WSR 18-20-022
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 18-255—Filed September 24, 2018, 7:56 a.m., effective October 25, 2018]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Creating WAC 220-220-250 to define the license products available under the resident disabled veteran donation program, effective June 13, 2018.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 220-220-250 Donation program for resident disabled veterans.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.32.590.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 18-15-085 on July 18, 2018.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: September 20, 2018.
Kelly Susewind
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-220-250Donation program for resident disabled veterans.
(1) The department is authorized to create a special donation program for resident disabled veterans who meet the eligibility criteria set forth in RCW 77.32.480 (1)(a) or (b).
(2) Funds donated by the public will be deposited into a disabled veterans donation fund account. On a first-come, first-served basis, qualifying resident disabled veteran will have the opportunity to purchase certain recreational hunting and fishing licenses at the prices set forth below using funds in the disabled veterans donation fund account, as available. Donation account funds may also be applied to dealer and transaction fees associated with each qualifying license purchase.
(3) Qualifying resident disabled veterans are eligible to purchase the following licenses using available funds from the disabled veterans donation fund account:
(a) Hunting Licenses:
(i) Deer;
(ii) Deer and elk;
(iii) Deer, elk, bear, cougar;
(iv) Elk;
(v) Small game;
(vi) Deer and elk with small game;
(vii) Deer with small game;
(viii) Deer, elk, bear, cougar with small game;
(ix) Elk with small game;
(x) Bear with small game;
(xi) Cougar with small game;
(xii) Bear;
(xiii) Cougar.
(b) Fishing Licenses:
(i) Annual combination fishing;
(ii) Three-day razor clam.
(4) Per RCW 77.32.480(1), qualifying resident disabled veterans will be issued hunting licenses at the reduced rate of a youth hunting license.
(5) Qualifying resident disabled veterans will be issued annual combination fishing licenses at the rate of eight dollars and fifty cents, which includes the reduced license rate of five dollars set forth in RCW 77.32.480(1) and the rockfish and biotoxin surcharges set forth in RCW 77.32.470 (2)(a) and 77.32.555(1).
(6) Qualifying resident disabled veterans will be issued three-day razor clam licenses at the rate of seven dollars, which includes the license rate of five dollars set forth in RCW 77.32.520(5) and the biotoxin surcharge set forth in RCW 77.32.555(1).