SSB 5404 -
By Senator Jacobsen
On page 25, after line 25, insert the following:
"Sec. 23 RCW 77.32.010 and 2008 c 329 s 923 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a recreational
license issued by the director is required to hunt for or take wild
animals or wild birds, fish for, take, or harvest fish, shellfish, and
seaweed. A recreational fishing or shellfish license is not required
for carp, smelt, and crawfish, and a hunting license is not required
for bullfrogs.
(2) A permit issued by the department is required to park a motor
vehicle upon improved department access facilities.
(3) All hunters under the age of fourteen are required to be
accompanied by a Washington-licensed hunter age eighteen or older when
hunting for wild animals or wild birds. The accompanying adult hunter
must stay within a physical range that permits continual unaided visual
and auditory communication with the accompanied hunter. A youth hunter
engaging in falconry is exempt from this subsection. A youth hunter
hunting on land owned by an immediate family member is exempt from this
subsection. For the purposes of this subsection, "immediate family
member" means a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, brother, or sister.
(4) During the 2007-09 fiscal biennium to enable the implementation
of the pilot project established in section 307, chapter 329, Laws of
2008, a fishing permit issued to a nontribal member by the Colville
Tribes shall satisfy the license requirements in subsection (1) of this
section on the waters of Lake Rufus Woods and on the north shore of
Lake Rufus Woods, and a Colville Tribes tribal member identification
card shall satisfy the license requirements in subsection (1) of this
section on all waters of Lake Rufus Woods.
Sec. 24 RCW 77.15.160 and 2000 c 107 s 237 are each amended to
read as follows:
A person is guilty of ((an)) a natural resources infraction, which
shall be cited and punished as provided under chapter 7.84 RCW, if the
person:
(1) Fails to immediately record a catch of fish or shellfish on a
catch record card required by RCW 77.32.430, or required by rule of the
commission under this title; ((or))
(2) Fishes for personal use using barbed hooks in violation of any
rule; ((or))
(3) Engages in unaccompanied hunting in violation of the minimum
age requirements established in RCW 77.32.010; or
(4) Violates any other rule of the commission or director that is
designated by rule as an infraction."
Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.
SSB 5404 -
By Senator Jacobsen
On page 1, line 5 of the title, after "77.15.620," insert "77.32.010, 77.15.160,"