BILL REQ. #:  S-3590.2 

Read first time 01/16/2004.   Referred to Committee on Parks, Fish & Wildlife.

     AN ACT Relating to personal use shellfish licenses; and amending RCW 77.32.520.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 77.32.520 and 2000 c 107 s 27 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A personal use shellfish and seaweed license or a razor clam license is required for all persons other than residents or nonresidents under ((fifteen)) eighteen years of age to fish for, take, dig for, or possess seaweed or shellfish for personal use from state waters or offshore waters including national park beaches. A razor clam license allows a person to harvest razor clams only.
     (2) The fees for annual personal use shellfish and seaweed licenses are:
     (a) For a resident ((fifteen)) eighteen years of age or older, seven dollars;
     (b) For a nonresident ((fifteen)) eighteen years of age or older, twenty dollars; and
     (c) For a senior, five dollars.
     (3) The ((license)) fee for a ((two-day personal use shellfish and seaweed)) razor clam license is six dollars for residents ((or)) and fifteen dollars for nonresidents ((fifteen)) eighteen years of age or older.
     (4) The personal use shellfish and seaweed license or razor clam license shall be visible on the licensee while harvesting shellfish or seaweed.