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                         SENATE BILL 5103

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Senators Oke and Winsley

Read first time 01/15/97.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Parks.

Increasing the number of alternate operators allowed under certain commercial fishery licenses.

    AN ACT Relating to commercial fishery licenses; and amending RCW 75.28.030 and 75.28.046.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 75.28.030 and 1993 sp.s. c 17 s 44 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) Except as otherwise provided in this title, the director shall issue commercial licenses and permits to a qualified person upon receiving a completed application accompanied by the required fee.

    (2) An application submitted to the department under this chapter shall contain the name and address of the applicant and any other information required by the department or this title.  An applicant for a commercial fishery license, delivery license, or charter license may designate a vessel to be used with the license and up to ((two)) four  alternate operators.

    (3) An application submitted to the department under this chapter shall contain the applicant's declaration under penalty of perjury that the information on the application is true and correct.

    (4) Upon issuing a commercial license under this chapter, the director shall assign the license a unique number that the license shall retain upon renewal.  The department shall use the number to record any commercial catch under the license.  This does not preclude the department from using other, additional, catch record methods.

    (5) The fee to replace a license that has been lost or destroyed is twenty dollars.

    Sec. 2.  RCW 75.28.046 and 1994 c 260 s 12 are each amended to read as follows:

    This section applies to all commercial fishery licenses, delivery licenses, and charter licenses, except for whitingCPuget Sound fishery licenses and emergency salmon delivery licenses.

    (1) The license holder may engage in the activity authorized by a license subject to this section.  With the exception of Dungeness crabCcoastal fishery class B licensees licensed under RCW 75.30.350(((3))) (4), the holder of a license subject to this section may also designate up to ((two)) four alternate operators for the license.  Dungeness crabCcoastal fishery class B licensees may not designate alternate operators.  A person designated as an alternate operator must possess an alternate operator license issued under ((section 23 of this act and)) RCW 75.28.048.

    (2) The fee to change the alternate operator designation is twenty-two dollars.

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