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                                          SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1734

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By House Committee on Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Haugen, van Dyke, McMullen, Lundquist, Thomas and Kremen)

Read first time 2/7/86 and passed to Committee on Rules.

AN ACT Relating to commercial fishing licenses; and amending RCW 75.28.014.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 3, chapter 171, Laws of 1957 as last amended by section 103, chapter 46, Laws of 1983 1st ex. sess. and RCW 75.28.014 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) The department may establish by rule license application deadlines for types of gear and licensing districts.  An applicant for a commercial salmon fishing license shall submit a license application in accordance with this subsection.

           (a)  If an application is postmarked or personally delivered to the department in Olympia by ((April 15th of the license year)) the application deadline, it shall be accompanied by the prescribed license fee.

           (b)  If an application is postmarked or personally delivered to the department in Olympia after ((April 15th of the license year)) the application deadline, it shall be accompanied by the prescribed license fee and a late application fee of two hundred dollars.

          (2) Columbia River smelt license applications accompanied by the license fee shall be made in person or postmarked by January 10 of the license year.