6301-S AMH NR H4638.1

SSB 6301 - H COMM AMD Adopted March 5, 2002

By Committee on Natural Resources

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 77.32 RCW to read as follows:

    A group fishing permit allows a group of individuals to fish and harvest shellfish without individual licenses or the payment of individual license fees.  The director must issue a group fishing permit on a seasonal basis to a state-operated facility or state-licensed nonprofit facility or program for physically or mentally disabled persons, mentally ill persons, hospital patients, handicapped persons, seriously or terminally ill persons, persons who are dependent on the state because of emotional or physical developmental disabilities, or senior citizens who are in the care of the facility.  The permit is valid only for use during open season.

    The commission must adopt rules that provide the conditions under which a group fishing permit must be issued.

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  RCW 77.32.235 (Group permits--Exemption from individual license and fee requirement--Conditions) and 1998 c 191 s 20, 1990 c 35 s 4, & 1984 c 33 s 1 are each repealed."

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