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SENATE BILL 6126
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1992 Regular Session
By Senator L. Smith
Read first time 01/17/92. Referred to Committee on Environment & Natural Resources.
AN ACT Relating to salmon guide licenses; amending RCW 75.28.010 and 75.28.710; and adding a new section to chapter 75.28 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 75.28.010 and 1991 c 362 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Except as otherwise provided by this title, a license or permit issued by the director is required to:
(a) Commercially fish for or take food fish or shellfish;
(b) Deliver food fish or shellfish taken in offshore waters;
(c) Operate a charter boat;
(d)
Engage in processing or wholesaling food fish or shellfish; ((or))
(e) Operate as a guide for salmon for personal use in freshwater rivers and streams, other than that part of the Columbia river below the bridge at Longview; or
(f) Operate a vessel for the purposes of (e) of this subsection.
(2) It is unlawful to engage in the activities described in subsection (1) of this section without having in possession the licenses or permits required by this title.
(3) No license or permit is required for the production or harvesting of private sector cultured aquatic products as defined in RCW 15.85.020 or for the delivery, processing, or wholesaling of such aquatic products. However, if a means of identifying such products is required by rules adopted under RCW 15.85.060, the exemption from licensing or permit requirements established by this subsection applies only if the aquatic products are identified in conformance with those rules.
Sec. 2. RCW 75.28.710 and 1991 c 362 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
A professional salmon guide license is required for the holder to offer or perform the services of a professional salmon guide in the taking of salmon for personal use in freshwater rivers and streams, other than in that part of the Columbia river below the bridge at Longview. A professional salmon guide license entitles the holder to guide for salmon from the shore or from a vessel licensed in the state of Washington or in another state.
The annual license fees are fifty dollars for residents and five hundred dollars for nonresidents. A surcharge of twenty dollars shall be assessed on each resident guide license and a surcharge of one hundred dollars shall be assessed on each nonresident guide license for the purposes of RCW 75.50.100.
The department shall issue professional salmon guide licenses to natural persons and not to vessels. As used in this section, "holder" means a natural person and not a vessel.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 75.28 RCW to read as follows:
A salmon guide vessel operator license is required for a person to operate a vessel for a salmon guide. A salmon guide vessel operator license entitles the holder to operate a vessel used by a licensed salmon guide. The annual license fee is twenty dollars for the salmon guide vessel operator license.