BILL REQ. #:  Z-0339.1 

Read first time 01/18/2005.   Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ecology & Parks.

     AN ACT Relating to wildlife harvest reports; amending RCW 77.32.070 and 77.15.280; and prescribing penalties.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 77.32.070 and 2004 c 248 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The commission may by rule require reporting of harvest effort, and may set an administrative penalty of up to fifty dollars for failure to report harvest effort. The administrative penalty must be paid prior to obtaining a current license.
     (2) Applicants for a license, permit, tag, or stamp shall furnish the information required by the director. However, the director may not require the purchaser of a razor clam license under RCW 77.32.520 to provide any personal information except for proof of residency. The commission may adopt rules requiring licensees or permittees to keep records and make reports concerning the taking of fish, shellfish, and wildlife.

Sec. 2   RCW 77.15.280 and 1998 c 190 s 47 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A person is guilty of violating rules requiring reporting of fish or wildlife harvest if the person:
     (a) Fails to make a harvest log report of a commercial fish or shellfish catch in violation of any rule of the commission or the director;
     (b) Fails to maintain a trapper's report or taxidermist ledger in violation of any rule of the commission or the director;
     (c) Fails to submit any portion of a big game animal for a required inspection required by rule of the commission or the director; or
     (d) Fails to return a catch record card or wildlife harvest report to the department as required by rule of the commission or director.
     (2) Except as provided in RCW 77.32.070(1), violating rules requiring reporting of fish or wildlife harvest is a misdemeanor.