Date Adopted: December 5, 2003.

     Purpose: Establish permanent annual combination license.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 03-21-146 on October 22, 2003.

     Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: In subsection (1), change "vehicle access permit" to "vehicle use permit."

     In subsection (2), after "may designate ... to receive the permanent annual combination license." add "A resident ticket holder may only designate another resident. A nonresident ticket holder may designate a resident or nonresident."

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

December 11, 2003

Susan Yeager

for Will Roehl, Chair

Fish and Wildlife Commission

OTS-6461.4

NEW SECTION
WAC 220-55-175   Special license application for permanent annual combination licenses.   (1) There is hereby created a special license application for permanent combination license packages. Each package awarded will contain: A big game combination number one license allowing the holder to take deer, elk, bear, and cougar during the general season for each species; a small game license allowing the holder to take wild animals and wild birds during the open general season for each, including a single turkey tag; a Western Washington pheasant permit; a migratory bird validation; a combination fishing license and catch record card allowing the holder to take fish, shellfish, and seaweed during the general seasons for each; and a vehicle use permit. Special hunt applications, raffles or auction hunts, juvenile fishing, or fishing set aside for persons of disability (unless the holder qualifies as a fisher with a disability) are not included in this package. If a fee is established for transport tags, fish marking tags, additional access permits, additional catch record cards, or other restrictions on fishing or hunting, the holder will be responsible for payment of these fees prior to engaging in the restricted activities.

     (2) The fee for a resident special license application ticket is $6.50, and the fee for a nonresident special license application ticket is $12.50. The fee for the ticket includes both the transaction and dealer fees. The selection of a successful special license application ticket holder will be by random draw. Only a natural person may be issued a permanent annual combination license. The successful special license application ticket holder may not sell the opportunity to be issued a permanent annual combination license, but may designate a natural person other than the successful special license application ticket holder to receive the permanent annual combination license. A resident ticket holder may only designate another resident. A nonresident ticket holder may designate a resident or nonresident. The designation of another individual to be issued the permanent annual combination license must be made in writing to the department license manager. If the successful special license application ticket holder is an individual, the designation must be made within fifteen days of notification of being selected. If the successful special license application ticket holder is a business or organization, the designation must be made within ninety days of notification of being selected. Notification is complete upon posting a letter in the United States mail to the successful special license application ticket holder. The licensee, once designated, may not transfer the license. The permanent annual combination license package shall be issued on an annual basis to the licensee upon request of the licensee.

     (3) The director will determine the number of special license applications to be conducted each year, the date of the drawing for each special license application to be conducted, and the number of permanent annual combination licenses to be awarded for each special license application conducted.

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