1708-S2 AMH STOK LEWI 060

  

2SHB 1708 - H AMD 778

By Representative Stokesbary

NOT CONSIDERED 12/23/2019

On page 29, after line 3, insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. If total funding of at least $14,889,000 for additional hatchery production is not specifically identified in the omnibus appropriations act by June 30, 2019, sections 1, 7, 11, 12, 13, 17, and 22 through 27 of this act are null and void."

Correct the title.

EFFECT:  Requires total funding of at least $14,889,000 for additional hatchery production to be provided by June 30, 2019, in the omnibus appropriations act, or else the following provisions relating to recreational fishing licenses are null and void:

1. Increasing recreational fishing license fees;

2. Changing the definition of youth for the purposes of fishing licenses to under age 16;

3. Directing 12 percent, instead of $1, from each Dungeness Crab Endorsement to be designated for derelict fishing gear removal;

4. Allowing the use of temporary fishing licenses for the opening days of the lowland lakes fishing season; and

5. Extending the Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement Program.

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