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                                 SENATE BILL 5501

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Senators Owen, Sutherland, L. Smith, Vognild, Amondson and Bauer.

Read first time February 4, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Environment & Natural Resources.Restricting the transfer of commercial salmon fishing licenses.

     AN ACT Relating to commercial salmon fishing licenses; and amending RCW 75.30.120.

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

     Sec. 1.  RCW 75.30.120 and 1983 1st ex.s. c 46 s 146 are each amended to read as follows:

     (1) A commercial salmon fishing license issued under RCW 75.28.110 or salmon delivery permit issued under RCW 75.28.113 may be issued only to a vessel:

     (a) Which held a state commercial salmon fishing license or salmon delivery permit during the previous year or had transferred to the vessel such a license, and has not subsequently transferred the license or permit to another vessel; and

     (b) From which ((food fish)) one thousand pounds of salmon were caught and landed in this state or in another state during the previous year as documented by a valid fish receiving document.

     Where the failure to obtain the license or permit during the previous year was the result of a license or permit suspension, the vessel may qualify for a license or permit by establishing that the vessel held such a license or permit during the last year in which the license or permit was not suspended.

     (2) The director may waive the landing requirement of subsection (1)(b) of this section if:

     (a) The vessel to which an otherwise valid license is transferred has not had the opportunity to have caught and landed salmon; and

     (b) The intent of the commercial salmon vessel limitation program established under this section is not violated.

     (3) Commercial salmon fishing licenses and salmon delivery permits are transferable only to persons within the immediate family of either the license or permit holder, or holder of both.  At the time of transfer the department shall require proof of the immediate family relationship of the transferee.

(4) For the purposes of this section "immediate family member" means the son, daughter, or spouse of the transferor.