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                         SENATE BILL 6088

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

 

By Senator Spanel; by request of Office of Financial Management

 

Read first time 03/24/97.  Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

Using the aquatic lands enhancement account.


    AN ACT Relating to the aquatic lands enhancement account; amending RCW 79.24.580; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

 

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

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 79.24.580 and 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 923 are each amended to read as follows:

    After deduction for management costs as provided in RCW 79.64.040 and payments to towns under RCW 79.92.110(2), all moneys received by the state from the sale or lease of state-owned aquatic lands and from the sale of valuable material from state-owned aquatic lands shall be deposited in the aquatic lands enhancement account which is hereby created in the state treasury.  After appropriation, these funds shall be used solely for aquatic lands enhancement projects; for the purchase, improvement, or protection of aquatic lands for public purposes; for providing and improving access to such lands; ((and)) for volunteer cooperative fish and game projects((.  During the fiscal biennium ending June 30, 1995, the funds may be appropriated)); for shellfish management, enforcement, and enhancement; and for developing and implementing plans for population monitoring and restoration of native wild salmon stock.  ((During the fiscal biennium ending June 30, 1997, the funds may be appropriated for shellfish management, enforcement, and enhancement and for developing and implementing plans for population monitoring and restoration of native wild salmon stock.))

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 1, 1997.

 


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