CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 2537

                    Chapter 44, Laws of 1998

                        55th Legislature

                      1998 Regular Session

SANITARY CONTROL OF SHELLFISH

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/11/98

Passed by the House February 10, 1998  Yeas 96   Nays 0              CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the       House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 4, 1998   Yeas 44   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2537  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

BRAD OWEN President of the Senate

TIMOTHY A. MARTIN                           Chief Clerk

Approved March 18, 1998 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                      March 18, 1998 - 6:06 p.m.

GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                          HOUSE BILL 2537

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             Passed Legislature - 1998 Regular Session

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By Representatives Butler, Romero, Buck, Hatfield and Kessler; by request of Department of Health

Read first time 01/15/98.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

Regulating sanitary control of shellfish.  

    AN ACT Relating to sanitary control of shellfish; and adding a new section to chapter 69.30 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 69.30 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) A person whose license or certificate of approval is denied, revoked, or suspended as a result of violations of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter may not:

    (a) Serve as the person in charge of, be employed by, manage, or otherwise participate to any degree in a shellfish operation licensed or certified under this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter; or

    (b) Participate in the harvesting, shucking, packing, or shipping of shellfish in commercial quantities or for sale for human consumption.

    (2) This section applies to a person only during the period of time in which that person's license or certificate of approval is denied, revoked, or suspended.

    Passed the House February 10, 1998.

    Passed the Senate March 4, 1998.

Approved by the Governor March 18, 1998.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 18, 1998.