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HOUSE BILL 1199

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Representatives Schindler, Mielke, Sump, G. Chandler, McMorris and Armstrong

Read first time 01/19/2001.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

_1      AN ACT Relating to the display of fish and wildlife lands

_2  vehicle use permits; and amending RCW 77.32.380.

_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)) shall

16  be issued in a form that allows for it to be temporarily displayed

17  from the interior of a motor vehicle.  One ((decal)) vehicle use

18  permit shall be issued at no charge with each annual saltwater,

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_1  freshwater, combination, small game hunting, big game hunting, and

_2  trapping license issued by the department.  The annual fee for a

_3  fish and wildlife lands vehicle use permit, if purchased

_4  separately, is ten dollars.  A person to whom the department has

_5  issued a ((decal)) vehicle use permit or who has purchased a

_6  vehicle use permit separately may purchase ((a decal)) an

_7  additional vehicle use permit from the department for each

_8  additional vehicle owned by the person at a cost of five dollars

_9  per ((decal)) vehicle use permit upon a showing of proof to the

10  department that the person owns the additional vehicle or

11  vehicles.  Revenue derived from the sale of fish and wildlife lands

12  vehicle use permits shall be used solely for the stewardship and

13  maintenance of department improved access facilities.

14      Youth groups may use department improved access facilities

15  without possessing a vehicle use permit when accompanied by a

16  vehicle use permit holder.

17      The department may accept contributions into the state wildlife

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

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

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

21  vehicle use permit free of charge.

22      (2) The ((decal)) vehicle use permit must be ((affixed in a

23  permanent manner to)) displayed from the interior of the motor

24  vehicle so that it is clearly visible from outside of the motor

25  vehicle before entering upon or using the motor vehicle on a

26  department improved access facility((, and must be displayed on

27  the rear window of the motor vehicle, or, if the motor vehicle

28  does not have a rear window, on the rear of the motor vehicle)).

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

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

31  7.84 RCW, and department employees are authorized to issue a

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

33  entering upon or using a department improved access facility

34  without such a ((decal)) vehicle use permit.  The penalty for

35  failure to clearly display ((or improper display of)) the

36  ((decal)) vehicle use permit is sixty-six dollars.

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