CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6301

Chapter 266, Laws of 2002

57th Legislature

2002 Regular Session

GROUP FISHING PERMITS

EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/13/02

Passed by the Senate March 11, 2002

YEAS 45 NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

Passed by the House March 5, 2002

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 SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6301 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

Approved March 29, 2002

FILED

March 29, 2002 - 4:01 p.m.

GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6301

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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2002 Regular Session

State of Washington 57th Legislature 2002 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Parks & Shorelines (originally sponsored by Senators Oke, Jacobsen, Spanel, Snyder, Hargrove and Rasmussen; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife)

READ FIRST TIME 01/29/2002.

AN ACT Relating to group fishing permits; adding a new section to chapter 77.32 RCW; and repealing RCW 77.32.235.

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

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from individual license and fee requirement--Conditions) and 1998 c 191 s 20, 1990 c 35 s 4, & 1984 c 33 s 1 are each repealed.