EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: July 19, 2000.
Purpose: Amend small game rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 232-28-276.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Section 7, chapter 107, Laws of 2000.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest.
Reasons for this Finding: This rule provides for the selection of persons for the fall 2000 permit only turkey hunts authorized by permanent rule of the commission in WSR 00-11-137. The selection process was inadvertently left out of WAC 232-28-276, and is needed to allow for the permit hunts to go forward. There is insufficient time to promulgate permanent rules.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: Immediately.
July 19, 2000
J. P. Koenings
Director
(1) To apply for fall 2000 permit hunts for wild turkey, applicants must have a valid Washington small game hunting license. Hunters who have taken three turkeys statewide or two turkeys from Eastern Washington are not eligible to apply for a fall 2000 turkey permit hunt unless one of the turkeys was taken pursuant to a turkey raffle drawing, in which case such hunter is eligible to apply.
(2) Applications:
(a) To be eligible for the fall turkey permit hunts drawing, each application must include a valid permit area, and the applicant's complete name, correct mailing address, date of birth, and a valid Washington small game hunting license number.
(b) Partnership applications will be accepted. A partnership consists of two hunters. If a partnership application is drawn, each hunter will receive a permit and each hunter can take a turkey.
(c) Application deadline: To qualify for the fall 2000 turkey drawing, all applications must be postmarked no later than August 25, 2000, or received at department headquarters or a department regional office no later than 5:00 p.m. on August 25, 2000.
(3) An applicant's name may appear on only one special permit hunt application for fall 2000 turkey. If an applicant's name appears on more than one application, all applications are ineligible for the drawing and no points will be accrued for that year. For partnership applications that are ineligible because one of the partners has the hunter's name on more than one application, both applicants will be made ineligible for the drawing and no points will be accrued for that year.
(4) Permits will be drawn by computer selection using a weighted point selection system.
(5) To be eligible to accrue points, each application must include either a valid social security number, driver's license number, or a state-issued identification number for each applicant. Applicants choosing not to submit one of the above-listed numbers will be eligible for the drawing, but will not accrue points. The same identification number must be used each year to accrue points. If a different number is used (i.e., driver's license number instead of social security number), point accrual will begin anew for the applicant while maintaining the point accrual under the former identification number.
(7) Inaccurate applications:
(a) If an applicant makes a mistake, applies for the wrong permit area, and is drawn, the permit may be returned to the department of fish and wildlife Olympia headquarters before October 1, 2000. The applicant's points will be restored to the condition they were in prior to the drawing.
(b) If an applicant inaccurately submits the hunter's identification number on an application, no points will be accrued for that year under the correct identification number.
(8) All applicants will receive notice of drawing results, including permits for successful applicants, by mail by September 15, 2000.
(9) Permit holders must have a valid, unused turkey transport tag in possession to hunt turkeys in the fall season.
(10) Permit hunting report: A hunter report will be sent to each fall turkey permit holder and must be returned to department headquarters or a regional office or postmarked by October 15, 2000.
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Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.