CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6110

Chapter 234, Laws of 2001

57th Legislature

2001 Regular Session

PUGET SOUND CRAB POT BUOY TAG PROGRAM

EFFECTIVE DATE: 5/9/01

Passed by the Senate April 17, 2001

YEAS 47 NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN

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.

FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

TONY M. COOK

Secretary

CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

Approved May 9, 2001

FILED

May 9, 2001 - 8:56 a.m.

GARY LOCKE

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.

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.