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                                                     SENATE BILL 5578

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Senators Fraser, Owen, Oke, Hargrove, Haugen and Winsley

Read first time 02/04/93.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

Clarifying the areas where a personal use fishing license is not required.

          AN ACT Relating to clarifying the areas where a personal use fishing license is not required; and amending RCW 75.25.090.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  RCW 75.25.090 and 1989 c 305 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) A personal use license is required for all persons other than persons under fifteen years of age to fish for, take, or possess food fish for personal use from state waters or offshore waters.  A personal use license is not required under this section to fish for, take, or possess carp ((and)), sturgeon in the Columbia river above Chief Joseph Dam, smelt, or albacore.

          (2) The fees for annual personal use licenses are:

          (a) For a resident fifteen years of age or older and under seventy years of age, three dollars; and

          (b) For a nonresident fifteen years of age or older, ten dollars.

          (3) The fees for two-consecutive-day personal use licenses are:

          (a) For food fish other than sturgeon, three dollars; and

          (b) For sturgeon only, three dollars.

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