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                         SENATE BILL 6353

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State of Washington   57th Legislature        2002 Regular Session

By Senators Haugen, Oke and Jacobsen

Read first time 01/16/2002.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks & Shorelines.

Increasing the fee for the migratory bird stamp from six dollars to eight dollars.

    AN ACT Relating to migratory bird stamps; and amending RCW 77.32.350.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 77.32.350 and 2000 c 107 s 270 are each amended to read as follows:

    In addition to a small game hunting license, a supplemental permit or stamp is required to hunt for western Washington pheasant or migratory birds.

    (1) A western Washington pheasant permit is required to hunt for pheasant in western Washington.  Western Washington pheasant permits must contain numbered spaces for recording the location and date of harvest of each western Washington pheasant.

    (2) The permit shall be available as a season option, a youth full season option, or a three-day option.  The fee for this permit is:

    (a) For the resident and nonresident full season option, thirty-six dollars;

    (b) For the youth full season option, eighteen dollars;

    (c) For the three-day option, twenty dollars.

    (3) A migratory bird stamp affixed to a hunting license designated by rule of the commission is required for all persons sixteen years of age or older to hunt migratory birds.  The fee for the stamp for hunters is ((six)) eight dollars for residents and nonresidents.  The fee for the stamp for collectors is ((six)) eight dollars.

    (4) The migratory bird stamp shall be validated by the signature of the licensee written across the face of the stamp.

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