BILL REQ. #:  S-4205.2 

Read first time 01/17/2006.   Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.

     AN ACT Relating to limitations on hunting; and adding a new section to chapter 77.32 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 77.32 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) Hunting is prohibited within one mile of a public or private school serving students in preschool through the 12th grade. The prohibition on hunting is in effect during school hours and during any scheduled school activity or event. The department may authorize a special hunting season if it determines that there is a need to hunt animals that pose a threat to human safety.
     (2) This section applies only to counties with population densities of greater than one hundred persons per square mile, as determined by the office of financial management, or any county if adopted by the legislative authority of that county.