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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6101

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1996 Regular Session

 

By Senate Committee on Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Senators Drew, Strannigan, Spanel, Snyder, Bauer, Rasmussen, Roach and Oke)

 

Read first time 01/22/96.

 

Establishing a free shellfish digging weekend and including steelhead trout in the free fishing weekend.



    AN ACT Relating to food fish and shellfish license requirements; amending RCW 75.25.095 and 77.32.025; and providing an effective date.

 

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

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 75.25.095 and 1995 1st sp.s. c 2 s 31 (Referendum Bill No. 45) are each amended to read as follows:

    The commission may adopt rules designating times and places for the purposes of family fishing days when a recreational fishing license is not required to fish for food fish or shellfish.  Family fishing days for food fish need not coincide with family fishing days for shellfish.  All other applicable laws and rules shall remain in effect, except that a catch record card is not required on family fishing days for food fish.

 

    Sec. 2.  RCW 77.32.025 and 1987 c 506 s 103 are each amended to read as follows:

    Notwithstanding RCW 77.32.010, the commission may adopt rules designating times and places for the purposes of family fishing days when licenses and catch record cards are not required to fish for game fish, including steelhead trout.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1996.

 


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