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SUBSTITUTE
SENATE BILL 5438
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AS
AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed
Legislature - 2001 Regular Session
State of Washington 57th
Legislature 2001 Regular Session
By
READ FIRST TIME 02/07/01.
Concerning
the fish and wildlife lands vehicle use permit.
AN
ACT Relating to fish and wildlife lands vehicle use permits; amending RCW
77.32.380; and prescribing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
77.32.380 and 2000 c 107 s 271 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
Persons who enter upon or use clearly identified department improved access facilities
with a motor vehicle may be required to display a current annual fish and
wildlife lands vehicle use permit on the motor vehicle while within or while
using an improved access facility. An "improved access facility" is
a clearly identified area specifically created for motor vehicle parking, and
includes any boat launch or boat ramp associated with the parking area, but
does not include the department parking facilities at the Gorge Concert Center
near George, Washington. ((The vehicle use permit is issued in the form of
a decal.)) One ((decal)) vehicle use permit shall be issued
at no charge with ((each)) an initial purchase of either an
annual saltwater, freshwater, combination, small game hunting, big game
hunting, ((and)) or trapping license issued by the department.
The annual fee for a fish and wildlife lands vehicle use permit, if purchased
separately, is ten dollars. A person to whom the department has issued a ((decal))
vehicle use permit or who has purchased a vehicle use permit separately
may purchase ((a decal)) additional vehicle use permits from the
department ((for each additional vehicle owned by the person)) at a cost
of five dollars per ((decal upon a showing of proof to the department that
the person owns the additional vehicle or vehicles)) vehicle use permit.
Revenue derived from the sale of fish and wildlife lands vehicle use permits
shall be used solely for the stewardship and maintenance of department improved
access facilities.
Youth
groups may use department improved access facilities without possessing a
vehicle use permit when accompanied by a vehicle use permit holder.
The
department may accept contributions into the state wildlife fund for the sound
stewardship of fish and wildlife. Contributors shall be known as
"conservation patrons" and, for contributions of twenty dollars or
more, shall receive a fish and wildlife lands vehicle use permit free of
charge.
(2)
The ((decal)) vehicle use permit must be ((affixed in a
permanent manner to)) displayed from the interior of the motor
vehicle so that it is clearly visible from outside of the motor vehicle
before entering upon or using the motor vehicle on a department improved access
facility((, and must be displayed on the rear window of the motor vehicle,
or, if the motor vehicle does not have a rear window, on the rear of the motor
vehicle)). The vehicle use permit can be transferred between two
vehicles and must contain space for the vehicle license numbers of each
vehicle.
(3) Failure to display the fish and wildlife lands vehicle use
permit if required by this section is an infraction under chapter 7.84 RCW, and
department employees are authorized to issue a notice of infraction to the
registered owner of any motor vehicle entering upon or using a department
improved access facility without such a ((decal)) vehicle use permit.
The penalty for failure to clearly display ((or improper display of))
the ((decal)) vehicle use permit is sixty-six dollars. This
penalty is reduced to thirty dollars if the registered owner provides proof to
the court that he or she purchased a vehicle use permit within fifteen days
after the issuance of the notice of violation.
