CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6101

                    Chapter 20, Laws of 1996

                        54th Legislature

                      1996 Regular Session

          FOOD FISH AND SHELLFISH LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/1/96

Passed by the Senate February 7, 1996   YEAS 49   NAYS 0             JOEL PRITCHARD President of the Senate Passed by the House February 27, 1996   YEAS 98   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6101 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the       House of Representatives

MARTY BROWN                             Secretary

Approved March 7, 1996 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                      March 7, 1996 - 10:10 a.m.

MIKE LOWRY Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6101

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             Passed Legislature - 1996 Regular Session

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.

    Passed the Senate February 7, 1996.

    Passed the House February 27, 1996.

Approved by the Governor March 7, 1996.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 7, 1996.