CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 6033

Chapter 395, Laws of 2005

59th Legislature
2005 Regular Session



DUNGENESS CRAB POT BUOY TAG PROGRAMS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/24/05

Passed by the Senate April 19, 2005
  YEAS 41   NAYS 5

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 7, 2005
  YEAS 95   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6033 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

THOMAS HOEMANN
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Secretary
Approved May 11, 2005.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 11, 2005 - 1:52 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 6033
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2005 Regular Session
State of Washington59th Legislature2005 Regular Session

By Senator Doumit

Read first time 02/23/2005.   Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.



     AN ACT Relating to a Washington coastal Dungeness crab pot buoy tag program; amending RCW 77.70.430 and 77.70.440; and adding a new section to chapter 77.70 RCW.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 77.70.430 and 2001 c 234 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) In order to administer a Puget Sound crab pot buoy tag program, the department may charge a fee to holders of a Dungeness crab -- Puget Sound fishery license to reimburse the department for the production of Puget Sound crab pot buoy tags and the administration of a Puget Sound crab pot buoy tag program.
     (2) In order to administer a Washington coastal Dungeness crab pot buoy tag program, the department may charge a fee to holders of a Dungeness crab -- coastal or a Dungeness crab coastal class B fishery license to reimburse the department for the production of Washington coastal crab pot buoy tags and the administration of a Washington coastal crab pot buoy tag program.
     (3) The department shall annually review the costs of crab pot buoy tag production under this section with the goal of minimizing the per tag production costs. Any savings in production costs shall be passed on to the fishers required to purchase crab pot buoy tags under this section in the form of a lower tag fee.

Sec. 2   RCW 77.70.440 and 2001 c 234 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     The Puget Sound crab pot buoy tag account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All revenues from fees from RCW 77.70.430(1) must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from this account may be used for the production of crab pot buoy tags and the administration of a Puget Sound crab pot buoy tag program. Only the director or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW but no appropriation is required for expenditures.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   A new section is added to chapter 77.70 RCW to read as follows:
     The Washington coastal crab pot buoy tag account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All revenues from fees from RCW 77.70.430(2) must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from this account may be used for the production of crab pot buoy tags and the administration of a Washington coastal crab pot buoy tag program. Only the director or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW but no appropriation is required for expenditures.


         Passed by the Senate April 19, 2005.
         Passed by the House April 7, 2005.
         Approved by the Governor May 11, 2005.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 11, 2005.