CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

              ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2617

                    Chapter 53, Laws of 2000

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

VESSEL EXCURSION SERVICES

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/8/00

Passed by the House February 10, 2000   Yeas 91   Nays 0              CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the House of Representatives               FRANK CHOPP Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate February 28, 2000   Yeas 43   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2617  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.           TIMOTHY A. MARTIN                           Chief Clerk            CYNTHIA ZEHNDER                           Chief Clerk

BRAD OWEN President of the Senate

Approved March 22, 2000 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.	FILED                            March 22, 2000 - 3:49 p.m.
GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State                  State of Washington

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               ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2617

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             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Radcliff and Morris)

Read first time 01/27/2000.  Referred to Committee on .

Extending regulation of excursion cruise services.  

    AN ACT Relating to vessels providing excursion services; amending 1995 c 361 s 4 (uncodified); and creating a new section.

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

    Sec. 1.  1995 c 361 s 4 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

    Effective ((January 1, 2001)) July 1, 2002, the following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

(1) ((Section 1 of this act)) RCW 81.84.005 and 1995 c 361 s 1;

(2) ((Section 2 of this act)) RCW 81.84.007 and 1995 c 361 s 3; and

(3) ((Section 3 of this act)) RCW 81.84.015 and 1995 c 361 s 2.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  As part of the work of the legislative transportation committee task force on the utilities and transportation commission, the task force shall review vessel service conveying persons, excursion classification, and general issues regarding the distinction of the two classifications.  To the greatest degree possible, the task force shall encourage input from interested or affected parties, and consider the impact of various regulatory classifications on tourism and trade.

    Passed the House February 10, 2000.

    Passed the Senate February 28, 2000.

Approved by the Governor March 22, 2000.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 22, 2000.