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                            SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2169

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State of Washington              54th Legislature             1996 Regular Session

By House Committee on Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Buck, Thompson, Pennington, Sheldon and Fuhrman)

Read first time 01/26/96.

Authorizing a credit toward next year's steelhead fishing license for prompt return of a steelhead catch record card.

     AN ACT Relating to steelhead catch record cards and licenses; amending RCW 77.32.360; adding a new section to chapter 77.32 RCW; and providing an expiration date.

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

     Sec. 1.  RCW 77.32.360 and 1995 c 116 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:

     (1) Each person who returns a steelhead catch record card to an authorized license dealer within thirty days following the period for which it was issued shall be given a credit equal to five dollars towards that day's purchase of any license, permit, transport tag, or stamp required by this chapter.  This subsection does not apply to annual steelhead catch record cards for persons under the age of fifteen.

     (2) Each person who returns a steelhead catch record card to the department within thirty days following the period for which it was issued shall be issued a nontransferable credit equal to five dollars towards the purchase of the next year's steelhead fishing license.  Lost, stolen, or destroyed credits will not be replaced.  This subsection does not apply to annual steelhead catch record cards for persons under the age of fifteen.

(3) Catch record cards necessary for proper management of the state's game fish resources shall be administered under rules adopted by the director and issued at no charge.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 77.32 RCW to read as follows:

     (1) Each person who returns a 1995 steelhead fishing license to the department shall be issued a nontransferable credit equal to six dollars towards a 1997 steelhead fishing license.  A person who purchased a 1995 steelhead fishing license but is no longer in possession of the license may apply to the department for a six-dollar credit by completing a written affidavit provided by the department.

     (2) Each person who returns a 1995 juvenile steelhead fishing license to the department shall be issued a nontransferable credit equal to two dollars towards the appropriate 1997 steelhead fishing license.  A person who purchased a 1995 juvenile steelhead fishing license but is no longer in possession of the license may apply to the department for a two-dollar credit by completing a written affidavit provided by the department.

     (3) A person who purchased a 1995 steelhead fishing license or a 1995 juvenile steelhead fishing license is eligible for no more than one credit issued under this section.

     (4) This section expires December 31, 1997.

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