1940 AMH ORR WATS 2

By Representative Orr

HB 1940 - H AMD

By Representative Orr

     On page 2, after line 11, insert:

     "Sec. 4.  RCW 75.28.710 and 1991 c 362 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

     A professional salmon guide license is required for the holder to offer or perform the services of a professional salmon guide in the taking of salmon for personal use in freshwater rivers, ((and)) streams, and lakes, other than in that part of the Columbia river below the bridge at Longview.  Charter boats operating in Lake Washington are exempt from the provisions of this section.  The annual license fees are fifty dollars for residents and five hundred dollars for nonresidents.  A surcharge of twenty dollars shall be assessed on each resident guide license and a surcharge of one hundred dollars shall be assessed on each nonresident guide license for the purposes of RCW 75.50.100."

EFFECT:  Requires salmon fishing guides operating on lakes to obtain a professional salmon guide license.  An exemption from this requirement is made for charter boats operating in Lake Washington.