RCW 77.12.047
Finding- 2017 c 159 : "The legislature finds that elk hoof disease poses a significant threat to the state, including elk populations and livestock. While the legislature recognizes the efforts of the department of fish and wildlife thus far, more aggressive steps are necessary to achieve a better understanding of the hoof disease epidemic facing the state's elk populations and to ensure proactive management and treatment actions are pursued." [2017 c 159 s 1.]
Required rule making- 2017 c 159 : "The department of fish and wildlife must immediately adopt or amend any rule as necessary to implement, and ensure rules are consistent with, this act." [2017 c 159 s 4.]
Referral to electorate-1995 1st sp.s. c 2: See note following RCW 77.04.013.
Effective date-1995 1st sp.s. c 2: See note following RCW 43.17.020.