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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1017

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By House Committee on Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Pennington and Mielke)

READ FIRST TIME 02/27/01. 

_1      AN ACT Relating to fish and wildlife lands vehicle use permits;

_2  amending RCW 77.32.380; and prescribing penalties.

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

_4      Sec. 1.  RCW 77.32.380 and 2000 c 107 s 271 are each amended to

_5  read as follows:

_6      (1) Persons who enter upon or use clearly identified department

_7  improved access facilities with a motor vehicle may be required to

_8  display a current annual fish and wildlife lands vehicle use

_9  permit on the motor vehicle while within or while using an

10  improved access facility.  An "improved access facility" is a

11  clearly identified area specifically created for motor vehicle

12  parking, and includes any boat launch or boat ramp associated with

13  the parking area, but does not include the department parking

14  facilities at the Gorge Concert Center near George, Washington.

15  The vehicle use permit is issued in the form of a decal.  One decal

16  shall be issued at no charge ((with each)) upon the initial

17  purchase of either an annual saltwater, freshwater, combination,

18  small game hunting, big game hunting, ((and)) or trapping license

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_1  issued by the department.  Subsequent annual licenses purchased do

_2  not include complimentary decals.

_3      The annual fee for a fish and wildlife lands vehicle use

_4  permit, if purchased separately, is ten dollars.  A person to whom

_5  the department has issued a decal or who has purchased a vehicle

_6  use permit separately may purchase a decal from the department for

_7  each additional vehicle owned by the person at a cost of five

_8  dollars per decal upon a showing of proof to the department that

_9  the person owns the additional vehicle or vehicles.  Revenue derived

10  from the sale of fish and wildlife lands vehicle use permits shall

11  be used solely for the stewardship and maintenance of department

12  improved access facilities.

13      Youth groups may use department improved access facilities

14  without possessing a vehicle use permit when accompanied by a

15  vehicle use permit holder.

16      The department may accept contributions into the state wildlife

17  fund for the sound stewardship of fish and wildlife.  Contributors

18  shall be known as "conservation patrons" and, for contributions of

19  twenty dollars or more, shall receive a fish and wildlife lands

20  vehicle use permit free of charge.

21      (2) The decal must be ((affixed in a permanent manner to the

22  motor)) present inside the vehicle before entering upon or using

23  the motor vehicle on a department improved access facility, and

24  must be displayed on the ((rear window of the motor vehicle, or,

25  if the motor vehicle does not have a rear window, on the rear of

26  the motor vehicle)) inside of the vehicle in such a manner that it

27  can be recognized and is legible.

28      (3) Failure to display the fish and wildlife lands vehicle use

29  permit if required by this section is an infraction under chapter

30  7.84 RCW, and department employees are authorized to issue a

31  notice of infraction to the registered owner of any motor vehicle

32  entering upon or using a department improved access facility

33  without such a decal.  The penalty for failure to display or

34  improper display of the decal is sixty-six dollars.  This penalty is

35  reduced to thirty dollars if the registered owner provides proof

36  to the court that he or she purchased a decal within fifteen days

37  after the issuance of the notice of violation.

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