CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        SENATE BILL 6346

                    Chapter 6, Laws of 1994

                        53rd Legislature

                      1994 Regular Session

     DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE‑-MERGER DATE ADVANCED

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  3/2/94

Passed by the Senate February 11, 1994   YEAS 47   NAYS 0 JOEL PRITCHARD President of the Senate Passed by the House March 1, 1994   YEAS 86   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6346 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 2, 1994 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                                                                     March 2, 1994 - 3:36 p.m.

MIKE LOWRY Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                                             State of Washington

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                                                     SENATE BILL 6346

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                                                       Passed Legislature - 1994 Regular Session

State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1994 Regular Session

By Senators Owen, Oke, Spanel, Drew, Sheldon, Deccio, Winsley, Skratek, Moore, Haugen, Hargrove, Franklin, McAuliffe, A. Smith, Sellar, McDonald, Moyer and Snyder; by request of Governor Lowry

Read first time 01/19/94.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

Expediting the merger of the departments of fisheries and wildlife.

          AN ACT Relating to expediting the implementation of the merger of the departments of fisheries and wildlife into the department of fish and wildlife; amending RCW 43.300.900; amending 1993 sp.s. c 2 s 7 (uncodified); amending 1993 sp.s. c 2 s 79 (uncodified); repealing RCW 75.54.006; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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

        Sec. 1.  1993 sp.s. c 2 s 7 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

          The director of fisheries and the director of wildlife shall, by November 15, 1993, jointly submit a plan to the governor for the consolidation and smooth transition of the department of fisheries and the department of wildlife into the department of fish and wildlife so that the department of fish and wildlife will operate as a single entity on ((July)) March 1, 1994.  The wildlife commission shall make recommendations for the consolidation of the agencies to the governor and the two directors.  The fish and wildlife commission shall review its area of responsibility in the consolidated agency and submit recommendations by December 1, 1994, to the governor and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature on any necessary changes in its statutory authority.  The legislative budget committee shall study the role of the fish and wildlife commission and prepare a report on recommended changes to the governor and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature by December 1, 1994.

        Sec. 2.  1993 sp.s. c 2 s 79 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

          On ((July)) March 1, 1994, the state treasurer shall follow the recommendations of the director of financial management on the disbursement of funds from the state wildlife fund to the department of fish and wildlife solely for the purposes of funding programs for wildlife and game fish.  Beginning March 1, 1994, funds from the state wildlife fund shall be used only for the department of fish and wildlife ((after June 30, 1994)).

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  RCW 75.54.006 and 1993 sp.s. c 2 s 101 are each repealed.

        Sec. 4.  RCW 43.300.900 and 1993 sp.s. c 2 s 102 are each amended to read as follows:

          Sections 1 through 6, 8 through 59, and 61 through 79 ((of this act)), chapter 2, Laws of 1993 sp.s. shall take effect ((July)) March 1, 1994.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect March 1, 1994.

          Passed the Senate February 11, 1994.

          Passed the House March 1, 1994.

Approved by the Governor March 2, 1994.

          Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 2, 1994.