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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6450
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 2000 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Parks & Recreation (originally sponsored by Senator Jacobsen)
Read first time 02/03/2000.
AN ACT Relating to wildlife publications; adding a new section to chapter 77.12 RCW; and repealing RCW 77.12.185.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 77.12 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The department shall deposit all moneys received from the following activities into the state wildlife fund:
(a) The sale of interpretive, recreational, historical, educational, and informational literature and materials;
(b) The sale of advertisements in regulation pamphlets and other appropriate mediums; and
(c) Enrollment fees in department-sponsored educational training events.
(2) Moneys collected under subsection (1) of this section shall be spent primarily for producing regulation booklets for users and for the development, production, reprinting, and distribution of informational and educational materials. The department may also spend these moneys for necessary expenses associated with training activities, and other activities as determined by the director.
(3) Regulation pamphlets may be subsidized through appropriate advertising, but must be made available free of charge to the users.
(4) The director may enter into joint ventures with other agencies and organizations to generate revenue for providing public information and education on wildlife and hunting and fishing rules.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. RCW 77.12.185 (Publications--Authority to recover costs--Disposition of moneys) and 1987 c 506 s 26, 1980 c 78 s 66, & 1979 c 56 s 2 are each repealed.
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