CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6037

                        53rd Legislature

                      1994 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate March 5, 1994   YEAS 46   NAYS 0 President of the Senate Passed by the House March 1, 1994   YEAS 93   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6037 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the       House of Representatives

Secretary

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                    ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6037

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

             Passed Legislature - 1994 Regular Session

State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By Senators Owen and Oke

Read first time 01/10/94.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

Increasing the reward for information regarding certain violations.

    AN ACT Relating to rewards for information regarding public lands and natural resource violations; and amending RCW 79.01.765.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 79.01.765 and 1990 c 163 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:

    The department of natural resources is authorized to offer and pay a reward not to exceed ((one)) ten thousand dollars in each case for information regarding violations of any statute or rule ((adopted pursuant to any statute)) relating to the state's public lands and natural resources ((including, but not limited to, Titles 75, 76, 78, and 79 RCW, and any rule adopted pursuant thereto)) on those lands, except forest practices under chapter 76.09 RCW.  No reward may be paid to any federal, state, or local government or agency employees for information obtained by them in the normal course of their employment.  The department of natural resources is authorized to ((promulgate)) adopt rules in pursuit of its authority under this section to determine the appropriate account or fund from which to pay the reward.  The department is also authorized to adopt rules establishing the criteria for paying a reward and the amount to be paid.  No appropriation shall be required for disbursement.

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