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                                         SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 4314

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Senators Halsan and Owen)

Read first time 2/25/85.

AN ACT Relating to preservation of fish runs; amending RCW 75.08.020; adding a new section to chapter 77.04 RCW; and making an appropriation.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 75.08.020, chapter 12, Laws of 1955 as last amended by section 7, chapter 46, Laws of 1983 1st ex. sess. and RCW 75.08.020 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) The director shall investigate the habits, supply, and economic use of food fish and shellfish in state and offshore waters.

          (2) The director shall make an annual report to the governor on the operation of the department and the statistics of the fishing industry.

(3) The director, in cooperation with the director of game and the dean of the college of fisheries at the University of Washington, shall develop proposals to reinstate the natural salmon and steelhead trout fish runs in the Tilton and upper Cowlitz rivers.  The proposals shall include specific recommendations for legislation and estimates of the costs of replenishing the fish runs by 1991, but shall not include alternatives to replenishing the fish runs.  Proposals under this subsection shall be submitted by the director and the director of game to the legislature no later than January 1986.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 77.04 RCW to read as follows:

          The director, in cooperation with the director of fisheries shall develop proposals to reinstate the natural salmon and steelhead trout fish runs in the Tilton and upper Cowlitz rivers in accordance with RCW 75.08.020(3).

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     The sum of thirty thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1987, from the general fund to the department of fisheries for the purposes of this act.  The director of fisheries shall supervise the conduct of the investigation and formulation of the proposals and shall contract with the college of fisheries at the University of Washington, and the department of game to fulfill the purposes of this act.