BILL REQ. #:  H-1436.1 

Read first time 02/15/13.   Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.

     AN ACT Relating to enhancing compliance with the responsibilities of fishing guides; adding a new section to chapter 77.15 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 77.15 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) A person is guilty of unlawfully engaging in a fishing guide activity if the person holds a game fish guide license as required under RCW 77.65.480 or has a license issued under RCW 77.65.010 to operate a charter boat or act as a food fish guide, and the person:
     (a) Fails to perform any duty of a charter boat or guide operator as outlined in RCW 77.32.430; or
     (b) Violates any rule of the commission or director regarding the sale, possession, issuing, or reporting of temporary fishing licenses, temporary short-term charter stamps, or catch record cards.
     (2) Unlawfully engaging in a fishing guide activity is a gross misdemeanor.