5614-S AMS SNYD 000109

SSB 5614 - S AMD

By Senators Snyder and Hargrove

    On page 3, beginning on line 25, strike all of section 6 and insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 6.  Coastal crab pot licenses are transferable, subject to the following provisions:

    (1) There is no restriction on the transfer of a license if the vessel holding the license is transferred together with the license to a new owner.

    (2) License transfers between vessels are restricted to:

    (a) One transfer in any two consecutive Washington state coastal crab seasons when transfer is between vessels of comparable or lesser hull length; or

    (b) One transfer in any five consecutive Washington state coastal crab seasons to a vessel of greater hull length provided that the vessel to which the license is being transferred may not be greater than ten feet in hull length than the vessel from which the license is transferred.

    (3) In the event of loss of a vessel, a vessel owner may transfer a license to a vessel of comparable hull length.

    (4) Upon request made during a Washington state coastal crab season by a vessel owner, the director may allow a temporary emergency transfer of a license to a leased or rented vessel, if the vessel to which the emergency transfer is made is not greater than ten feet in hull length than the vessel from which the license is transferred.  An emergency temporary transfer is valid for the repair time of the vessel from which the transfer is made or for the end of the season in which the transfer is made, whichever occurs first.  Upon repair of the vessel or end of the season the vessel owner shall transfer the license from the leased or rented vessel to the vessel from which the license was transferred or to a replacement vessel of comparable hull length to or lesser hull length than the original vessel."

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