HB 2958-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Provides that, in addition to the penalties set forth in this act, if a person other than a youth as defined in RCW 77.08.010 for hunting purposes, violates a rule adopted by the commission under the authority of Title 77 RCW that requires the use of nontoxic shot, upon conviction: (1) The court shall require a payment of one thousand dollars as a criminal wildlife penalty assessment that must be paid to the clerk of the court and distributed to the state treasurer for deposit in the fish and wildlife enforcement reward account. The criminal wildlife penalty assessment must be imposed regardless of and in addition to any sentence, fine, or costs imposed for violating this act. The criminal wildlife penalty assessment must be included by the court in any pronouncement of sentence and may not be suspended, waived, modified, or deferred in any respect; and

(2) The department shall revoke the hunting license of the person and order a suspension of small game hunting privileges for two years.