CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6277

                        54th Legislature

                      1996 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate March 4, 1996   YEAS 48   NAYS 0 President of the Senate Passed by the House February 29, 1996   YEAS 95   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6277 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the       House of Representatives

Secretary

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                    ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6277

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

             Passed Legislature - 1996 Regular Session

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; 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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