FINAL BILL REPORT

                            SB 5302

                          C 117 L 93

                      SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

Brief Description:  Concerning food fish and shellfish rules.

SPONSORS: Senators Owen, Hargrove and Oke

SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES & WILDLIFE

BACKGROUND:

Private tideland owners or lessees may take unlimited amounts of shellfish such as oysters, clams, cockles, borers or mussels from private tidelands or leased state tidelands.

Some tideland owners or lessees desire to allow family members to take unlimited quantities of shellfish from their tidelands.

SUMMARY:

Immediate family members of tideland owners or lessees may take unlimited quantities of shellfish from private or leased tidelands.  Immediate family member is defined to include spouse, brother, sister, grandparent, parent, child or grandchild.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

Senate    46   0

House     93   0

EFFECTIVE:July 25, 1993