CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

             ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5508

                        56th Legislature

                      1999 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate April 21, 1999   YEAS 44   NAYS 0 President of the Senate Passed by the House April 12, 1999   YEAS 89   NAYS 5

CERTIFICATE I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5508 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the       House of Representatives	Secretary
Speaker of the       House of Representatives

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

          _______________________________________________

               ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5508

          _______________________________________________

                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

             Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Parks & Recreation (originally sponsored by Senators Spanel, Oke, Snyder, Jacobsen, Rossi and Rasmussen)

Read first time 02/18/1999.

Increasing harvest data accuracy for the recreational crab fishery.   

    AN ACT Relating to catch record card requirements for recreational crab fishers; adding a new section to chapter 77.32 RCW; creating new sections; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The legislature finds that the department of fish and wildlife manages the recreational crab fishery through an imprecise system of catch estimation.  Increased harvest data accuracy is needed for the recreational crab fishery and this goal can be accomplished through the establishment of a crab catch record card system.

    The department shall utilize data from the crab catch record cards in preparing catch reports and in catch-sharing negotiations.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 77.32 RCW to read as follows:

    A crab catch record card is required to fish for and harvest Dungeness crabs (Cancer magister) in the recreational fishery.  The crab catch record card shall be administered under the rules of the commission.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 15, 1999.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.  If specific funding for the purposes of this act, referencing this act by bill or chapter number, is not provided by June 30, 1999, in the omnibus appropriations act, this act is null and void.

                            --- END ---