BILL REQ. #:  S-3943.4 

Read first time 01/14/08.   Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.

     AN ACT Relating to enhancing the department of fish and wildlife's ability to facilitate outdoor recreation opportunities for seriously ill children; adding a new section to chapter 77.32 RCW; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 77.32 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) In order to facilitate hunting and fishing opportunities for terminally or seriously ill children, the director may provide any licenses, tags, permits, stamps, and fees without charge or a transaction fee. The director may only take such an action upon request by a nonprofit organization seeking to provide a hunting or fishing opportunity, or both, to one or more terminally or seriously ill children who are each eighteen years old or younger.
     (2) The director may accept special permits or other special hunting opportunities, including raffle tags, auction tags, and multiple season opportunities from donors seeking to facilitate hunting opportunities for terminally or seriously ill children. The director shall distribute these donations pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
     (3) The director may take other actions consistent with facilitating hunting and fishing opportunities for terminally or seriously ill children. These actions may include, but are not limited to, entering into agreements with willing landowners, pursuant to RCW 77.12.320, to provide hunting opportunities for terminally or seriously ill children.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   This act may be known and cited as the Senator Bob Oke memorial act.