CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6264

                        53rd Legislature

                      1994 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate February 14, 1994   YEAS 48   NAYS 0 President of the Senate Passed by the House March 4, 1994   YEAS 97   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6264 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.

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                                             State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6264

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             Passed Legislature - 1994 Regular Session

State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Senators Sutherland, Oke and Fraser)

Read first time 02/04/94.

Authorizing a regional compact for restoring salmon runs.

    AN ACT Relating to an interstate compact for restoration of native salmonid fish runs; adding new sections to chapter 75.40 RCW; and providing an effective date.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 75.40 RCW to read as follows:

    The state of Washington is authorized to enter into an interstate compact or compacts with all or any of the states of California, Idaho, and Oregon to protect and restore coastal ecosystems of these states to levels that will prevent the need for listing any native salmonid fish species under the federal endangered species act of 1973, as amended, or under any comparable state legislation.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 75.40 RCW to read as follows:

    Until such time as the agencies in California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington present a final proposed interstate compact for enactment by their respective legislative bodies, the governor may establish cooperative agreements with the states of California, Idaho, and Oregon that allow the states to coordinate their individual efforts in developing state programs that further the region-wide goals set forth under section 1 of this act.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1994.

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