SHB 1259 -
By Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation
ADOPTED 04/05/2007
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1 RCW 79A.05.065 and 1999 c 249 s 305 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1)(a) The commission shall grant to any person who meets the
eligibility requirements specified in this section a senior citizen's
pass which shall (((a))) entitle such person, and members of his or her
camping unit, to a fifty percent reduction in the campsite rental fee
prescribed by the commission, and (((b))) entitle such person to free
admission to any state park.
(((2))) (b) The commission shall grant a senior citizen's pass to
any person who applies for the same and who meets the following
requirements:
(((a))) (i) The person is at least sixty-two years of age; and
(((b))) (ii) The person is a domiciliary of the state of Washington
and meets reasonable residency requirements prescribed by the
commission; and
(((c))) (iii) The person and his or her spouse have a combined
income which would qualify the person for a property tax exemption
pursuant to RCW 84.36.381((, as now law or hereafter amended)). The
financial eligibility requirements of this ((subparagraph (c)))
subsection (1)(b)(iii) shall apply regardless of whether the applicant
for a senior citizen's pass owns taxable property or has obtained or
applied for such property tax exemption.
(((3))) (c) Each senior citizen's pass granted pursuant to this
section is valid so long as the senior citizen meets the requirements
of (b)(ii) of this subsection (((2)(b) of this section)).
Notwithstanding, any senior citizen meeting the eligibility
requirements of this section may make a voluntary donation for the
upkeep and maintenance of state parks.
(((4))) (d) A holder of a senior citizen's pass shall surrender the
pass upon request of a commission employee when the employee has reason
to believe the holder fails to meet the criteria in (b) of this
subsection (((2)(a), (b), or (c) of this section)). The holder shall
have the pass returned upon providing proof to the satisfaction of the
director of the parks and recreation commission that the holder does
meet the eligibility criteria for obtaining the senior citizen's pass.
(((5))) (2)(a) Any resident of Washington who is disabled as
defined by the social security administration and who receives social
security benefits for that disability, or any other benefits for that
disability from any other governmental or nongovernmental source, or
who is entitled to benefits for permanent disability under RCW
71A.10.020(3) due to unemployability full time at the minimum wage, or
who is legally blind or profoundly deaf, or who has been issued a card,
decal, or special license plate for a permanent disability under RCW
46.16.381 shall be entitled to receive, regardless of age and upon
making application therefor, a disability pass at no cost to the
holder. The pass shall (((a))) entitle such person, and members of his
or her camping unit, to a fifty percent reduction in the campsite
rental fee prescribed by the commission, and (((b))) entitle such
person to free admission to any state park.
(((6))) (b) A card, decal, or special license plate issued for a
permanent disability under RCW 46.16.381 may serve as a pass for the
holder to entitle that person and members of the person's camping unit
to a fifty percent reduction in the campsite rental fee prescribed by
the commission, and to allow the holder free admission to state parks.
(((7))) (3) Any resident of Washington who is a veteran and has a
service-connected disability of at least thirty percent shall be
entitled to receive a lifetime veteran's disability pass at no cost to
the holder. The pass shall: (a) Entitle such person, and members of
his or her camping unit, to free use of any campsite within any state
park; (b) entitle such person to free admission to any state park; and
(c) entitle such person to an exemption from any reservation fees.
(((8))) (4) All passes issued pursuant to this section shall be
valid at all parks any time during the year((: PROVIDED, That)).
However, the pass shall not be valid for admission to concessionaire
operated facilities.
(((9))) (5) The commission may deny or revoke any Washington state
park pass issued under this section for cause, including but not
limited to the following:
(a) Residency outside the state of Washington;
(b) Violation of laws or state park rules resulting in eviction
from a state park;
(c) Intimidating, obstructing, or assaulting a park employee or
park volunteer who is engaged in the performance of official duties;
(d) Fraudulent use of a pass;
(e) Providing false information or documentation in the application
for a state parks pass;
(f) Refusing to display or show the pass to park employees when
requested; or
(g) Failing to provide current eligibility information upon request
by the agency or when eligibility ceases or changes.
(6) This section shall not affect or otherwise impair the power of
the commission to continue or discontinue any other programs it has
adopted for senior citizens.
(((10))) (7) The commission may engage in a mutually agreed upon
reciprocal or discounted program for all or specific pass programs with
other outdoor recreation agencies.
(8) The commission shall adopt such rules as it finds appropriate
for the administration of this section. Among other things, such rules
shall prescribe a definition of "camping unit" which will authorize a
reasonable number of persons traveling with the person having a pass to
stay at the campsite rented by such person, a minimum Washington
residency requirement for applicants for a senior citizen's pass and an
application form to be completed by applicants for a senior citizen's
pass.
Sec. 2 RCW 79A.05.165 and 2003 c 53 s 382 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who:
(a) Cuts, breaks, injures, destroys, takes, or removes any tree,
shrub, timber, plant, or natural object in any park or parkway except
in accordance with such rules as the commission may prescribe; or
(b) Kills, or pursues with intent to kill, any bird or animal in
any park or parkway except in accordance with a research pass, permit,
or other approval issued by the commission, pursuant to rule, for
scientific research purposes; or
(c) Takes any fish from the waters of any park or parkway, except
in conformity with such general rules as the commission may prescribe;
or
(d) Willfully mutilates, injures, defaces, or destroys any
guidepost, notice, tablet, fence, inclosure, or work for the protection
or ornamentation of any park or parkway; or
(e) Lights any fire upon any park or parkway, except in such places
as the commission has authorized, or willfully or carelessly permits
any fire which he or she has lighted or which is under his or her
charge, to spread or extend to or burn any of the shrubbery, trees,
timber, ornaments, or improvements upon any park or parkway, or leaves
any campfire which he or she has lighted or which has been left in his
or her charge, unattended by a competent person, without extinguishing
it; or
(f) Places within any park or parkway or affixes to any object
therein contained, without a written license from the commission, any
word, character, or device designed to advertise any business,
profession, article, thing, exhibition, matter, or event.
(2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, a person who
violates any rule adopted, promulgated, or issued by the commission
pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) The commission may specify by rule, when not inconsistent with
applicable statutes, that violation of the rule is an infraction under
chapter 7.84 RCW."
SHB 1259 -
By Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation
ADOPTED 04/05/2007
On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "passes;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "and amending RCW 79A.05.065 and 79A.05.165."
EFFECT: Adds language authorizing the state parks and recreation commission to allow the taking of birds and other animals within state parks for scientific research purposes.