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                    ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6277

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1996 Regular Session

By Senator Drew

Read first time 01/10/96.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

Providing vouchers for game fish licenses.

    AN ACT Relating to vouchers for game fish licenses; and amending RCW 77.32.101 and 77.32.360.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 77.32.101 and 1994 c 255 s 11 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) A combination hunting and fishing license allows a resident holder to hunt, and to fish for game fish throughout the state.  The fee for this license is twenty-nine dollars.

    (2) A hunting license allows the holder to hunt throughout the state.  The fee for this license is fifteen dollars for residents and one hundred fifty dollars for nonresidents.

    (3) A fishing license allows the holder to fish for game fish throughout the state.  The fee for this license is seventeen dollars for residents fifteen years of age or older and under seventy years of age, three dollars for residents seventy years of age or older, twenty dollars for nonresidents under fifteen years of age, and forty-eight dollars for nonresidents fifteen years of age or older.

    (4) A steelhead fishing license allows the holder of a combination hunting and fishing license or a fishing license issued under this section to fish for steelhead throughout the state.  The fee for this license is eighteen dollars.

    (5) A juvenile steelhead license allows residents under fifteen years of age and nonresidents under fifteen years of age who hold a fishing license to fish for steelhead throughout the state.  The fee for this license is six dollars and entitles the holder to take up to five steelhead at which time another juvenile steelhead license may be purchased.  Any person who purchases a juvenile steelhead license is prohibited from purchasing a steelhead license for the same calendar year.

(6)(a) Until December 1997, persons who purchased a steelhead fishing license that expired on December 31, 1995, are entitled to a six-dollar voucher toward a 1997 steelhead fishing license.  The voucher is available upon submitting a 1995 steelhead license or 1995 steelhead catch card to the department.  A person who no longer has their 1995 steelhead license or 1995 steelhead catch card may apply for the voucher by completing a written affidavit available from the department.

(b) Until December 1997, persons who purchased a juvenile steelhead fishing license that expired on December 31, 1995, are entitled to a two-dollar voucher toward a 1997 juvenile steelhead fishing license.  The voucher is available upon submitting a 1995 juvenile steelhead license or 1995 juvenile steelhead catch card to the department.  A person who no longer has their 1995 juvenile steelhead license or 1995 juvenile steelhead catch card may apply for the voucher by completing a written affidavit available from the department.  A person who obtained more than one 1995 juvenile catch card is only entitled to one two-dollar voucher.

    Sec. 2.  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)) voucher equal to five dollars towards ((that day's)) the 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) 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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