5232.E AMH ROAD H5411.2

ESB 5232  - H AMD1035
     By Representative Roach

ADOPTED 03/01/2006

     Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"Sec. 1   RCW 77.32.460 and 2000 c 109 s 2 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) In addition to a small game license, a turkey tag is required to hunt for turkey.
     (a) The fee for a primary turkey tag is fourteen dollars for residents and forty dollars for nonresidents. A primary turkey tag will, on request, be issued to the purchaser of a youth small game license at no charge.
     (b)
The fee for each additional turkey tag is ((eighteen)) fourteen dollars for residents, sixty dollars for nonresidents, and nine dollars for youth.
     (c) All moneys received from turkey tags must be deposited in the state wildlife account. One-third of the moneys received from turkey tags must be appropriated solely for the purposes of turkey management. An additional one-third of the moneys received from turkey tags must be appropriated solely for upland game bird management. Moneys received from turkey tags may not supplant existing funds provided for these purposes."

EFFECT:  Increases the price of the primary turkey tag from $12 to $14, and decreases the price of each additional turkey tag from $18 to $14. Specifies one-third of the moneys received from turkey tags must be appropriated for turkey management and one-third of the moneys must be appropriated for upland game bird management, rather than 50 percent for upland game bird management.

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