FINAL BILL REPORT

SB 6401

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FULL VETO

VETO OVERRIDE

Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description: Concerning recordkeeping requirements of secondary commercial fish receivers.

Sponsors: Senators Rolfes and Warnick; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks

House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources

Background: Secondary commercial fish receivers are persons who sell fish at retail, and persons who store, hold, ship, or broker fish or shellfish for valuable consideration. A person is guilty of a secondary commercial fish receiver's failure to account for commercial harvest if:

• the person sells fish or shellfish at retail, stores or holds fish or shellfish for another in exchange for valuable consideration, or ships or brokers fish or shellfish in exchange for valuable consideration;

• the fish or shellfish were required to be entered on a Washington fish-receiving ticket or a Washington aquatic farm production annual report; and

• the person fails to maintain records of each receipt of fish or shellfish as required at the location where the fish or shellfish are being sold, stored, or held, or at the principal place of business of the shipper or broker.

Records of the receipt of fish or shellfish must be in the English language and be maintained for three years from the date the fish or shellfish are received, shipped, or brokered. A secondary commercial fish receiver's failure to account for commercial harvest is a misdemeanor.

Summary: Clarifies that records of the receipt of fish or shellfish must be kept at the location where the fish or shellfish are stored rather than at a secondary commercial fish receiver's principal place of business.

Votes on Final Passage:

Votes on Veto Override:

First Special Session