5980-S AAS 5/5/93
SSB 5980 - S AMD - 001053
By Senator Owen
ADOPTED AS AMENDED BY #1058 AND #1060 5/5/93
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that additional cost savings can be realized by simplifying the department of fisheries recreational licensing system. The legislature finds that significant benefits will accrue to recreational fishers from streamlining the department of fisheries recreational licensing system. The legislature finds recreational license fees and commercial landing taxes have not been increased in recent years. The legislature finds that reduction in important department of fisheries programs can be avoided by increasing license fees and commercial landing taxes. The legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the state to avoid significant reductions in current department of fisheries activities.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 75.25 RCW to read as follows:
(1) A personal use food fish license is required for all persons other than residents under fifteen years of age or residents seventy years of age or older to fish for, take, or possess food fish for personal use from state waters or offshore waters. A personal use food fish license is not required under this section to fish for, take, or possess carp, smelt, or albacore.
(2) The fees for personal use food fish licenses are:
(a) For a resident fifteen years of age or older and under seventy years of age, seven dollars; and
(b) For a nonresident, nineteen dollars.
(3) The fee for a two-consecutive-day personal use food fish license is four dollars.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 75.25 RCW to read as follows:
(1) A personal use shellfish license is required for all persons other than residents under fifteen years of age to fish for, take, dig for, or possess shellfish for personal use from state waters or offshore waters including national park beaches.
(2) The fees for personal use shellfish licenses are:
(a) For a resident fifteen years of age or older and under seventy years of age, five dollars;
(b) For a resident seventy years of age or older, three dollars; and
(c) For a nonresident, twenty dollars.
(3) The fee for a two-consecutive-day personal use shellfish license is five dollars.
Sec. 4. RCW 75.25.005 and 1989 c 305 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
The following recreational fishing licenses are administered and issued by the department of fisheries under authority of the director of fisheries:
(1) ((Hood Canal
shrimp license)) Personal use food fish license; and
(2) ((Razor clam
license;
(3) Personal use
fishing license;
(4) Salmon license;
and
(5) Sturgeon license)) Personal use shellfish and seaweed license.
Sec. 5. RCW 75.25.080 and 1989 c 305 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) It is lawful to ((dig))
fish for, take, or possess the personal-use daily bag limit of ((razor
clams)) shellfish or food fish for ((another)) a disabled
person if ((that person has)) the harvester is licensed and if the
disabled person is licensed and present on site and in possession of
a physical disability permit issued by the director.
(2) An application for a physical disability permit must be submitted on a department of fisheries official form and must be accompanied by a licensed medical doctor's certification of disability.
(3) A person with a physical disability permit is not required to be present at the location where another person is digging razor clams for the disabled person. The physical disability permittee is required to be in the direct line of sight of the person digging razor clams for him or her, unless it is not possible to be in a direct line of sight because of a physical obstruction or other barrier. If such a barrier or obstruction exists, the physical disability permittee is required to be within one-quarter mile of the person who is digging razor clams for him or her.
Sec. 6. RCW 75.25.110 and 1989 c 305 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Any of the recreational fishing licenses required by this chapter shall, upon request, be issued without charge to the following individuals upon request:
(a) Residents under
fifteen years of age ((and residents seventy years of age or older));
(b) Residents who submit applications attesting that they are a person sixty-five years of age or older who is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces with a service-connected disability and who has been a resident of this state for the preceding ninety days;
(c) A blind person;
(d) A person with a developmental disability as defined in RCW 71A.10.020 with documentation of the disability from the department of social and health services; and
(e) A person who is physically handicapped and confined to a wheelchair.
(2) ((Personal use
licenses, salmon licenses, and sturgeon licenses shall, upon request, be issued
to nonresidents under fifteen years of age.
(3))) A blind person or a physically handicapped
person confined to a wheelchair who has been issued a card for a permanent
disability under RCW 46.16.381 may use that card in place of a fishing license
((unless a punchcard is required by the director)).
Sec. 7. RCW 75.25.120 and 1989 c 305 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:
In concurrent waters of
the Columbia river and in Washington coastal territorial waters from the
Oregon-Washington boundary to a point five nautical miles north, an Oregon
angling license comparable to the Washington personal use food fish
license((,)) or two-consecutive-day personal use food fish
license((, salmon license, or sturgeon license)) is valid if Oregon
recognizes as valid the Washington personal use food fish license((,))
or two-consecutive-day personal use food fish license((,
salmon license, or sturgeon license)) in comparable Oregon waters.
If Oregon recognizes as
valid the Washington personal use food fish license((,)) or
two-consecutive-day personal use food fish license((, salmon license,
or sturgeon license)) southward to Cape Falcon in the coastal territorial
waters from the Washington-Oregon boundary and in concurrent waters of the
Columbia river then Washington shall recognize a valid Oregon license
comparable to the Washington personal use food fish license((,)) or
two-consecutive-day personal use food fish license((, salmon license,
or sturgeon license)) northward to Leadbetter Point.
Oregon licenses are not valid for the taking of food fish when angling in concurrent waters of the Columbia river from the Washington shore.
Sec. 8. RCW 75.25.140 and 1989 c 305 s 12 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Recreational
licenses are not transferable. Upon request of a fisheries patrol officer, ex
officio fisheries patrol officer, or authorized fisheries employee, a person
digging for, fishing for, or possessing ((razor clams)) shellfish,
seaweed or fishing for or possessing ((Hood Canal shrimp or)) food
fish for personal use shall exhibit the required recreational license and write
his or her signature for comparison with the signature on the license. Failure
to comply with the request is prima facie evidence that the person does not
have a license or is not the person named on the license.
(2) The ((razor clam))
personal use shellfish and seaweed license shall be visible on the
licensee while ((digging for razor clams)) harvesting shellfish or
seaweed.
Sec. 9. RCW 75.25.150 and 1989 c 305 s 13 are each amended to read as follows:
It is unlawful to dig
for, fish for, or possess ((razor clams, fish for)) shellfish
or ((possess)) food fish((, or take or possess Hood Canal shrimp))
without the licenses required by this chapter.
Sec. 10. RCW 75.25.180 and 1989 c 305 s 14 are each amended to read as follows:
Recreational licenses issued by the department of fisheries under this chapter are valid for the following periods:
(1) Recreational licenses issued without charge to persons designated by this chapter are valid for a period of five years:
(a) For ((life for))
blind persons;
(b) For the period of continued state residency for qualified disabled veterans;
(c) ((For the period
of continued state residency for persons sixty-five years of age or more;
(d))) For ((the period of the disability for))
persons with a developmental disability; and
(((e))) (d)
For ((life for)) handicapped persons confined to a wheelchair who have
been issued a permanent disability card((; and
(f) Until a child
reaches fifteen years of age)).
(2) Two-consecutive-day personal use food fish and shellfish licenses expire at midnight on the day following the validation date written on the license by the license dealer, except two-consecutive-day personal use food fish and shellfish licenses validated for December 31 expire at midnight on that date.
(3) ((An annual
salmon)) A personal use food fish license is valid for a maximum
catch of fifteen salmon, after which another ((salmon)) personal use
food fish license may be purchased. A ((salmon)) personal use
food fish license is valid only for the calendar year for which it is
issued.
(4) ((An annual
sturgeon)) A personal use food fish license is valid for ((a))
an annual maximum catch of fifteen sturgeon. ((A sturgeon license is
valid only for the calendar year for which it is issued.))
(5) ((All other
recreational)) Personal use shellfish licenses are valid for the
calendar year for which they are issued.
Sec. 11. RCW 75.50.100 and 1990 c 58 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
The dedicated regional fisheries enhancement group account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Only the director or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for expenditures.
A surcharge of one
dollar shall be collected on each recreational ((salmon)) personal
use food fish license sold in the state. A surcharge of one hundred
dollars shall be collected on each commercial salmon fishing license and each
charter boat "salmon and other food fish" license sold in the state.
The department shall study methods for collecting and making available, an
annual list, including names and addresses, of all persons who obtain
recreational and commercial salmon fishing licenses. This list may be used to
assist formation of the regional fisheries enhancement groups and allow the
broadest participation of license holders in enhancement efforts. The results
of the study shall be reported to the house of representatives fisheries and
wildlife committee and the senate environment and natural resources committee
by October 1, 1990. All receipts shall be placed in the regional fisheries
enhancement group account and shall be used exclusively for regional fisheries
enhancement group projects for the purposes of RCW 75.50.110. Funds from the
regional fisheries enhancement group account shall not serve as replacement
funding for department operated salmon projects that exist on January 1, 1991.
All revenue from the department's sale of salmon carcasses and eggs that return to group facilities shall be deposited in the regional fisheries enhancement group account for use by the regional fisheries enhancement group that produced the surplus. The department shall adopt rules to implement this section pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW.
Sec. 12. RCW 82.27.020 and 1985 c 413 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) In addition to all other taxes, licenses, or fees provided by law there is established an excise tax on the commercial possession of enhanced food fish as provided in this chapter. The tax is levied upon and shall be collected from the owner of the enhanced food fish whose possession constitutes the taxable event. The taxable event is the first possession in Washington by an owner. Processing and handling of enhanced food fish by a person who is not the owner is not a taxable event to the processor or handler.
(2) A person in possession of enhanced food fish and liable to this tax may deduct from the price paid to the person from which the enhanced food fish (except oysters) are purchased an amount equal to a tax at one-half the rate levied in this section upon these products.
(3) The measure of the tax is the value of the enhanced food fish at the point of landing.
(4) The tax shall be equal to the measure of the tax multiplied by the rates for enhanced food fish as follows:
(a) Chinook, coho, and chum salmon and anadromous game fish: Five and twenty-five one-hundredths percent.
(b) Pink and sockeye salmon: Three and fifteen one-hundredths percent.
(c) Other food fish and shellfish, except oysters: Two and one-tenth percent.
(d) Oysters: ((Seven))
Eight one-hundredths of one percent.
(5) An additional tax is imposed equal to the rate specified in RCW 82.02.030 multiplied by the tax payable under subsection (4) of this section.
Sec. 13. RCW 75.28.035 and 1989 c 316 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
An application for issuance or renewal of a commercial fishing license shall contain the name and address of the vessel owner, the name and address of the vessel operator, the name and number of the vessel, a description of the vessel and fishing gear to be carried on the vessel, and other information required by the department.
At the time of issuance of a commercial fishing license the director shall furnish the licensee with a vessel registration and two license decals.
Vessel registrations and license decals issued by the director shall be displayed as provided by rule of the director.
A commercial fishing
license is not valid if the vessel is operated by a person other than the
operator listed on the license. The director may authorize additional operators
for the license. ((Unless adjusted by the director pursuant to the
director's authority granted in RCW 75.28.065,)) The fee for an
additional operator is ((twenty)) thirty-five dollars.
The vessel owner shall
notify the director on forms provided by the department of changes of ownership
or ((operator)) vessel and a new license shall be issued upon
payment of a fee ((of twenty dollars)):
(1) For a change in vessel with no change in ownership, the fee shall be thirty-five dollars;
(2) For a change in ownership:
(a) The fee shall be equal to three and one-half times the annual renewal fee for the particular license if the license is limited under chapter 75.30 RCW; and
(b) The fee shall be equal to the annual renewal fee for the particular license if the license is not limited under chapter 75.30 RCW.
A defaced, mutilated,
or lost license or license decal shall be replaced immediately. ((Unless
adjusted by the director pursuant to the director's authority granted in RCW
75.28.065,)) The replacement fee is ((ten)) twenty
dollars.
As used in this section, "change in ownership" has its ordinary meaning and includes transfers to corporations, partnerships, or other entities, and transfers by the current owner to the current owner and others jointly in joint tenancy, as tenants in common, or otherwise.
Sec. 14. RCW 75.28.095 and 1989 c 316 s 2, 1989 c 147 s 1, and 1989 c 47 s 2 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(1) A charter boat
license is required for a vessel to be operated as a charter boat from which
food fish are taken for personal use. ((Unless adjusted by the director
pursuant to the director's authority granted in RCW 75.28.065,)) The
annual license fees are:
Species Resident Nonresident
Fee Fee
(a) Food fish other
than salmon $((135)) 225 $((270))
375
(b) Salmon and
other
food fish $((275)) 480 $((550)) 785
The license fees in this subsection include the regional enhancement fee required for salmon licenses under RCW 75.50.100.
(2) "Charter boat" means a vessel from which persons may, for a fee, fish for food fish, and which delivers food fish into state ports or delivers food fish taken from state waters into United States ports. "Charter boat" does not mean:
(a) Vessels not generally engaged in charter boat fishing which are under private lease or charter and operated by the lessee for the lessee's personal recreational enjoyment; or
(b) Vessels used by guides for clients fishing for food fish for personal use in freshwater rivers, streams, and lakes, other than Lake Washington or that part of the Columbia River below the bridge at Longview.
(3) A charter boat licensed in Oregon shall be permitted to fish without a charter boat license in ocean waters within the jurisdiction of Washington state from the southern border of the state of Washington to Leadbetter Point under the same regulations as Washington charter boat operators, as long as the Oregon vessel does not land at any Washington port with the purpose of taking on or discharging passengers. The provisions of this subsection shall be in effect as long as the state of Oregon has reciprocal laws and regulations.
(4) A vessel shall not engage in both charter or sports fishing and commercial fishing on the same day.
Sec. 15. RCW 75.28.110 and 1989 c 316 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The following
commercial salmon fishing licenses are required for the licensee to use the
specified gear to fish for salmon and other food fish in state waters. ((Unless
adjusted by the director pursuant to the director's authority granted in RCW
75.28.065,)) The annual license fees are:
Gear Resident Nonresident
Fee Fee
(a) Purse
seine $((410)) 630 $((820)) 1085
(b) Gill net $((275))
480 $((550)) 785
(c) Troll $((275))
480 $((550)) 785
(d) Reef net $((275))
480 $((550)) 785
The license fees in this subsection include the regional enhancement fee required for salmon licenses under RCW 75.50.100.
(2) Holders of commercial salmon fishing licenses may retain incidentally caught food fish other than salmon, subject to rules of the director.
(3) A salmon troll license allows fishing in all licensing districts and includes a salmon delivery license.
(4) A separate gill net license is required to fish for salmon in each of the licensing districts established in RCW 75.28.012.
Sec. 16. RCW 75.28.113 and 1989 c 316 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) A person operating
a commercial fishing vessel used in taking salmon in offshore waters and
delivering the salmon to a place or port in the state shall obtain a salmon
delivery license from the director. ((Unless adjusted by the director
pursuant to the director's authority granted in RCW 75.28.065,)) The
annual fee for a salmon delivery license is ((two hundred seventy-five))
four hundred eighty dollars for residents and ((five hundred fifty))
seven hundred eighty-five dollars for nonresidents. The license fees
in this subsection include the regional enhancement fee required for salmon
licenses under RCW 75.50.100. Persons operating fishing vessels licensed
under RCW 75.28.125 may apply the delivery license fee ((of fifty dollars))
against the salmon delivery license fee.
(2) If the director determines that the operation of a vessel under a salmon delivery license results in the depletion or destruction of the state's salmon resource or the delivery into this state of salmon products prohibited by law, the director may revoke the license.
Sec. 17. RCW 75.28.116 and 1989 c 316 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
The owner of a
commercial salmon fishing vessel which is not qualified for a license under RCW
75.30.120 is required to obtain a salmon single delivery license in order to
make one landing of salmon taken in offshore waters. The director shall not
issue a salmon single delivery license unless, as determined by the director, a
bona fide emergency exists. ((Unless adjusted by the director pursuant to
the director's authority granted in RCW 75.28.065,)) The license fee
is ((one hundred thirty-five)) three hundred twenty-five dollars
for residents and ((two hundred seventy)) four hundred seventy-five
dollars for nonresidents. The license fees in this section include the
regional enhancement fee required for salmon licenses under RCW 75.50.100.
Sec. 18. RCW 75.28.120 and 1989 c 316 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
The following
commercial fishing licenses are required for the licensee to use the specified
gear to fish for food fish other than salmon in state waters. ((Unless
adjusted by the director pursuant to the director's authority granted in RCW
75.28.065,)) The annual license fees are:
Gear Resident Nonresident
Fee Fee
(1) Jig $((50))
130 $((100)) 185
(2) Set line $((50))
130 $((100)) 185
(3) Set net $((50))
130 $((100)) 185
(4) Drag seine $((50))
130 $((100)) 185
(5) Gill net $((275))
380 $((550)) 685
(6) Purse seine $((410))
530 $((820)) 985
(7) Troll $((50))
130 $((100)) 185
(8) Bottom fish pots $((50))
130 $((100)) 185
(9) Lampara $((100))
185 $((200)) 295
(10) Dip bag net $((50))
130 $((100)) 185
(11) Brush
weir $((100)) 185 $((200)) 295
(12) Other gear $((100))
185 $((200)) 295
Sec. 19. RCW 75.28.125 and 1989 c 316 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
A delivery license is
required to deliver shellfish or food fish other than salmon taken in offshore
waters to a port in the state. ((Unless adjusted by the director pursuant
to the director's authority granted in RCW 75.28.065,)) The annual
license fee is ((fifty)) one hundred fifteen dollars for
residents and ((one hundred)) two hundred twenty-five dollars for
nonresidents. Licenses issued under RCW 75.28.113 (salmon delivery license),
RCW 75.28.130(4) (crab pot, other than Puget Sound), or RCW 75.28.140(2)
(trawl, other than Puget Sound) shall include a delivery license.
Sec. 20. RCW 75.28.130 and 1989 c 316 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:
The following
commercial fishing licenses are required for the licensee to use the specified
gear to fish for shellfish in state waters. ((Unless adjusted by the
director pursuant to the director's authority granted in RCW 75.28.065,)) The
annual license fees are:
Gear Resident Nonresident
Fee Fee
(1) Ring net $((50)) 130 $((100))
185
(2) Shellfish pots
(excluding
crab) $((50)) 130 $((100)) 185
(3) Crab pots
(Puget
Sound) $((50)) 130 $((100)) 185
(4) Crab pots
(((other than
Puget Sound))) $((200)) 295 $((400))
520
(5) Shellfish diver
(excluding
clams) $((50)) 525 $((100)) 1045
(6)
Squid gear, all types $((100)) 185 $((200))
295
(7)
Ghost shrimp gear $((100)) 185 $((200))
295
(8) Commercial razor
clam
license $((50)) 130 $((100)) 185
(9) Geoduck diver license $((100)) 185
$((200)) 295
(10) Other shellfish gear
$((100)) 185 $((200)) 295
Sec. 21. RCW 75.28.134 and 1989 c 316 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) In addition to a
shellfish pot license, a Hood Canal shrimp endorsement is required to take
shrimp commercially in that portion of Hood Canal lying south of the Hood Canal
floating bridge. ((Unless adjusted by the director pursuant to the
director's authority granted in RCW 75.28.065,)) The annual
endorsement fee is ((two hundred twenty-five)) three hundred
twenty-five dollars for a resident and ((four hundred fifty)) five
hundred seventy-five dollars for a nonresident.
(2) Not more than fifty shrimp pots may be used while commercially fishing for shrimp in that portion of Hood Canal lying south of the Hood Canal floating bridge.
Sec. 22. RCW 75.28.140 and 1989 c 316 s 10 are each amended to read as follows:
The following
commercial fishing licenses are required for the licensee to use the specified
gear to fish for shellfish and food fish other than salmon in state waters. ((Unless
adjusted by the director pursuant to the director's authority granted in RCW
75.28.065,)) The annual license fees are:
Gear Resident Nonresident
Fee Fee
(1)
Trawl (Puget Sound) $((100)) 185 $((200)) 295
(2) Trawl (other than
Puget
Sound) $((150)) 240 $((300)) 405
Sec. 23. RCW 75.28.255 and 1989 c 316 s 11 are each amended to read as follows:
The following
commercial fishing licenses are required for the licensee to fish for the
specified species in state waters with gear authorized by rule of the
director. ((Unless adjusted by the director pursuant to the director's
authority granted in RCW 75.28.065,)) The annual license fees are:
Species Resident Nonresident
Fee Fee
(1) Columbia river
smelt $((275)) 380 $((550)) 685
(2) Carp $((50))
130 $((100)) 185
Sec. 24. RCW 75.28.280 and 1989 c 316 s 12 are each amended to read as follows:
A mechanical harvester
license is required to operate a mechanical or hydraulic device for
commercially harvesting clams, other than geoduck clams, on a clam farm unless
the requirements of RCW 75.20.100 are fulfilled for the proposed activity. ((Unless
adjusted by the director pursuant to the director's authority granted in RCW
75.28.065,)) The annual license fee is ((four hundred ten)) five
hundred thirty dollars for residents and ((eight hundred twenty)) nine
hundred eighty-five dollars for nonresidents.
Sec. 25. RCW 75.28.290 and 1989 c 316 s 14 are each amended to read as follows:
An oyster reserve
license is required for the commercial taking of shellfish from state oyster
reserves. ((Unless adjusted by the director pursuant to the director's
authority granted in RCW 75.28.065,)) The annual license fee is ((fifty))
one hundred thirty dollars for residents and one hundred eighty-five
dollars for nonresidents.
Sec. 26. RCW 75.28.300 and 1989 c 316 s 16 are each amended to read as follows:
A wholesale fish dealer's license is required for:
(1) A business in the state to engage in the commercial processing of food fish or shellfish, including custom canning or processing of personal use food fish or shellfish.
(2) A business in the state to engage in the wholesale selling, buying, or brokering of food fish or shellfish. A wholesale fish dealer's license is not required of those businesses which buy exclusively from Washington licensed wholesale dealers and sell solely at retail.
(3) Fishermen who land and sell their catch or harvest in the state to anyone other than a licensed wholesale dealer within or outside the state.
(4) A business to engage in the commercial manufacture or preparation of fertilizer, oil, meal, caviar, fish bait, or other byproducts from food fish or shellfish.
(5) A business employing a fish buyer as defined under RCW 75.28.340.
((Unless adjusted by
the director pursuant to the director's authority granted in RCW 75.28.065, the
annual license fee is one hundred dollars.)) The annual license fee is
two hundred fifty dollars. A wholesale fish dealer's license is not
required for persons engaged in the processing, wholesale selling, buying, or
brokering of private sector cultured aquatic products as defined in RCW
15.85.020. However, if a means of identifying such products is required by
rules adopted under RCW 15.85.060, the exemption from licensing requirements
established by this subsection applies only if the aquatic products are
identified in conformance with those rules.
Sec. 27. RCW 75.28.340 and 1989 c 316 s 17 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) A fish buyer's license is required of and shall be carried by each individual engaged by a wholesale fish dealer to purchase food fish or shellfish from a licensed commercial fisherman. A fish buyer may represent only one wholesale fish dealer.
(2) ((Unless
adjusted by the director pursuant to the director's authority granted in RCW
75.28.065,)) The annual fee for a fish buyer's license is ((twenty))
ninety-five dollars.
Sec. 28. RCW 75.28.690 and 1989 c 316 s 18 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) A deckhand license
is required for a crew member on a licensed salmon charter boat to sell salmon
roe as provided in subsection (2) of this section. ((Unless adjusted by the
director pursuant to the director's authority granted in RCW 75.28.065,)) The
annual license fee is ((twenty)) ninety-five dollars.
(2) A deckhand on a licensed salmon charter boat may sell salmon roe taken from fish caught for personal use, subject to rules of the director and the following conditions:
(a) The salmon is taken while fishing on the charter boat;
(b) The roe is the property of the angler until the roe is given to the deckhand. The charter boat's passengers are notified of this fact by the deckhand;
(c) The roe is sold to a licensed wholesale dealer; and
(d) The deckhand is licensed as provided in subsection (1) of this section and has the license in possession whenever salmon roe is sold.
Sec. 29. 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, other than in that part of the Columbia river
below the bridge at Longview. The annual license fees are ((fifty)) one
hundred fifty dollars for residents and ((five hundred)) seven
hundred thirty dollars for nonresidents. The license fees include 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.
Sec. 30. RCW 75.30.160 and 1986 c 198 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
In addition to any
other license, a Puget Sound commercial whiting endorsement is required to take
whiting in the waters of marine fish-shell fish management and catch reporting
areas 24B, Port Susan; 24C, Saratoga Passage; 26A, Possession Sound; or any
other area designated by the department. An annual endorsement fee is two
hundred ninety-five dollars for residents and ((four)) five
hundred twenty dollars for nonresidents. The license shall be affixed
to the licensed vessel.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 31. The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:
(1) RCW 75.25.015 and 1989 c 305 s 2, 1984 c 80 s 6, & 1983 1st ex.s. c 31 s 1;
(2) RCW 75.25.040 and 1989 c 305 s 3, 1983 1st ex.s. c 46 s 91, 1980 c 81 s 1, & 1979 ex.s. c 243 s 4;
(3) RCW 75.25.090 and 1989 c 305 s 5 & 1987 c 87 s 1;
(4) RCW 75.25.100 and 1989 c 305 s 6, 1987 c 87 s 2, 1983 1st ex.s. c 46 s 94, & 1977 ex.s. c 327 s 11;
(5) RCW 75.25.126 and 1989 c 305 s 7; and
(6) RCW 75.28.065 and 1989 c 316 s 19.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 32. This act shall take effect January 1, 1994, except that sections 13 through 30 of this act shall take effect only if Senate Bill No. 5124 does not become law by August 1, 1993.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 33. This act shall expire January 1, 1998.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 34. A new section is added to chapter 75.28 RCW to read as follows:
(1) Unless otherwise provided in this title, a license issued under this chapter is not transferable from the license holder to any other person.
(2) The following restrictions apply to transfers of commercial fishery licenses, salmon delivery licenses, and salmon charter licenses that are transferable between license holders:
(a) The license holder shall surrender the previously issued license to the department.
(b) The department shall complete no more than one transfer of the license in any seven-day period.
(c) The fee to transfer a license from one license holder to another is: (i) The same as the resident license renewal fee if the license is not limited under chapter 75.30 RCW; or (ii) three and one-half times the resident renewal fee if the license is limited under chapter 75.30 RCW.
(d) If a license is transferred from a resident to a nonresident, the transferee shall pay the difference between the resident and nonresident license fees at the time of transfer.
(3) A commercial license that is transferable under this title survives the death of the holder. Though such licenses are not personal property, they shall be treated as analogous to personal property for purposes of inheritance and intestacy. Such licenses are subject to state laws governing wills, trusts, estates, intestate succession, and community property, except that such licenses are exempt from claims of creditors of the estate and tax liens. The surviving spouse, estate, or beneficiary of the estate may apply for a renewal of the license. There is no fee for transfer of a license from a license holder to the license holder's surviving spouse or estate, or to a beneficiary of the estate.
Sec. 35. RCW 75.28.110 and 1989 c 316 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The following
commercial salmon ((fishing)) fishery licenses are required for
the ((licensee)) license holder to use the specified gear to fish
for salmon ((and other food fish)) in state waters. ((Unless
adjusted by the director pursuant to the director's authority granted in RCW
75.28.065,)) Only a person who meets the qualifications of RCW
75.30.120 may hold a license listed in this subsection. The licenses
and their annual ((license)) fees and surcharges under RCW
75.50.100 are:
((Gear))
Fishery Resident Nonresident Surcharge
License Fee Fee
(a) Salmon Gill Net--Grays $380 $685 plus $100
Harbor-Columbia river
(b) Salmon Gill Net--Puget $380 $685 plus $100
Sound
(c) Salmon Gill Net--Willapa $380 $685 plus $100
Bay-Columbia river
(d) Salmon purse seine (($410)) $530 (($820))$985 plus $100
(((b) Gill net $275 $550
(c) Troll $275 $550
(d))) (e) Salmon reef net (($275))
$380 (($550)) $685 plus $100
(f) Salmon troll $380 $685 plus $100
(2) A license issued under this section authorizes no taking or delivery of salmon or other food fish unless a vessel is designated under RCW 75.28.--- (section 7 of Senate Bill No. 5124).
(3) Holders of
commercial salmon ((fishing)) fishery licenses may retain
incidentally caught food fish other than salmon, subject to rules of the
director.
(((3))) (4)
A salmon troll license ((allows fishing in all licensing districts and))
includes a salmon delivery license.
(((4))) (5)
A ((separate)) salmon gill net license ((is required to fish
for salmon in each of the licensing districts established in RCW 75.28.012))
authorizes the taking of salmon only in the geographical area for which the
license is issued. The geographical designations in subsection (1) of this
section have the following meanings:
(a) "Puget Sound" includes waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Georgia Strait, Puget Sound and all bays, inlets, canals, coves, sounds, and estuaries lying easterly and southerly of the international boundary line and a line at the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca projected northerly from Cape Flattery to the lighthouse on Tatoosh Island and then to Bonilla Point on Vancouver Island.
(b) "Grays Harbor-Columbia river" includes waters of Grays Harbor and tributary estuaries lying easterly of a line projected northerly from Point Chehalis Light to Point Brown and those waters of the Columbia river and tributary sloughs and estuaries easterly of a line at the entrance to the Columbia river projected southerly from the most westerly point of the North jetty to the most westerly point of the South jetty.
(c) "Willapa Bay-Columbia river" includes waters of Willapa Bay and tributary estuaries and easterly of a line projected northerly from Leadbetter Point to the Cape Shoalwater tower and those waters of the Columbia river and tributary sloughs described in (b) of this subsection.
Sec. 36. RCW 75.28.113 and 1989 c 316 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) ((A person
operating a commercial fishing vessel used in taking)) It is unlawful to
deliver salmon taken in offshore waters ((and delivering the
salmon)) to a place or port in the state ((shall obtain)) without
a salmon delivery license from the director. ((Unless adjusted by the
director pursuant to the director's authority granted in RCW 75.28.065,)) The
annual fee for a salmon delivery license is ((two hundred seventy-five))
three hundred eighty dollars for residents and ((five hundred fifty))
six hundred eighty-five dollars for nonresidents. ((Persons
operating fishing vessels licensed)) The annual surcharge under RCW
75.50.100 is one hundred dollars for each license. Holders of nonsalmon
delivery licenses issued under RCW 75.28.125 may apply the nonsalmon
delivery license fee ((of fifty dollars)) against the salmon delivery
license fee.
(2) Only a person who meets the qualifications established in RCW 75.30.120 may hold a salmon delivery license issued under this section.
(3) A salmon delivery license authorizes no taking of salmon or other food fish or shellfish from the waters of the state.
(4) If the director determines that the operation of a vessel under a salmon delivery license results in the depletion or destruction of the state's salmon resource or the delivery into this state of salmon products prohibited by law, the director may revoke the license under the procedures of chapter 34.05 RCW.
Sec. 37. RCW 75.28.116 and 1989 c 316 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
((The owner of a
commercial salmon fishing vessel which is)) A person who does not ((qualified))
qualify for a license under RCW 75.30.120 ((is required to)) shall
obtain a nontransferable emergency salmon ((single)) delivery
license ((in order)) to make one ((landing)) delivery of
salmon taken in offshore waters. The director shall not issue ((a)) an
emergency salmon ((single)) delivery license unless, as determined
by the director, a bona fide emergency exists. ((Unless adjusted by the
director pursuant to the director's authority granted in RCW 75.28.065,)) The
license fee is ((one hundred thirty-five)) two hundred twenty-five
dollars for residents and ((two hundred seventy)) four hundred
seventy-five dollars for nonresidents. An applicant for an emergency
salmon delivery license shall designate no more than one vessel that will be
used with the license. Alternate operator licenses are not required of persons
delivering salmon under an emergency salmon delivery license. Emergency salmon
delivery licenses are not renewable.
Sec. 38. RCW 75.28.120 and 1989 c 316 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
((The following
commercial fishing licenses are required for the licensee to use the specified
gear to fish for food fish other than salmon in state waters. Unless adjusted
by the director pursuant to the director's authority granted in RCW 75.28.065,
the annual license fees are:
Gear Resident
Nonresident
Fee Fee
(1) Jig $50 $100
(2) Set line $50 $100
(3) Set net $50 $100
(4) Drag seine $50 $100
(5) Gill net $275
$550
(6) Purse seine $410
$820
(7) Troll $50 $100
(8) Bottom fish pots $50 $100
(9) Lampara $100
$200
(10) Dip bag net $50 $100
(11) Brush
weir $100 $200
(12) Other gear $100
$200))
(1) This section establishes commercial fishery licenses required for food fish fisheries and the annual fees for those licenses. As used in this section, "food fish" does not include salmon. The director may issue a limited-entry commercial fishery license only to a person who meets the qualifications established in applicable governing sections of this title.
Fishery Annual Fee Vessel Limited
(Governing section(s)) Resident Nonresident Required? Entry?
(a) Baitfish Lampara $185 $295 Yes No
(b) Baitfish purse seine $530 $985 Yes No
(c) Bottom fish jig $130 $185 Yes No
(d) Bottom fish pot $130 $185 Yes No
(e) Bottom fish troll $130 $185 Yes No
(f) Carp $130 $185 No No
(g) Columbia river smelt $380 $685 No No
(h) Dog fish set net $130 $185 Yes No
(i) Emerging commercial $185 $295 Determined Determined
fishery (RCW 75.30.220 by rule by rule
and 75.28.--- (section
18 of Senate Bill No.
5124))
(j) Food fish drag seine $130 $185 Yes No
(k) Food fish set line $130 $185 Yes No
(l) Food fish trawl-- $240 $405 Yes No
Non-Puget Sound
(m) Food fish trawl-- $185 $295 Yes No
Puget Sound
(n) Herring dip bag net $175 $275 Yes Yes
(RCW 75.30.140)
(o) Herring drag seine $175 $275 Yes Yes
(RCW 75.30.140)
(p) Herring gill net $175 $275 Yes Yes
(RCW 75.30.140)
(q) Herring Lampara $175 $275 Yes Yes
(RCW 75.30.140)
(r) Herring purse seine $175 $275 Yes Yes
(RCW 75.30.140)
(s) Herring spawn-on-kelp N/A N/A Yes Yes
(RCW 75.28.245 as
recodified by section
54, chapter ...
(Senate Bill No. 5124),
Laws of 1993)
(t) Smelt dip bag net $130 $185 No No
(u) Smelt gill net $380 $685 Yes No
(v) Whiting--Puget Sound $295 $520 Yes Yes
(RCW 75.30.170)
(2) The director may by rule determine the species of food fish that may be taken with the commercial fishery licenses established in this section, the gear that may be used with the licenses, and the areas or waters in which the licenses may be used. Where a fishery license has been established for a particular species, gear, geographical area, or combination thereof, a more general fishery license may not be used to take food fish in that fishery.
Sec. 39. RCW 75.28.125 and 1989 c 316 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
((A delivery license
is required to deliver shellfish or food fish other than salmon taken in
offshore waters to a port in the state. Unless adjusted by the director
pursuant to the director's authority granted in RCW 75.28.065,)) (1)
Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, it is unlawful to deliver
with a commercial fishing vessel food fish or shellfish taken in offshore
waters to a port in the state without a nonsalmon delivery license. As used in
this section, "food fish" does not include salmon. The annual
license fee for a nonsalmon delivery license is ((fifty)) one
hundred ten dollars for residents and ((one)) two hundred
dollars for nonresidents. ((Licenses issued under RCW 75.28.113 (salmon
delivery license), RCW 75.28.130(4) (crab pot, other than Puget Sound), or RCW
75.28.140(2) (trawl, other than Puget Sound) shall include a delivery license.))
(2) Holders of salmon troll fishery licenses issued under RCW 75.28.110, salmon delivery licenses issued under RCW 75.28.113, crab pot fishery licenses issued under RCW 75.28.130, food fish trawl--Non-Puget Sound fishery licenses issued under RCW 75.28.120, and shrimp trawl--Non-Puget Sound fishery licenses issued under RCW 75.28.130 may deliver food fish or shellfish taken in offshore waters without a nonsalmon delivery license.
(3) A nonsalmon delivery license authorizes no taking of food fish or shellfish from state waters.
Sec. 40. RCW 75.28.130 and 1989 c 316 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:
((The following
commercial fishing licenses are required for the licensee to use the specified
gear to fish for shellfish in state waters. Unless adjusted by the director
pursuant to the director's authority granted in RCW 75.28.065, the annual
license fees are:
Gear Resident
Nonresident
Fee Fee
(1) Ring net $50 $100
(2) Shellfish pots
(excluding
crab) $50 $100
(3) Crab pots
(Puget
Sound) $50 $100
(4) Crab pots
(other
than Puget Sound) $200 $400
(5) Shellfish diver
(excluding
clams) $50 $100
(6)
Squid gear, all types $100 $200
(7)
Ghost shrimp gear $100 $200
(8) Commercial razor
clam
license $50 $100
(9) Geoduck diver license $100 $200
(10)
Other shellfish gear $100 $200))
(1) This section establishes commercial fishery licenses required for shellfish fisheries and the annual fees for those licenses. The director may issue a limited-entry commercial fishery license only to a person who meets the qualifications established in applicable governing sections of this title.
Fishery Annual Fee Vessel Limited
(Governing section(s)) Resident Nonresident Required? Entry?
(a) Burrowing shrimp $185 $295 Yes No
(b) Crab pot $295 $520 Yes No
(c) Crab pot-- $130 $185 Yes No
Puget Sound
(d) Crab ring net-- $130 $185 Yes No
Non-Puget Sound
(e) Crab ring net-- $130 $185 Yes No
Puget Sound
(f) Dungeness crab-- $130 $185 Yes Yes
Puget Sound
(RCW 75.30.130)
(g) Emerging commercial $185 $295 Determined Determined
fishery (RCW 75.30.220 by rule by rule
and 75.28.--- (section
18 of Senate Bill No.
5124))
(h) Geoduck (RCW 75.30.--- $ 0 $ 0 Yes Yes
(section 46 of Senate
Bill No. 5124))
(i) Hardshell clam $530 $985 Yes No
mechanical harvester
(RCW 75.28.280)
(j) Oyster reserve $130 $185 No No
(RCW 75.28.290)
(k) Razor clam $130 $185 No No
(l) Sea cucumber dive $130 $185 Yes Yes
(RCW 75.30.250)
(m) Sea urchin dive $130 $185 Yes Yes
(RCW 75.30.210)
(n) Shellfish dive $525 $1045 Yes No
(o) Shellfish pot $130 $185 Yes No
(p) Shrimp pot-- $325 $575 Yes No
Hood Canal
(q) Shrimp trawl-- $240 $405 Yes No
Non-Puget Sound
(r) Shrimp trawl-- $185 $295 Yes No
Puget Sound
(s) Squid $185 $295 Yes No
(2) The director may by rule determine the species of shellfish that may be taken with the commercial fishery licenses established in this section, the gear that may be used with the licenses, and the areas or waters in which the licenses may be used. Where a fishery license has been established for a particular species, gear, geographical area, or combination thereof, a more general fishery license may not be used to take shellfish in that fishery.
Sec. 41. RCW 75.28.095 and 1989 c 316 s 2, 1989 c 147 s 1, and 1989 c 47 s 2 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(1) ((A charter boat
license is required for a vessel to be operated as a charter boat from which
food fish are taken for personal use. Unless adjusted by the director pursuant
to the director's authority granted in RCW 75.28.065,)) The director
shall issue the charter licenses and angler permits listed in this section
according to the requirements of this title. The licenses and permits and
their annual ((license)) fees and surcharges are:
((Species)) ((Resident))
Annual ((Nonresident
License or Permit Fee Fee))
(RCW 75.50.100 Surcharge) Governing
Resident Nonresident Section
(a) ((Food fish other
than salmon))
Nonsalmon charter (($135))
$225 (($270)) $375
(b) Salmon ((and
other food fish))
charter (($275))
$380 (($550)) $685 RCW
(plus $100) (plus $100) 75.30.065
(c) Salmon angler $ 0 $ 0 RCW
75.30.070
(d) Salmon roe $ 95 $ 95 RCW
75.28.690
(2) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, it is unlawful to operate a vessel as a charter boat from which salmon or salmon and other food fish are taken without a salmon charter license designating the vessel. The director may issue a salmon charter license only to a person who meets the qualifications of RCW 75.30.065.
(3) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (5) of this section, it is unlawful to operate a vessel as a charter boat from which food fish or shellfish are taken without a nonsalmon charter license. As used in this subsection, "food fish" does not include salmon.
(4)
"Charter boat" means a vessel from which persons may, for a fee, fish
for food fish or shellfish for personal use, and ((which delivers))
that brings food fish or shellfish into state ports or ((delivers))
brings food fish or shellfish taken from state waters into United
States ports. The director may specify by rule when a vessel is a
"charter boat" within this definition. "Charter boat"
does not mean((:
(a) Vessels not
generally engaged in charter boat fishing which are under private lease or
charter and operated by the lessee for the lessee's personal recreational
enjoyment; or
(b) Vessels)) a vessel used by ((guides)) a
guide for clients fishing for food fish for personal use in freshwater
rivers, streams, and lakes, other than Lake Washington or that part of the
Columbia River below the bridge at Longview.
(((3))) (5)
A charter boat licensed in Oregon ((shall be permitted to)) may
fish without a Washington charter ((boat)) license under the
same rules as Washington charter boat operators in ocean waters within the
jurisdiction of Washington state from the southern border of the state of
Washington to Leadbetter Point ((under the same regulations as Washington
charter boat operators)), as long as the Oregon vessel does not land at any
Washington port with the purpose of taking on or discharging passengers. The
provisions of this subsection shall be in effect as long as the state of Oregon
has reciprocal laws and regulations.
(((4) A vessel shall
not engage in both charter or sports fishing and commercial fishing on the same
day.))
NEW SECTION. Sec. 42. A new section is added to chapter 75.28 RCW to read as follows:
The director shall issue the personal licenses listed in this section according to the requirements of this title. The licenses and their annual fees are:
Personal License Annual Fee Governing
(RCW 75.50.100 Surcharge) Section
Resident Nonresident RCW 75.28.---
(section 25 of
Senate Bill No.
5124)
(1) Alternate Operator $ 35 $ 35
(2) Geoduck Diver $185 $295 RCW 75.28.287
(as recodified
by section 54,
chapter ...
(Senate Bill No.
5124), Laws of
1993)
(3) Salmon Guide $130 $630 RCW 75.28.710
(plus $20) (plus $100)
Sec. 43. RCW 75.28.300 and 1989 c 316 s 16 are each amended to read as follows:
A wholesale fish dealer's license is required for:
(1) A business in the state to engage in the commercial processing of food fish or shellfish, including custom canning or processing of personal use food fish or shellfish.
(2) A business in the state to engage in the wholesale selling, buying, or brokering of food fish or shellfish. A wholesale fish dealer's license is not required of those businesses which buy exclusively from Washington licensed wholesale dealers and sell solely at retail.
(3) Fishermen who land and sell their catch or harvest in the state to anyone other than a licensed wholesale dealer within or outside the state.
(4) A business to engage in the commercial manufacture or preparation of fertilizer, oil, meal, caviar, fish bait, or other byproducts from food fish or shellfish.
(5) A business employing a fish buyer as defined under RCW 75.28.340.
((Unless adjusted by
the director pursuant to the director's authority granted in RCW 75.28.065, the
annual license fee is one hundred dollars.)) The annual license fee for
a wholesale dealer is two hundred fifty dollars. A wholesale fish dealer's
license is not required for persons engaged in the processing, wholesale
selling, buying, or brokering of private sector cultured aquatic products as
defined in RCW 15.85.020. However, if a means of identifying such products is
required by rules adopted under RCW 15.85.060, the exemption from licensing
requirements established by this subsection applies only if the aquatic
products are identified in conformance with those rules.
Sec. 44. RCW 75.28.030 and 1983 1st ex.s. c 46 s 105 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Except as
otherwise provided in this title, the director shall issue commercial licenses
and permits to a qualified person((,)) upon ((the receipt of an))
receiving a completed application accompanied by the required fee. ((Applications
shall be submitted on forms provided by the department. Applicants for
commercial licenses and permits shall indicate at the time of application the
species of food fish or shellfish they intend to take and the type of gear they
intend to use.))
(2) An application submitted to the department under this chapter shall contain the name and address of the applicant and any other information required by the department or this title. An applicant for a commercial fishery license, delivery license, or charter license may designate a vessel to be used with the license and up to two alternate operators.
(3) An application submitted to the department under this chapter shall contain the applicant's declaration under penalty of perjury that the information on the application is true and correct.
(4) Upon issuing a commercial license under this chapter, the director shall assign the license a unique number that the license shall retain upon renewal. The department shall use the number to record any commercial catch under the license. This does not preclude the department from using other, additional, catch record methods.
(5) The fee to replace a license that has been lost or destroyed is twenty dollars.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 45. A new section is added to chapter 75.28 RCW to read as follows:
This section applies to all commercial fishery licenses, delivery licenses, and charter licenses, except for emergency salmon delivery licenses.
(1) The holder of a license subject to this section may substitute the vessel designated on the license or designate a vessel if none has previously been designated if the license holder:
(a) Surrenders the previously issued license to the department;
(b) Submits to the department an application that identifies the currently designated vessel, the vessel proposed to be designated, and any other information required by the department; and
(c) Pays to the department a fee of thirty-five dollars.
(2) Unless the license holder owns all vessels identified on the application described in subsection (1)(b) of this section, the following restrictions apply to changes in vessel designation:
(a) The department shall change the vessel designation on the license no more than four times per calendar year.
(b) The department shall change the vessel designation on the license no more than once in any seven-day period.
Sec. 46. RCW 75.28.340 and 1989 c 316 s 17 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) A fish buyer's license is required of and shall be carried by each individual engaged by a wholesale fish dealer to purchase food fish or shellfish from a licensed commercial fisherman. A fish buyer may represent only one wholesale fish dealer.
(2) Unless adjusted by
the director pursuant to the director's authority granted in RCW 75.28.065, the
annual fee for a fish buyer's license is ((twenty)) ninety-five
dollars.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 47. The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:
(1) 1993 c --- s 5 (section 5 of Senate Bill No. 5124);
(2) 1993 c --- s 8 (section 8 of Senate Bill No. 5124);
(3) 1993 c --- s 11 (section 11 of Senate Bill No. 5124);
(4) 1993 c --- s 12 (section 12 of Senate Bill No. 5124);
(5) 1993 c --- s 13 (section 13 of Senate Bill No. 5124);
(6) 1993 c --- s 14 (section 14 of Senate Bill No. 5124);
(7) 1993 c --- s 15 (section 15 of Senate Bill No. 5124);
(8) 1993 c --- s 16 (section 16 of Senate Bill No. 5124);
(9) 1993 c --- s 17 (section 17 of Senate Bill No. 5124);
(10) 1993 c --- s 21 (section 21 of Senate Bill No. 5124); and
(11) 1993 c --- s 23 (section 23 of Senate Bill No. 5124).
NEW SECTION. Sec. 48. Sections 34 through 47 of this act shall take effect only if Senate Bill No. 5124 becomes law by August 1, 1993.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 49. The sum of eighty-five thousand dollars of the revenues derived from increases in personal use and commercial license fees pursuant to sections 2, 34, 42, and 45 of this act and RCW 75.28.030, 75.28.035, 75.28.095, 75.28.110, 75.28.113, 75.28.116, 75.28.120, 75.28.125, 75.28.130, 75.28.134, 75.28.140, 75.28.255, 75.28.280, 75.28.290, 75.28.300, 75.28.340, 75.28.690, 75.28.710, and 75.30.160, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1995, from the general fund to Washington State University for the purposes of implementation of the provision of chapter ... (House Bill No. 1309), Laws of 1993.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 50. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected."
SSB 5980 - S AMD - 001053
By Senator Owen
ADOPTED AS AMENDED BY #1058 AND #1060 5/5/93
On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "licenses;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "amending RCW 75.25.005, 75.25.080, 75.25.110, 75.25.120, 75.25.140, 75.25.150, 75.25.180, 75.50.100, 82.27.020, 75.28.035, 75.28.110, 75.28.113, 75.28.116, 75.28.120, 75.28.125, 75.28.130, 75.28.134, 75.28.140, 75.28.255, 75.28.280, 75.28.290, 75.28.300, 75.28.340, 75.28.690, 75.28.710, 75.30.160, 75.28.110, 75.28.113, 75.28.116, 75.28.120, 75.28.125, 75.28.130, 75.28.300, 75.28.030, and 75.28.340; reenacting and amending RCW 75.28.095 and 75.28.095; adding new sections to chapter 75.25 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 75.28 RCW; creating a new section; repealing RCW 75.25.015, 75.25.040, 75.25.090, 75.25.100, 75.25.126, and 75.28.065; making an appropriation; providing a contingent effective date; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date."
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