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HOUSE BILL 1013

 

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Pennington, Hatfield, Mielke, Buck, DeBolt, Pearson, Mulliken, Dunn, Van Luven and Talcott

 

Read first time 01/10/2001.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

_1      AN ACT Relating to hunting and fishing license transaction

_2  fees; and amending RCW 77.32.050.

     

_3  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

     

_4      Sec. 1.  RCW 77.32.050 and 2000 c 107 s 266 are each amended to

_5  read as follows:

_6      All recreational licenses, permits, tags, and stamps required

_7  by this title and raffle tickets authorized under chapter 77.12

_8  RCW shall be issued under the authority of the commission.  The

_9  commission shall adopt rules for the issuance of recreational

10  licenses, permits, tags, stamps, and raffle tickets, and for the

11  collection, payment, and handling of license fees, terms and

12  conditions to govern dealers, and dealers' fees.  A transaction fee

13  on recreational licenses may be set by the commission and

14  collected from licensees.  The transaction fee shall not exceed two

15  percent of the value of the license transaction, excluding any

16  applicable dealer fees.  The department may authorize all or part

17  of such fee to be paid directly to a contractor providing

18  automated licensing system services.  Fees retained by dealers shall

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_1  be uniform throughout the state.  The department shall authorize

_2  dealers to collect and retain dealer fees of at least two dollars

_3  for purchase of a standard hunting or fishing recreational license

_4  document, except that the commission may set a lower dealer fee

_5  for issuance of tags or when a licensee buys a license that

_6  involves a stamp or display card format rather than a standard

_7  department licensing document form.

 

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