Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 220-220 - General recreational licensing rules › RECREATIONAL LICENSE DEALERS › Section 220-220-300 - Requirements of recreational license dealers

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) The director may contract with persons,
				  firms or corporations as license dealers in such numbers as deemed necessary
				  for the purpose of issuing licenses, permits, tags, stamps and catch record
				  cards.
(2) License dealers must
				  have a permanent place of business with regular business hours, and have a type
				  of business that supports hunting and fishing activities. Exceptions to this
				  rule may be granted by the director.
(3) An internet or Interactive Voice Response
				  (IVR) telephone firm or corporation may be designated by the director as a
				  license dealer. Internet or IVR dealers are not required to have a type of
				  business that supports hunting and fishing activities.
(4) All moneys collected from the sale of
				  hand processed licenses, stamps, and other department property must be received
				  in the department by the 10th day of the following month in which they were
				  sold. High volume license dealers or dealers with a history of late payments
				  may be required to remit moneys on a more frequent basis.
(5) All moneys collected from the sale of
				  automated licenses, and other automated department property must be deposited
				  into an electronic funds transfer account (EFT) of a type approved by the state
				  treasurer's office where they shall be collected on a weekly basis on a
				  schedule set by the department and the state treasurer's office.
(6) All records held pursuant to the statutes
				  and regulations dealing with license dealers must be open to inspection by a
				  fish and wildlife officer or department designee at reasonable times.
(7) License dealers who remit payments for
				  hand processed licenses and other documents after the 10th of the month on more
				  than two occasions in one year will be required to obtain a bond equal to the
				  value of their license stock or make electronic fund transfer payment
				  arrangements. "One year" is defined as beginning on the first month in which
				  the license dealer is late making a payment due by the 10th of that month. A
				  dealer who is late a third time, or sporadically thereafter, may lose their
				  license dealership. No license dealer may receive additional license inventory
				  if they are in arrears on license payments.
(8) For licenses sold via an automated
				  system, license dealers must have sufficient funds in their EFT account to
				  cover all licenses and other department property sold during the previous
				  business week (12:01 a.m. Sunday until 11:59 p.m. Saturday) when funds are
				  collected electronically per the announced schedule. If the amount due has not
				  been paid on the date of the next scheduled collection from the account, the
				  automated license terminal will be disabled and authorization to sell licenses
				  will be withheld until all balances due have been paid. If there are
				  insufficient funds in the account on more than three occasions in one license
				  year, the dealer may lose their license dealership. "One license year" is
				  defined as beginning on April 1 and ending on March 31 of the following
				  year.
(9) License dealers using an
				  automated licensing system are required to maintain and deposit license revenue
				  into accounts established in banks designated as public depositories by the
				  Public Deposit Protection Commission.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						77.32.050. 00-11-178 (Order 00-80), §
												220-55-105, filed 5/24/00,
						effective 6/24/00. Statutory Authority: 1998 c 191 and RCW 75.08.080. 99-03-029
						(Order 99-02), §
												220-55-105, filed 1/13/99,
						effective 2/13/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 94-01-001, §
												220-55-105, filed 12/1/93,
						effective 1/1/94; 89-07-071 (Order 89-05), §
												220-55-105, filed 3/20/89;
						88-05-002 (Order 88-03), §
												220-55-105, filed 2/4/88;
						80-03-064 (Order 80-12), §
												220-55-105, filed 2/27/80,
						effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC
						220-105-045.