WSR 98-01-213

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[Order 97-247--Filed December 23, 1997, 5:23 p.m.]

Date of Adoption: December 13, 1997.

Purpose: To adopt WAC 232-12-069 Transport tag fees for black bear and cougar.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.040.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 97-22-091 on November 5, 1997.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

December 22, 1997

Lisa Pelly, Chair

Fish and Wildlife Commission

NEW SECTION

WAC 232-12-069 Transport tag fees for black bear and cougar. Fees for black bear and cougar transport tags shall be as follows:

(1) The fee for a resident black bear tag is fifteen dollars. The fee for a non-resident black bear tag is one hundred fifty dollars.

(2) The fee for a resident cougar tag is five dollars. The fee for a non-resident cougar tag is fifty dollars.