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

     AN ACT Relating to turkey tags; and amending RCW 77.32.460.

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

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 twelve 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. Fifty percent of the moneys received from primary turkey tags must be deposited in the state wildlife account and must be appropriated solely for the purposes of turkey and upland game bird management and shall not supplant existing funds provided for these purposes.
     (b) The fee for each additional turkey tag is eighteen dollars for residents, sixty dollars for nonresidents, and nine dollars for youth.