READ FIRST TIME 02/22/13.   

     AN ACT Relating to requiring certain information in commercial fishing guide license applications; amending RCW 77.65.480 and 77.65.370; and adding a new section to chapter 77.65 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 77.65 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) Any application for a food fish guide license under RCW 77.65.370 or game fish guide license under RCW 77.65.480 must include:
     (a) The applicant's driver's license or other government-issued identification card number and the jurisdiction of issuance;
     (b) The applicant's unified business identifier number under a master license issued under RCW 19.02.070;
     (c) Proof of current certification in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
     (d) A certificate of insurance demonstrating that the applicant has commercial liability coverage of at least three hundred thousand dollars; and
     (e) If applicable, an original or notarized copy of a valid license issued by the United States coast guard to the applicant that authorizes the holder to carry passengers for hire.
     (2) The requirements of this section related to licensure by the United States coast guard apply only to applicants intending to carry passengers for hire with a motorized vessel on federally recognized navigable waters. The license issued by the United States coast guard must be valid in the waters where the game fish guide or food fish guide license applicant will be carrying passengers for hire in a motorized vessel.
     (3) The requirements in this section are in addition to the requirements of RCW 77.65.050.

Sec. 2   RCW 77.65.480 and 2011 c 339 s 30 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A taxidermy license allows the holder to practice taxidermy for commercial purposes, as that term is defined in RCW 77.15.110. The fee for this license is one hundred eighty dollars. The application fee is seventy dollars.
     (2) A fur dealer's license allows the holder to purchase, receive, or resell raw furs for commercial purposes, as that term is defined in RCW 77.15.110. The fee for this license is one hundred eighty dollars. The application fee is seventy dollars.
     (3) A game fish guide license allows the holder to offer or perform the services of a game fish guide in the taking of game fish. The fee for this license is one hundred eighty dollars for a resident and six hundred dollars for a nonresident. The application fee is seventy dollars. An application for a game fish guide license must include the information required in section 1 of this act.
     (4) A game farm license allows the holder to operate a game farm to acquire, breed, grow, keep, and sell wildlife under conditions prescribed by the rules adopted pursuant to this title. The fee for this license is seventy-two dollars for the first year and forty-eight dollars for each following year. The application fee is seventy dollars.
     (5) A game fish stocking permit allows the holder to release game fish into the waters of the state as prescribed by rule of the commission. The fee for this permit is twenty-four dollars. The application fee is seventy dollars.
     (6) A fishing or field trial permit allows the holder to promote, conduct, hold, or sponsor a fishing or field trial contest in accordance with rules of the commission. The fee for a fishing contest permit is twenty-four dollars. The fee for a field trial contest permit is twenty-four dollars. The application fee is seventy dollars.
     (7)(a) An anadromous game fish buyer's license allows the holder to purchase or sell steelhead trout and other anadromous game fish harvested by Indian fishers lawfully exercising fishing rights reserved by federal statute, treaty, or executive order, under conditions prescribed by rule of the director. The fee for this license is one hundred eighty dollars. The application fee is one hundred five dollars.
     (b) An anadromous game fish buyer's license is not required for those businesses that buy steelhead trout and other anadromous game fish from Washington licensed game fish dealers and sell solely at retail.

Sec. 3   RCW 77.65.370 and 2009 c 333 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A person shall not offer or perform the services of a food fish guide without a food fish guide license in the taking of food fish for personal use in freshwater rivers and streams, except that a charter boat license is required to operate a vessel from which a person may for a fee fish for food fish in state waters listed in RCW 77.65.150(4)(b).
     (2) Only an individual at least sixteen years of age may hold a food fish guide license. No individual may hold more than one food fish guide license.
     (3) An application for a food fish guide license must include the information required in section 1 of this act.