| Passed by the Senate April 19, 2005 YEAS 41 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 7, 2005 YEAS 95 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6033 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 59th Legislature | 2005 Regular Session |
Read first time 02/23/2005. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.
AN ACT Relating to a Washington coastal Dungeness crab pot buoy tag program; amending RCW 77.70.430 and 77.70.440; and adding a new section to chapter 77.70 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 77.70.430 and 2001 c 234 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) 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.
(2) In order to administer a Washington coastal Dungeness crab pot
buoy tag program, the department may charge a fee to holders of a
Dungeness crab -- coastal or a Dungeness crab coastal class B fishery
license to reimburse the department for the production of Washington
coastal crab pot buoy tags and the administration of a Washington
coastal crab pot buoy tag program.
(3) The department shall annually review the costs of crab pot buoy
tag production under this section with the goal of minimizing the per
tag production costs. Any savings in production costs shall be passed
on to the fishers required to purchase crab pot buoy tags under this
section in the form of a lower tag fee.
Sec. 2 RCW 77.70.440 and 2001 c 234 s 2 are each amended 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 RCW 77.70.430(1)
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 A new section is added to chapter 77.70 RCW
to read as follows:
The Washington coastal crab pot buoy tag account is created in the
custody of the state treasurer. All revenues from fees from RCW
77.70.430(2) 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 Washington coastal 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.