SB 5443-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

     Revises required renewal dates in order to validly renew certain commercial fishing licenses.

     Authorizes a person who holds a resident commercial salmon fishery license to pay an annual license fee of one hundred dollars plus the surcharge if all of the following conditions are met:  (1) The license holder is at least seventy-five years of age;

     (2) The license holder owns a fishing vessel and has fished with a resident commercial salmon fishery license for at least thirty years; and

     (3) The commercial salmon fishery license is for a geographical area other than the Puget Sound.

     Provides that an alternate operator may not be designated for a license renewed at the one hundred dollar annual fee under this provision.

     Provides that, in accordance with RCW 77.65.030, the department must provide a license or permit holder's surviving spouse, estate, or estate beneficiary a reasonable opportunity to renew the license or permit.