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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 420

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Representatives Locke, Fuhrman, O'Brien, Brooks, Sayan, Basich, Vekich, D. Nelson, Allen, Schoon, Fisch, Lundquist, Patrick, Silver, Ballard, Addison, Hargrove and Taylor

Read first time 2/1/85 and referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

AN ACT Relating to fishing licenses; and amending RCW 77.32.230.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 77.32.230, chapter 36, Laws of 1955 as last amended by section 1, chapter 280, Laws of 1983 and RCW 77.32.230 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) A person sixty-five years of age or older who is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces having a service-connected disability and who has been a resident for five years may receive upon application a state hunting and fishing license free of charge.

          (2) A person seventy years of age or older who has been a resident for ten years ((or)), a blind person ((or)), a person with a developmental disability as defined in RCW 71.20.016 and upon presentation of documentation of the disability from the department of social and health services, or a physically handicapped person confined to a wheelchair may receive upon application a fishing license free of charge.

          (3) A fishing license is not required for persons under the age of sixteen.

          (4) Tags, permits, stamps, and punchcards required by this chapter shall be purchased separately by persons receiving a free license.