HB 1756.E - DIGEST

     Restricts shrimp pot and commercial fishery licenses.

     Provides that a person, as defined in RCW 767.08.010, other than natural person, is entitled to a refund equal to the 1999 annual license fee for a resident emerging commercial fisher license and a Puget Sound shrimp pot experimental fishery permit if a person:  (1) Held an emerging commercial fisher license and a Puget Sound shrimp pot experimental fisher permit in 1999; and

     (2) Paid an additional license fee for a resident emerging commercial fisher license and a Puget Sound shrimp pot experimental fishery permit in 1999 for the purpose of obtaining a license as a natural person.

     Appropriates the sum of three thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, from the general fund to the department of fish and wildlife for the purpose of providing a refund to persons who paid an additional license fee as described in this act.