Senate Bill 5504 — Discover Pass Free Days (Washington, 2022 Regular Session)
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Senate Bill 5504 of the State of Washington, 67th Legislature, 2022 Regular Session, prefiled December 7, 2021 by Senators Warnick, Van De Wege and others at the request of the Department of Fish and Wildlife. It was read first time January 10, 2022 and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. The act relates to extending current discover pass free days from state parks to all state recreation sites and lands, and amends RCW 79A.80.050. As amended, the director of the state parks and recreation commission must designate up to 12 days per calendar year where entry to a recreation site or lands is free, and at least three of those days must be on weekends.
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SENATE BILL 5504
State of Washington 67th Legislature 2022 Regular Session
By Senators Warnick, Van De Wege, Billig, Conway, Das, Lovelett,
Mullet, Nguyen, Randall, Saldaña, Wagoner, J. Wilson, and L. Wilson;
by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife
Prefiled 12/07/21. Read first time 01/10/22. Referred to Committee
on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks.
1 AN ACT Relating to extending current discover pass free days from
2 state parks to all state recreation sites and lands; and amending RCW
3 79A.80.050.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
5 Sec. 1. RCW 79A.80.050 and 2012 c 261 s 6 are each amended to
6 read as follows:
7 (1) A discover pass or a day-use permit are not required within a
8 state park for persons who have a valid camper registration, or
9 annual natural investment permit, issued by the state parks and
10 recreation commission.
11 (2) ((The)) In consultation with the director of the department
12 of fish and wildlife and the commissioner of public lands, the
13 director of the state parks and recreation commission must ((provide
14 up to twelve days a)) designate up to 12 days per calendar year where
15 entry to ((state parks)) a recreation site or lands is free. At least
16 three of those days must be on weekends. When practicable, the free
17 access days should be timed to correspond with any similar free
18 access days planned by the national park service for national parks
19 located in the general region of high volume state parks.
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