SSB 6135 -
By Representative Taylor
ADOPTED 03/01/2012
On page 27, line 10 of the amendment, after "wildlife;" strike "or"
On page 27, line 12 of the amendment, after "owned" insert "; or
(d) The actor, after making all reasonable attempts to contact the
owner of the premises, retrieved the hunted wildlife for the sole
purpose of avoiding a violation of the prohibition on the waste of fish
and wildlife as provided in RCW 77.15.170. The defense in this
subsection only applies to the retrieval of hunted wildlife and not to
the actual act of hunting itself"
EFFECT: Creates a defense to the crime of unlawful hunting, or retrieving hunted wildlife, on the property of another for a person who retrieves wildlife to avoid a violation of the unlawful waste of fish or wildlife.