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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6185

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By Senators Metcalf, Barr, DeJarnatt and Rasmussen

Read first time 1/14/88 and referred to Committee on Environment & Natural Resources.

AN ACT Relating to food fish and shellfish; amending RCW 75.25.090 and 75.25.125; and declaring an emergency.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 87, Laws of 1987 and RCW 75.25.090 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) An annual personal use license is required for a person sixteen years of age or older to fish for, take, or possess food fish for personal use from state waters or offshore waters, other than carp and sturgeon in the Columbia river above Chief Joseph Dam.  An annual personal use license is valid for the calendar year in which it is issued.  The fees for an annual personal use license are three dollars for residents and nine dollars for nonresidents.  An annual personal use license is not required of a person who has a valid two-consecutive-day personal use license and punchcard.

          (2) A two-consecutive-day combined personal use license and punchcard shall be issued.   The fee for the license and punchcard is three dollars for residents and nonresidents.

          (3) It is unlawful to fish for or possess food fish without the licenses, punchcards, and stamps required by this chapter.

        Sec. 2.  Section 5, chapter 87, Laws of 1987 and RCW 75.25.125 are each amended to read as follows:

          The director may require a single punchcard for sturgeon, lingcod, and halibut when the director determines such is necessary and appropriate to aid in the acquisition of catch, effort, or other resource management information.  A sturgeon, lingcod, and halibut punchcard is not required of a person who has a valid two-consecutive-day combined personal use license and punchcard.  The fee for a license, stamp, or punchcard under this section shall not exceed three dollars.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.