H-0552

AN ACT Relating to fishing licenses for persons sixty-five years of age; and amending RCW 75.25.015, 75.25.040, 75.25.090, 75.25.100, 75.25.110, and 75.25.126.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 75.25.015 and 1989 c 305 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) A Hood Canal shrimp license is required for all persons other than residents under fifteen years of age to take or possess shrimp taken for personal use from that portion of Hood Canal lying south of the Hood Canal floating bridge.

(2) The annual fees for Hood Canal shrimp licenses are:

(a) For a resident, fifteen years of age or older and under ((~~seventy~~)) sixty-five years of age, five dollars;

(b) For a nonresident, fifteen dollars.

Sec. 2. RCW 75.25.040 and 1989 c 305 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) A razor clam license is required for all persons other than residents under fifteen years of age to take, dig for, or possess razor clams taken for personal use from the clam beds of this state including razor clams taken from national park beaches.

(2) The annual fees for razor clam licenses are:

(a) For a resident fifteen years of age or older and under ((~~seventy~~)) sixty-five years of age, three dollars; and

(b) For a nonresident, ten dollars.

Sec. 3. RCW 75.25.090 and 1989 c 305 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) A personal use license is required for all persons other than persons under fifteen years of age to fish for, take, or possess food fish for personal use from state waters or offshore waters. A personal use license is not required under this section to fish for, take, or possess carp and sturgeon in the Columbia river above Chief Joseph Dam, smelt, or albacore.

(2) The fees for annual personal use licenses are:

(a) For a resident fifteen years of age or older and under ((~~seventy~~)) sixty-five years of age, three dollars; and

(b) For a nonresident fifteen years of age or older, ten dollars.

(3) The fees for two‑consecutive‑day personal use licenses are:

(a) For food fish other than sturgeon, three dollars; and

(b) For sturgeon only, three dollars.

Sec. 4. RCW 75.25.100 and 1989 c 305 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) In addition to a personal use license, a salmon license is required to take, fish for, or possess anadromous salmon taken for personal use from state waters or offshore waters. A salmon license is not required for persons under fifteen years of age, nor is it required of a person who has a valid two‑consecutive‑day personal use license for food fish other than sturgeon.

(2) The fees for annual salmon licenses are:

(a) For a resident fifteen years of age or older and under ((~~seventy~~)) sixty-five years of age, three dollars; and

(b) For nonresidents, fifteen years of age or older, three dollars.

Sec. 5. RCW 75.25.110 and 1989 c 305 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Any of the recreational fishing licenses required by this chapter shall, upon request, be issued without charge to the following individuals upon request:

(a) Residents under fifteen years of age and residents ((~~seventy~~)) sixty-five years of age or older;

(b) Residents who submit applications attesting that they are a person sixty‑five years of age or older who is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces with a service‑connected disability and who has been a resident of this state for the preceding ninety days;

(d) A person with a developmental disability as defined in RCW 71A.10.020 with documentation of the disability from the department of social and health services; and

(e) A person who is physically handicapped and confined to a wheelchair.

(2) Personal use licenses, salmon licenses, and sturgeon licenses shall, upon request, be issued to nonresidents under fifteen years of age.

(3) A blind person or a physically handicapped person confined to a wheelchair who has been issued a card for a permanent disability under RCW 46.16.381 may use that card in place of a fishing license unless a punchcard is required by the director.

Sec. 6. RCW 75.25.126 and 1989 c 305 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) A sturgeon license is required to take, fish for, or possess sturgeon taken for personal use from the following state waters:

(a) Columbia river and all tributaries;

(b) Willapa Bay and all tributaries; and

A sturgeon license is not required of a person under fifteen years of age, nor is it required of a person who has a valid sturgeon-only two-consecutive-day personal use license.

(2) In addition to a sturgeon license, a personal use license is required when fishing for sturgeon in all waters listed in subsection

(1) of this section, except the Columbia river above Chief Joseph Dame.

(3) The fees for annual sturgeon licenses are:

(a) For a resident fifteen years of age or older, and under ((~~seventy~~)) sixty-five years of age, three dollars; and

(b) For all nonresidents fifteen years of age or older, three dollars.