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HOUSE BILL 1019

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Representatives Pennington, Hatfield, Mielke and Ogden

Read first time 01/10/2001.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

_1      AN ACT Relating to the fish and wildlife commission; and

_2  amending RCW 77.04.030.

_3  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

_4      Sec. 1.  RCW 77.04.030 and 2000 c 107 s 203 are each amended to

_5  read as follows:

_6      The fish and wildlife commission consists of nine registered

_7  voters of the state appointed by the governor with the advice and

_8  consent of the senate.  In January of each odd-numbered year, the

_9  governor shall appoint ((with the advice and consent of the

10  senate)) two registered voters to the commission to serve for

11  terms of six years from that January or until their successors are

12  appointed and qualified.  If a vacancy occurs on the commission

13  prior to the expiration of a term, the governor shall appoint a

14  registered voter within sixty days to complete the term.  ((Three

15  members shall be residents of that portion of the state lying east

16  of the summit of the Cascade mountains, and three shall be

17  residents of that portion of the state lying west of the summit of

18  the Cascade mountains.)) Six members shall be appointed to

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_1  represent the six administrative regions of the department, with

_2  each of these members representing a different administrative

_3  region.  The department shall adopt the six administrative regions

_4  by rule.  A member representing an administrative region of the

_5  department must be a resident of that region.  The governor shall

_6  appoint commissioners to achieve this balance by administrative

_7  region as the terms of commissioners expire and vacancies occur.

_8  Three additional members shall be appointed at-large.  All members

_9  are to serve a six-year term.  No two members may be residents of

10  the same county.  The legal office of the commission is at the

11  administrative office of the department in Olympia.

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