CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6110

                        57th Legislature

                      2001 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate April 17, 2001   YEAS 47   NAYS 0 President of the Senate Passed by the House April 5, 2001   YEAS 95   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6110 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the       House of Representatives	Secretary
Speaker of the       House of Representatives

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6110

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

             Passed Legislature - 2001 Regular Session

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Parks & Shorelines (originally sponsored by Senators Spanel, Gardner and Kohl‑Welles)

READ FIRST TIME 03/05/01.

Providing for the administration of a Puget Sound crab pot buoy tag program.  

    AN ACT Relating to the Puget Sound crab pot buoy tag program; adding new sections to chapter 77.70 RCW; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 77.70 RCW to read as follows:

    In order to administer a Puget Sound crab pot buoy tag program, the department may charge a fee to holders of a Dungeness crab‑-Puget Sound fishery license to reimburse the department for the production of Puget Sound crab pot buoy tags and the administration of a Puget Sound crab pot buoy tag program.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 77.70 RCW to read as follows:

    The Puget Sound crab pot buoy tag account is created in the custody of the state treasurer.  All revenues from fees from section 1 of this act must be deposited into the account.  Expenditures from this account may be used for the production of crab pot buoy tags and the administration of a Puget Sound crab pot buoy tag program.  Only the director or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account.  The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW but no appropriation is required for expenditures.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.

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