WSR 16-17-105

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[Order 16-216—Filed August 19, 2016, 4:24 p.m., effective September 19, 2016]

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

Purpose: This new rule creates three types of fishing combination licenses:

•	Fish Washington package that includes the two-pole endorsement, Puget Sound crab endorsement and the Columbia River salmon and steelhead endorsement.
•	Combination upgrade that allows residents who purchased an annual freshwater, saltwater, or shellfish/seaweed license to upgrade to a combination for the cost difference.
•	Annual senior license that includes freshwater, saltwater, and shellfish/seaweed privileges.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.020, 77.12.045, and 77.12.047.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 16-15-055 on July 15, 2016.

Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: There were several changes:

•	Subsection (1), adds the term "residents";
•	Subsection (2), removes the terms "nonresident disabled vets" and "razor," and adds "plus transaction and dealer fees. The director may limit the times of the year that this upgrade is made available for sale."; and
•	Subsection (3), removes "seventy years of age and older."

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Date Adopted: August 19, 2016.

James B. Scott, Jr.

Special Assistant

to the Director

NEW SECTION

WAC 220-55-165 Reduced rate annual fish Washington license, and license upgrades.

(1) There is hereby created an annual fish Washington license for residents that combines recreational freshwater and saltwater fishing, shellfish, and seaweed harvest privileges. The fee for the annual fish Washington license will not be priced higher than the sum of the individual items. The fish Washington license also includes the following:

(a) The Columbia River salmon and steelhead endorsement;

(b) A Puget Sound Dungeness Crab endorsement; and

(2) The director is authorized to allow any Washington state resident who has purchased an annual freshwater, saltwater, or shellfish/seaweed license to upgrade to a combination license for the cost difference between his or her current annual fishing license(s) and the cost of the combination license, plus transaction and dealer fees. The director may limit the times of the year that this upgrade is made available for sale.

(3) There is hereby created an annual senior combination recreation fishing license which includes freshwater and saltwater fishing, shellfish, and seaweed harvest privileges. The state fee for the annual senior combination fishing license will not be priced higher than the sum of the individual items and is available to any senior residents.