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HB 1756 - H COMM AMD

By Committee on Natural Resources

ANEW SECTION. Sec. 5.  (1) A person, as defined in RCW 767.08.010, other than natural person, is entitled to a refund equal to the 1999 annual license fee for a resident emerging commercial fisher license and a Puget Sound shrimp pot experimental fishery permit if a person:

     (a)  Held an emerging commercial fisher license and a Puget Sound shrimp pot experimental fisher permit in 199; and

     (b)  Paid an additional license fee for a resident emerging commercial fisher license and a Puget Sound shrimp pot experimental fishery permit in 1999 for the purpose of obtaining a license as a natural person.

     (2)  The sum of three thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, from the general fund to the department of fish and wildlife for the purpose of providing a refund to persons who paid an additional license fee as described in subsection (1) of this section.@

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EFFECT: Allows a person, other than a natural person, who already held the necessary license and permit for the Puget Sound shrimp pot fishery in 1999, to receive a refund if the person paid an additional license fee to obtain a license for this fishery as a natural person.  Appropriates $3000 to the Department of Fish and Wildlife to provide the necessary refunds.