth.

    (d) Cougar:  The fee is ten dollars for residents, one hundred dollars for nonresidents, and five dollars for youth.

    (3) In the event that the commission authorizes a special permit hunt for goat, sheep, or moose, the permit fees are as follows:

    (a) Mountain goat:  The fee is one hundred dollars for residents, one thousand dollars for nonresidents, and fifty dollars for youth.

    (b) Sheep:  The fee is one hundred dollars for residents, one thousand dollars for nonresidents, and fifty dollars for youth.

    (c) Moose:  The fee is one hundred dollars for residents, one thousand dollars for nonresidents, and fifty dollars for youth.

    Authorization to hunt the species set out under subsection (3)(a) through (c) of this section is by special permit identified under RCW 77.32.370.

    (4) The commission may adopt rules to reduce the price of a license or eliminate the transportation tag requirements concerning bear or cougar when necessary to meet harvest objectives.

 

    Sec. 2.  RCW 77.32.460 and 1998 c 191 s 15 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) A small game hunting license is required to hunt for all classified wild animals and wild birds, except big game.  A small game license also allows the holder to hunt for unclassified wildlife.  The small game license includes one transport tag for turkey.

    (a) The fee for this license is thirty dollars for residents, one hundred fifty dollars for nonresidents, and fifteen dollars for youth.

    (b) The fee for this license if purchased in conjunction with a big game combination license package is sixteen dollars for residents, eighty dollars for nonresidents, and eight dollars for youth.

    (c) The fee for a three-consecutive-day small game license is fifty dollars for nonresidents.

    (2) The fee for each additional turkey tag is eighteen dollars for residents, sixty dollars for nonresidents, and nine dollars for youth.


    Passed the House February 9, 2000.

    Passed the Senate March 3, 2000.

Approved by the Governor March 24, 2000.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 24, 2000.