H-1987              _______________________________________________

                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1100

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Representative Unsoeld

Read first time 2/25/87 and referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

AN ACT Relating to restaurant owners or operators obtaining game fish; and amending RCW 77.32.211.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 30, chapter 15, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. as last amended by section 5, chapter 464, Laws of 1985 and RCW 77.32.211 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1)  A taxidermy license allows the holder to practice taxidermy for profit.  The fee for this license is one hundred fifty dollars.

          (2) A fur dealer's license allows the holder to purchase, receive, or resell raw furs for profit.  The fee for this license is one hundred fifty dollars.

          (3)  A fishing guide license allows the holder to offer or perform the services of a professional guide in the taking of game fish.  The fee for this license is one hundred fifty dollars for a resident and five hundred dollars for a nonresident.

          (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 commission.  The fee for this license is sixty dollars for the first year and forty dollars for each following year.

          (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 dollars.

          (6)  A hunting, fishing, or field trial permit allows the holder to promote, conduct, hold, or sponsor a hunting, fishing, or field trial contest in accordance with rules of the commission.  The fee for this permit is twenty dollars.

          (7) An anadromous game fish buyer's license allows the holder to purchase or sell steelhead trout and other anadromous game fish harvested by Indian fishermen lawfully exercising fishing rights reserved by federal statute, treaty, or executive order, under conditions prescribed by rule of the commission.  The fee for this license is one hundred fifty dollars.  A restaurant owner or operator is not required to obtain an anadromous game fish buyer's license in order to buy or sell steelhead trout or other game fish unless it purchases the fish from a treaty Indian.