CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 5440

Chapter 155, Laws of 2001

57th Legislature

2001 Regular Session

FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION--GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/22/01

Passed by the Senate March 10, 2001

YEAS 48 NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

Passed by the House April 12, 2001

YEAS 96 NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5440 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

TONY M. COOK

Secretary

CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

Approved May 2, 2001

FILED

May 2, 2001 - 10:47 a.m.

GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SENATE BILL 5440

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Passed Legislature - 2001 Regular Session

State of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session

By Senators Jacobsen and Oke; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife

Read first time 01/23/2001. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks & Shorelines.

AN ACT Relating to correcting the number of gubernatorial appointments to the fish and wildlife commission; and amending RCW 77.04.030.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 77.04.030 and 2000 c 107 s 203 are each amended to read as follows:

The fish and wildlife commission consists of nine registered voters of the state. In January of each odd-numbered year, the governor shall appoint with the advice and consent of the senate ((~~two~~)) three registered voters to the commission to serve for terms of six years from that January or until their successors are appointed and qualified. If a vacancy occurs on the commission prior to the expiration of a term, the governor shall appoint a registered voter within sixty days to complete the term. Three members shall be residents of that portion of the state lying east of the summit of the Cascade mountains, and three shall be residents of that portion of the state lying west of the summit of the Cascade mountains. Three additional members shall be appointed at-large. No two members may be residents of the same county. The legal office of the commission is at the administrative office of the department in Olympia.