BILL REQ. #:  H-0048.1 

Read first time 01/16/09.   Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.

     AN ACT Relating to the applicability of open range laws on public lands; and amending RCW 16.24.065.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 16.24.065 and 1989 c 286 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) No person owning or in control of any livestock shall willfully or negligently allow ((such)) the livestock to run at large in any stock restricted area or to wander or stray upon the right-of-way of any public highway lying within a stock restricted area when not in the charge of some person.
     (2)(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, livestock may run at large upon lands belonging to the state of Washington or the United States only when the owner of the livestock has been granted grazing privileges in writing.
     (b) For public lands owned or managed by the department of fish and wildlife only, written grazing privileges are only required in stock restricted areas or in areas that are adequately fenced to prevent livestock from running at large.