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                                  HOUSE BILL 2169

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State of Washington              54th Legislature             1996 Regular Session

By Representatives Buck, Thompson, Pennington, Sheldon and Fuhrman

Read first time 01/08/96.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

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; and amending RCW 77.32.360.

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.

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