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79A.25.150 | Assistance furnished by state departments—Appointment of director and personnel—Civil service exemption. | When requested by the board, members employed by the state shall furnish assistance to the board from their departments for the analysis and review of proposed plans and projects, and such assistance shall be a proper charge against the appropriations to the several agencies represented on the board. Assistance may be ... |
79A.25.170 | Public parks and recreation sites guide. | In addition to its other powers and duties the director is authorized to coordinate the preparation of a comprehensive guide of public parks and recreation sites in the state of Washington. Such guide may include one or more maps showing the locations of such public parks and recreation areas, and may also include info... |
79A.25.180 | Public parks and recreation sites guide—Review and update. | The director shall periodically review and have updated the guide authorized by RCW 79A.25.170 .
[ 2000 c 11 s 76 ; 1989 c 237 s 6 ; 1979 ex.s. c 24 s 4 . Formerly RCW 43.99.146 .]
Effective date — 1989 c 237: See note following RCW 79A.25.005 . |
79A.25.190 | Appropriations by subsequent legislatures. | The 1967 and subsequent legislatures may appropriate funds requested in the budget for grants to public bodies and state agencies from the recreation resource account to the board for allocation and disbursement. The board shall include a list of prioritized state agency projects to be funded from the recreation resour... |
79A.25.200 | Recreation resource account. | The recreation resource account is created in the state treasury. Moneys in this account are subject to legislative appropriation. The board shall administer the account in accordance with this chapter and chapter 79A.35 RCW and shall hold it separate and apart from all other money, funds, and accounts of the board. Mo... |
79A.25.210 | Firearms range account—Grant program—Rules. | The firearms range account is hereby created in the state general fund. Moneys in the account shall be subject to legislative appropriation and shall be used for purchase and development of land, construction or improvement of range facilities, including fixed structure construction or remodeling, equipment purchase, s... |
79A.25.230 | Firearms range account—Gifts and grants. | The board or director may accept gifts and grants upon such terms as the board shall deem proper. All monetary gifts and grants shall be deposited in the firearms range account of the general fund.
[ 2007 c 241 s 56 ; 1990 c 195 s 4 . Formerly RCW 77.12.740 .]
Intent — Effective date — 2007 c 241: See notes following R... |
79A.25.240 | Grants and loan administration. | The recreation and conservation office shall provide necessary grants and loan administration support to the salmon recovery funding board as provided in RCW 77.85.120 . The office shall also be responsible for tracking salmon recovery expenditures under RCW 77.85.140 . The office shall provide all necessary administra... |
79A.25.250 | Acquisition, development, etc., of urban area parks by recreation and conservation funding board. | Recognizing the fact that the demand for park services is greatest in our urban areas, that parks should be accessible to all Washington citizens, that the urban poor cannot afford to travel to remotely located parks, that few state parks are located in or near urban areas, that a need exists to conserve energy, and th... |
79A.25.260 | Habitat and recreation lands coordinating group—Members—Progress reports—Duties.(Expires July 31, 2027.) | (1) The habitat and recreation lands coordinating group is established. The group must include representatives from the office, the state parks and recreation commission, the department of natural resources, and the department of fish and wildlife. The members of the group must have subject matter expertise with the is... |
79A.25.300 | Findings. | The legislature finds that: (1) The land, water, and other resources of Washington are being severely impacted by the invasion of an increasing number of harmful invasive plant and animal species. (2) These impacts are resulting in damage to Washington's environment and causing economic hardships. (3) The multitude of ... |
79A.25.310 | Washington invasive species council—Created.(Expires June 30, 2032.) | (1) There is created the Washington invasive species council to exist until June 30, 2032. Staff support to the council shall be provided by the recreation and conservation office and from the agencies represented on the council. For administrative purposes, the council shall be located within the office. (2) The purpo... |
79A.25.320 | Washington invasive species council—Membership. | (1) Membership in the council includes a representative from the following entities: (a) The department of agriculture, represented by the director or the director's designee; (b) The department of fish and wildlife, represented by the director or the director's designee; (c) The department of ecology, represented by t... |
79A.25.330 | Washington invasive species council—Goals. | The council's goals are to: (1) Minimize the effects of harmful invasive species on Washington's citizens and ensure the economic and environmental well-being of the state; (2) Serve as a forum for identifying and understanding invasive species issues from all perspectives; (3) Serve as a forum to facilitate the commun... |
79A.25.340 | Washington invasive species council—Statewide strategic plan. | (1) The council shall develop and periodically update a statewide strategic plan for addressing invasive species. The strategic plan should incorporate the reports and activities of the aquatic nuisance species committee, the state noxious weed control board, and other appropriate reports and activities. In addition, t... |
79A.25.350 | Washington invasive species council—Biennial report. | (1) The council shall submit a biennial report of its activities to the governor and the relevant policy committees of the senate and house of representatives by December 15th of each even-numbered year. The report must include an evaluation of progress made in the preceding biennium to implement or carry out the strat... |
79A.25.360 | Washington invasive species council—Advisory and technical committees authorized. | The council may establish advisory and technical committees that it considers necessary to aid and advise the council in the performance of its functions. The committees may be continuing or temporary committees. The council shall determine the representation, membership, terms, and organization of the committees and a... |
79A.25.800 | Intent. | (1) The legislature recognizes that coordinated funding efforts are needed to maintain, develop, and improve the state's community outdoor athletic fields. Rapid population growth and increased urbanization have caused a decline in suitable outdoor fields for community athletic activities and has resulted in overcrowdi... |
79A.25.820 | Strategic plan—Funding eligibility—Regional coordination and cooperative efforts—Data collection and exchange. | Subject to available resources, the recreation and conservation funding board may: (1) Prepare and update a strategic plan for the development, maintenance, and improvement of community outdoor athletic fields in the state. In the preparation of such plan, the board may use available data from federal, state, and local... |
79A.25.830 | Gifts, grants, or endowments.(Effective until January 1, 2026.) | The recreation and conservation funding board or office may receive gifts, grants, or endowments from public and private sources that are made from time to time, in trust or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the purposes of RCW 79A.25.800 through 79A.25.830 and spend gifts, grants, or endowments or income from the ... |
79A.25.902 | Short title. | This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Marine Recreation Land Act of 1964.
[ 1965 c 5 s 18 (Initiative Measure No. 215, approved November 3, 1964). Formerly RCW 43.99.910 .] |
79A.30.005 | Findings—Purpose. | The legislature finds that: (1) Horses are part of a large, highly diverse, and vital industry which provides significant economic, employment, recreational, and educational contributions to residents of and visitors to the state of Washington; (2) Currently there is no adequate facility in the Pacific Northwest with t... |
79A.30.010 | Definitions. | Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Authority" means the Washington state horse park authority authorized to be created in RCW 79A.30.030 . (2) "Commission" means the Washington state parks and recreation commission. (3) "Horses" includes a... |
79A.30.020 | Park established—Site approval—Ownership of land—Development, promotion, operation, management, and maintenance. | (1) The Washington state horse park is hereby established, to be located at a site approved by the commission. In approving a site for the state horse park, the commission shall consider areas with large blocks of land suitable for park development, the distance to various population centers in the state, the ease of t... |
79A.30.030 | Washington state horse park authority—Formation—Powers—Articles of incorporation—Board. | (1) A nonprofit corporation may be formed under the nonprofit corporation provisions of chapter 24.03A RCW to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Except as provided in RCW 79A.30.040 , the corporation shall have all the powers and be subject to the same restrictions as are permitted or prescribed to nonprofit corpo... |
79A.30.040 | Washington state horse park authority—Powers. | To meet its responsibility for developing, promoting, operating, managing, and maintaining the state horse park, the authority is empowered to do the following: (1) Exercise the general powers authorized for any nonprofit corporation as specified in RCW 24.03A.140 . All debts of the authority shall be in the name of th... |
79A.30.050 | Collaboration by authority and state on projects of shared interest—Cooperation with groups for youth recreational activities. | (1) If the authority and state agencies find it mutually beneficial to do so, they are authorized to collaborate and cooperate on projects of shared interest. Agencies authorized to collaborate with the authority include but are not limited to: The commission for activities and projects related to public recreation; th... |
79A.35.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Board" means the recreation and conservation funding board. (2) "System" means the Washington state recreation trails system.
[ 2007 c 241 s 63 ; 1970 ex.s. c 76 s 2 . Formerly RCW 67.32.020 .]
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79A.35.020 | Purpose. | (1) In order to provide for the ever increasing outdoor recreation needs of an expanding resident and tourist population and to promote public access to, travel within, and the enjoyment and appreciation of outdoor areas of Washington, it is declared to be in the public interest to plan a system of trails throughout th... |
79A.35.030 | Trails to be designated by board—Inclusion of other trails—Procedure. | (1) The system shall be composed of trails as designated by the board. Such trails shall meet the conditions established in this chapter and such supplementary criteria as the board may prescribe. (2) The board shall establish a procedure whereby federal, state, and local governmental agencies and/or public and private... |
79A.35.040 | State trails plan. | The director shall prepare a state trails plan as part of the statewide outdoor recreation and open space plan. Included in this plan shall be an inventory of existing trails and potential trail routes on all lands within the state presently being used or with potential for use by all types of trail users. Such trails ... |
79A.35.050 | Proposals for designation of existing or proposed trails as state recreational trails. | Before any specific existing or proposed trail is considered for designation as a state recreational trail, a proposal must be submitted to the board showing the following: (1) For existing trails: (a) The route of such trail, including maps and illustrations, and the recommended mode or modes of travel to be permitted... |
79A.35.060 | Coordination by recreation and conservation funding board. | Following designation of a state recreation trail, the recreation and conservation funding board may coordinate: (1) The agency or agencies that will acquire (where appropriate), develop and/or maintain the trail; (2) The most appropriate location for the trail; (3) Modes of travel to be permitted; (4) And other functi... |
79A.35.070 | Categories of trails or areas—Policy statement as to certain state lands. | The following seven categories of trails or areas are hereby established for purposes of this chapter: (1) Cross-state trails which connect scenic, historical, geological, geographical, or other significant features which are characteristic of the state; (2) Water-oriented trails which provide a designated path to, on,... |
79A.35.080 | General types of use. | All trails designated as state recreational trails will be constructed, maintained, and operated to provide for one or more of the following general types of use: Foot, foot powered bicycle, horse, motor vehicular or watercraft travel as appropriate to the terrain and location, or to legal, administrative or other nece... |
79A.35.090 | Guidelines. | With the concurrence of any federal or state agency administering lands through which a state recreation trail may pass, and after consultation with local governments, private organizations and landowners which the board knows or believes to be concerned, the board may issue guidelines including, but not limited to: En... |
79A.35.100 | Consultation and cooperation with state, federal, and local agencies. | The board is authorized and encouraged to consult and to cooperate with any state, federal, or local governmental agency or body including special districts subject to the provisions of chapter 85.38 RCW, with private landowners, and with any privately owned utility having jurisdiction or control over or information co... |
79A.35.110 | Participation by volunteer organizations—Liability of public agencies therefor limited. | Volunteer organizations may assist public agencies, with the agency's approval, in the construction and maintenance of recreational trails in accordance with the guidelines issued by the board. In carrying out such volunteer activities the members of the organizations shall not be considered employees or agents of the ... |
79A.35.120 | Department of transportation—Participation. | The department of transportation shall consider plans for trails along and across all new construction projects, improvement projects, and along or across any existing highways in the state system as deemed desirable by the board.
[ 2007 c 241 s 71 ; 1984 c 7 s 368 ; 1971 ex.s. c 47 s 5 . Formerly RCW 67.32.140 .]
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79A.35.130 | Participants in conservation corps programs—Exempt from provisions related to rates of compensation. | Participants in conservation corps programs offered by a nonprofit organization affiliated with a national service organization established under the authority of the national and community service trust act of 1993, P.L. 103-82, are exempt from provisions related to rates of compensation while performing environmental... |
79A.35.140 | Electric-assisted bicycles—Use—Public process—Report—Persons who possess current parking placard for persons with disabilities. | (1) The department of natural resources and the department of fish and wildlife shall each undergo a public process to collect information related to electric-assisted bicycle use on nonmotorized natural surface trails and closed roads open to bicycles to determine where such use may occur, and which classes of electri... |
79A.35.900 | Short title. | This chapter may be cited as the Washington State Recreation Trails System Act.
[ 1970 ex.s. c 76 s 1 . Formerly RCW 67.32.010 .] |
79A.40.010 | Safe and adequate facilities and equipment required of owner and operator—Operator not common carrier. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2272.SL ) ***
Every owner or operator of any recreational device designed and operated for the conveyance of persons which aids in promoting entertainment, pleasure, play, relaxation, or instruction, specifically including devices generally associated with winter sports activities such as ae... |
79A.40.020 | Plans, specifications to be submitted to state parks and recreation commission—Approval—Certification by a qualified engineer—Penalty. | (1) It shall be unlawful after June 10, 1959, to construct or install any such recreational device as set forth in RCW 79A.40.010 without first submitting plans and specifications for such device to the state parks and recreation commission and receiving the approval of the commission for such construction or installat... |
79A.40.030 | Orders directing repairs, improvements, changes, etc.—Notice—Forbidding operation. | The state parks and recreation commission shall have the authority and the responsibility for the inspection of the devices set forth in RCW 79A.40.010 and in addition shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Whenever the commission, after hearing called upon its own motion or upon complaint, finds that addition... |
79A.40.040 | Penalty for violation of chapter or rules, etc., of parks and recreation commission. | Any violation of this chapter or the rules, regulations and codes of the state parks and recreation commission relating to public safety in the construction, operation and maintenance of the recreational devices provided for in this chapter shall be a misdemeanor.
[ 1965 ex.s. c 85 s 2 ; 1959 c 327 s 4 . Formerly RCW 7... |
79A.40.050 | Inspector of recreational devices—Employees. | The state parks and recreation commission shall employ or retain a person qualified in engineering experience and training who shall be designated as the inspector of recreational devices, and may employ such additional employees as are necessary to properly administer this chapter. The inspector and such additional em... |
79A.40.060 | Powers and duties of inspector—Condemnation of equipment—Annual inspection. | The inspector of recreational devices and his or her assistants shall inspect all equipment and appliances connected with the recreational devices set forth in RCW 79A.40.010 and make such reports of his or her inspection to the commission as may be required. He or she shall, on discovering any defective equipment, or ... |
79A.40.070 | Program funding—Costs of inspection and plan review—Administrative fee—Fee schedule—Lien—Disposition of funds. | The program authorized by this chapter and chapter 79A.45 RCW must be funded by fees charged to the owners or operators of ski areas. The expenses incurred in connection with making inspections and reviewing plans and specifications under this chapter shall be paid by the owner or operator of such recreational devices ... |
79A.40.080 | State immunity from liability—Actions deemed exercise of police power. | Inspections, rules, and orders of the state parks and recreation commission resulting from the exercise of the provisions of this chapter and chapter 79A.45 RCW shall not in any manner be deemed to impose liability upon the state for any injury or damage resulting from the operation or signing of the facilities regulat... |
79A.40.090 | Rules and codes. | The state parks and recreation commission is empowered to adopt reasonable rules and codes relating to public safety in the construction, operation, signing, and maintenance of the recreational devices provided for in this chapter. The rules and codes authorized hereunder shall be in accordance with established standar... |
79A.40.100 | Judicial review. | The procedure for review of the orders or actions of the state parks and recreation commission, its agents or employees, shall be conducted in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW.
[ 2007 c 234 s 98 ; 1959 c 327 s 10 . Formerly RCW 70.88.100 .] |
79A.45.010 | Ski area sign requirements. | (1) The operator of any ski area shall maintain a sign system based on international or national standards and as may be required by the state parks and recreation commission. All signs for instruction of the public shall be bold in design with wording short, simple, and to the point. All such signs shall be prominentl... |
79A.45.020 | "Trails" or "runs" defined. | As used in this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly requires otherwise. "Trails" or "runs" means those trails or runs that have been marked, signed, or designated by the ski area operator as ski trails or ski runs within the ski area boundary.
[ 1989 c 81 s 1 . Formerly R... |
79A.45.030 | Standard of conduct—Prohibited acts—Responsibility. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2272.SL ) ***
(1) In addition to the specific requirements of this section, all skiers shall conduct themselves within the limits of their individual ability and shall not act in a manner that may contribute to the injury of themselves or any other person. (2) No person shall: (a) Embark or ... |
79A.45.040 | Skiing outside of trails or boundaries—Notice of skier responsibility. | Ski area operators shall place a notice of the provisions of RCW 79A.45.030 (7) on their trail maps, at or near the ticket booth, and at the bottom of each ski lift or similar device.
[ 2000 c 11 s 91 ; 1989 c 81 s 5 . Formerly RCW 70.117.025 .]
Severability — 1989 c 81: See note following RCW 79A.45.020 . |
79A.45.050 | Leaving scene of skiing accident—Penalty—Notice. | (1) Any person who is involved in a skiing accident and who departs from the scene of the accident without leaving personal identification or otherwise clearly identifying himself or herself before notifying the proper authorities or obtaining assistance, knowing that any other person involved in the accident is in nee... |
79A.45.060 | Insurance requirements for operators. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2272.SL ) ***
(1) Every operator of an aerial lift, surface lift, or similar device shall maintain liability insurance of not less than one million dollars per occurrence. (2) This section shall not apply to operators of tramways that are not open to the general public and that are operated ... |
79A.45.070 | Skiing in an area or trail closed to the public—Penalty. | A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if the person knowingly skis in an area or on a ski trail, owned or controlled by a ski area operator, that is closed to the public and that has signs posted indicating the closure.
[ 2011 c 276 s 1 .] |
79A.50.010 | Use of public lands for state or city park purposes—Regents' consent, when. | The department of natural resources is hereby authorized to withdraw from sale or lease, and reserve for state or city park purposes, public lands selected by the state parks and recreation commission, for such time as it shall determine will be for the best interests of the state and any particular fund for which said... |
79A.50.020 | Use of public lands for state or city park purposes—Rental—Deposit of rent. | The department of natural resources and the state parks and recreation commission shall fix a yearly reasonable rental for the use of public lands reserved for state park purposes, which shall be paid by the commission to the department for the particular fund for which the lands had been held in trust, and which rent ... |
79A.50.030 | Use of public lands for state or city park purposes—Removal of timber—Consent—Compensation. | No merchantable timber shall be cut or removed from lands reserved for state park purposes without the consent of the department of natural resources and without payment to the particular fund for which the lands are held in trust, the reasonable value thereof as fixed by the department.
[ 1988 c 128 s 60 ; 1951 c 26 s... |
79A.50.040 | State lands used for state parks—Trust lands, payment of full market value rental—Other lands, rent free. | The parks and recreation commission shall pay to the department of natural resources the full market value rental for state-owned lands acquired in trust from the United States that are used for state parks. All other state lands used by the parks and recreation commission for state parks shall be rent free.
[ 1967 ex.... |
79A.50.050 | State lands used for state parks—Trust lands—Determination of full market value by board of natural resources. | The full market value shall be determined by the board of natural resources for trust lands used for state park purposes.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 189 s 1 ; 1967 ex.s. c 63 s 5 . Formerly RCW 79.08.1064 .] |
79A.50.060 | State lands used for state parks—Trust lands—Full market value rental defined—Factor in determination. | The full market value rental for trust lands used by the parks and recreation commission shall be a percentage of the full market value of the land and the board of natural resources shall consider in its deliberations the average percentage of return realized by the state during the preceding fiscal biennium on the in... |
79A.50.070 | State lands used for state parks—Certain funds appropriated for rental to be deposited without deduction for management purposes. | Any funds appropriated to the state parks and recreation commission for payment of rental for use of state lands reserved for state park purposes during the 1969-71 biennium and received by the department of natural resources shall be deposited by the department to the applicable trust land accounts without the deducti... |
79A.50.080 | Utilization of public lands for outdoor recreational and other beneficial public uses—State agency cooperation. | In order to maximize outdoor recreation opportunities for the people of the state of Washington and allow for the full utilization of state owned land, all state departments and agencies are authorized and directed to cooperate together in fully utilizing the public lands. All state departments and agencies, vested wit... |
79A.50.090 | Department estopped from certain actions respecting state parks without concurrence of commission. | The department of natural resources shall not rescind the withdrawal of public land in any existing and future state park nor sell any timber or other valuable material therefrom or grant any right-of-way or easement thereon, except as provided in the withdrawal order or for off-site drilling, without the concurrence o... |
79A.50.100 | State trust lands—Withdrawal—Revocation or modification of withdrawal when used for recreational purposes—Hearing—Notice—Board to determine most beneficial use in accordance with policy. | (1) A public hearing may be held prior to any withdrawal of state trust lands and shall be held prior to any revocation of withdrawal or modification of withdrawal of state trust lands used for recreational purposes by the department of natural resources or by other state agencies. (2) The department shall cause notice... |
79A.50.110 | Exchange of lands to secure private lands for parks and recreation purposes. | For the purpose of securing and preserving privately owned lands for parks and recreation purposes, the department of natural resources is authorized, with the advice and approval of the state board of natural resources, to exchange any state lands of equal value for such lands. Lands acquired by exchange as herein pro... |
79A.55.005 | Legislative finding—Purpose. | The legislature hereby finds that many rivers of this state, with their immediate environs, possess outstanding natural, scenic, historic, ecological, and recreational values of present and future benefit to the public. The legislature further finds that the policy of permitting the construction of dams and other impou... |
79A.55.010 | Definitions. | The definitions set forth in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Commission" means the state parks and recreation commission. (2) "Participating local government" means the legislative authority of any city or county, a portion of whose territorial jurisdiction... |
79A.55.020 | Management policies—Development—Inclusion of management plans—Identification and exclusion of unsuitably developed lands—Boundaries of river areas—Hearings—Notice—Studies—Proposals for system additions. | (1) The commission shall develop and adopt management policies for publicly owned or leased land on the rivers designated by the legislature as being a part of the state's scenic river system and within the associated river areas. The commission may adopt rules identifying river classifications which reflect the charac... |
79A.55.030 | Administration of management program—Powers, duties, and authority of commission. | (1) The management program for the system shall be administered by the commission. The commission shall have the responsibility for coordinating the development of the program between affected state agencies and participating local governments, and shall develop and adopt rules, in accord with chapter 34.05 RCW, the Ad... |
79A.55.040 | State agencies and local governments to pursue policies to conserve and enhance included river areas—Shoreline management act—Private lands—Trust lands. | (1) All state government agencies and local governments are hereby directed to pursue policies with regard to their respective activities, functions, powers, and duties which are designed to conserve and enhance the conditions of rivers which have been included in the system, in accordance with the management policies ... |
79A.55.050 | Criteria for inclusion of rivers within system. | Rivers of a scenic nature are eligible for inclusion in the system. Ideally, a scenic river: (1) Is free-flowing without diversions that hinder recreational use; (2) Has a streamway that is relatively unmodified by riprapping and other stream bank protection; (3) Has water of sufficient quality and quantity to be deeme... |
79A.55.060 | Authority of department of fish and wildlife unaffected. | Nothing contained in this chapter shall affect the authority of the department of fish and wildlife to construct facilities or make improvements to facilitate the passage or propagation of fish nor shall anything in this chapter be construed to interfere with the powers, duties, and authority of the department of fish ... |
79A.55.070 | Rivers designated as part of system. | The following rivers of the state of Washington are hereby designated as being in the scenic river system of the state of Washington: (1) The Skykomish river from the junction of the north and south forks of the Skykomish river: (a) Downstream approximately fourteen miles to its junction with the Sultan river; (b) Upst... |
79A.55.080 | Inclusion of state's scenic rivers in national wild and scenic river system not precluded. | Nothing in this chapter shall preclude a section or segment of the state's scenic rivers included in the system from becoming a part of the national wild and scenic river system.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 161 s 9 . Formerly RCW 79.72.090 .] |
79A.55.090 | Funds from certain accounts not to be used. | No funds shall be expended from the limited fish and wildlife account created in RCW 77.12.170 (1) or the fish, wildlife, and conservation account created in RCW 77.12.170 (3) to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
[ 2020 c 148 s 26 ; 1988 c 36 s 59 ; 1977 ex.s. c 161 s 10 . Formerly RCW 79.72.100 .]
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79A.60.010 | Definitions. | Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Accredited course" means a mandatory course of instruction on boating safety education that has been approved by the commission. (2) "Boat wastes" includes, but is not limited to, sewage, garbage, marine d... |
79A.60.020 | Violations of chapter punishable as misdemeanor—Circumstances—Violations designated as civil infractions. | (1) A violation of this chapter designated as an infraction is a misdemeanor, punishable under RCW 9.92.030 , if the current violation is the person's third violation of the same provision of this chapter during the past three hundred sixty-five days. (2) A violation designated in this chapter as a civil infraction sha... |
79A.60.030 | Operation of vessel in a negligent manner—Penalty. | A person shall not operate a vessel in a negligent manner. For the purposes of this section, to "operate in a negligent manner" means operating a vessel in disregard of careful and prudent operation, or in disregard of careful and prudent rates of speed that are no greater than is reasonable and proper under the condit... |
79A.60.040 | Operation of vessel in a reckless manner—Operation of a vessel under the influence of intoxicating liquor, cannabis, or any drug—Consent to breath or blood test—Penalty. | (1) It is unlawful for any person to operate a vessel in a reckless manner. (2) It is unlawful for a person to operate a vessel while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, cannabis, or any drug. A person is considered to be under the influence of intoxicating liquor, cannabis, or any drug if, within two hours of ... |
79A.60.045 | Vessel impoundment—Procedure—Forfeiture. | (1) Whenever the operator of a vessel is arrested for a violation of RCW 79A.60.040 , the arresting officer, or another officer acting at the arresting officer's direction, has authority to impound the vessel as provided in this section. (2) This section is not intended to limit or constrain the ability of local govern... |
79A.60.050 | Homicide by watercraft—Penalty. | (1) When the death of any person ensues within three years as a proximate result of injury proximately caused by the operating of any vessel by any person, the operator is guilty of homicide by watercraft if he or she was operating the vessel: (a) While under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, as defined... |
79A.60.060 | Assault by watercraft—Penalty. | (1) "Serious bodily injury" means bodily injury which involves a substantial risk of death, serious permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any part or organ of the body. (2) A person is guilty of assault by watercraft if he or she operates any vessel: (a) In a reckless manner, and ... |
79A.60.080 | Failure to stop for law enforcement officer. | Any operator of a vessel who willfully fails to stop when requested or signaled to do so by a person reasonably identifiable as a law enforcement officer is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 1990 c 235 s 1 . Formerly RCW 88.12.035 , 88.12.110 , and 88.08.070 .] |
79A.60.090 | Eluding a law enforcement vessel. | Any operator of a vessel who willfully fails or refuses to immediately bring the vessel to a stop and who operates the vessel in a manner indicating a wanton or willful disregard for the lives or property of others while attempting to elude a pursuing law enforcement vessel, after being given a visual or audible signal... |
79A.60.100 | Enforcement—Chapter to supplement federal law. | (1) Every law enforcement officer of this state and its political subdivisions has the authority to enforce this chapter. Law enforcement officers may enforce recreational boating rules adopted by the commission. Such law enforcement officers include, but are not limited to, county sheriffs, officers of other local law... |
79A.60.110 | Equipment standards—Rules—Penalty. | In addition to the equipment standards prescribed under this chapter, the commission shall adopt rules specifying equipment standards for vessels. Except where the violation is classified as a misdemeanor under this chapter, violation of any equipment standard adopted by the commission is an infraction under chapter 7.... |
79A.60.120 | Tampering with vessel lights or signals—Exhibiting false lights or signals—Penalty. | An operator or owner who endangers a vessel, or the persons on board the vessel, by showing, masking, extinguishing, altering, or removing any light or signal or by exhibiting any false light or signal, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in RCW 9.92.030 .
[ 1993 c 244 s 11 . Formerly RCW 88.12.075 .]
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79A.60.130 | Muffler or underwater exhaust system required—Exemptions—Enforcement—Penalty. | (1) All motor-propelled vessels shall be equipped and maintained with an effective muffler that is in good working order and in constant use. For the purpose of this section, an effective muffler or underwater exhaust system does not produce sound levels in excess of ninety decibels when subjected to a stationary sound... |
79A.60.140 | Personal flotation devices—Inspection and approval—Rules. | (1) The commission shall adopt rules providing for its inspection and approval of the personal flotation devices that may be used to satisfy the requirements of this chapter and governing the manner in which such devices shall be used. The commission shall prescribe the different types of devices that are appropriate f... |
79A.60.150 | Failure of vessel to contain safety equipment—Owner/operator may be cited for applicable infraction or crime. | If a vessel does not contain the safety equipment required under this chapter and the rules of the commission, and the operator is not the owner of the vessel but is operating the vessel with the express or implied permission of the owner, then either the owner or the operator, or both, may be cited for the applicable ... |
79A.60.160 | Personal flotation devices required—Penalty. | (1) No person may operate or permit the operation of a vessel on the waters of the state without a personal flotation device on board for each person on the vessel. Each personal flotation device shall be in serviceable condition, of an appropriate size, and readily accessible. (2) Except as provided in RCW 79A.60.020 ... |
79A.60.170 | Water skiing safety—Requirements. | (1) The purpose of this section is to promote safety in water skiing on the waters of Washington state, provide a means of ensuring safe water skiing and promote the enjoyment of water skiing. (2) No vessel operator may tow or attempt to tow a water skier on any waters of Washington state unless such craft shall be occ... |
79A.60.180 | Loading or powering vessel beyond safe operating ability—Penalties. | (1) A person shall not load or permit to be loaded a vessel with passengers or cargo beyond its safe carrying ability or carry passengers or cargo in an unsafe manner taking into consideration weather and other existing operating conditions. (2) A person shall not operate or permit to be operated a vessel equipped with... |
79A.60.190 | Operation of personal watercraft—Prohibited activities—Penalties. | (1) A person shall not operate a personal watercraft unless each person aboard the personal watercraft is wearing a personal flotation device approved by the commission. Except as provided for in RCW 79A.60.020 , a violation of this subsection is a civil infraction punishable under RCW 7.84.100 . (2) A person operating... |
79A.60.200 | Duty of operator involved in collision, accident, or other casualty—Immunity from liability of persons rendering assistance—Penalties. | (1) The operator of a vessel involved in a collision, accident, or other casualty, to the extent the operator can do so without serious danger to the operator's own vessel or persons aboard, shall render all practical and necessary assistance to persons affected by the collision, accident, or casualty to save them from... |
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