CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6037

 

                    Chapter 56, Laws of 1994

 

 

                        53rd Legislature

                      1994 Regular Session

 

 

     PUBLIC LANDS AND NATURAL RESOURCES VIOLATIONS‑-REWARD

                         FOR REPORTING

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/9/94

Passed by the Senate March 5, 1994

  YEAS 46   NAYS 0

 

 

 

JOEL PRITCHARD

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.

 

 

 

  BRIAN EBERSOLE

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

MARTY BROWN

                            Secretary

 

 

Approved March 23, 1994 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

                                FILED          

 

 

           March 23, 1994 - 9:12 a.m.

 

 

 

    MIKE LOWRY

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.


    Passed the Senate March 5, 1994.

    Passed the House March 1, 1994.

Approved by the Governor March 23, 1994.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 23, 1994.