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SECOND
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1716
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AS
AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed
Legislature - 1999 Regular Session
State
of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 03/08/1999.
Changing provisions relating to warm water fish
culture.
AN
ACT Relating to warm water fish culture; amending RCW 77.44.050 and 77.32.440;
creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
77.44.050 and 1996 c 222 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
The
warm water game fish account is hereby created in the state wildlife fund.
Moneys in the account are subject to legislative appropriation and shall be
used for the purpose of funding the warm water game fish enhancement program,
including the development of warm water pond and lake habitat, culture of warm
water game fish, improvement of warm water fish habitat, management of warm
water fish populations, and other practical activities that will improve the
fishing for warm water fish. Funds ((from the)) for warm water
game fish ((surcharge)) as provided in RCW 77.32.440 shall not
serve as replacement funding for department-operated warm water fish projects
existing on December 31, 1994((. Funds from the warm water game fish
account shall not be used for the operation or construction of the warm water
fish culture project at Ringold unless specifically authorized by legislation.
Funds
from the sale of the warm water game fish surcharges shall be deposited in the
warm water game fish account)), except that an amount
not to exceed ninety-one thousand dollars may be used for warm water fish
culture at the Rod Meseberg warm water fish production facility during the
biennium ending June 30, 2001.
Sec.
2. RCW
77.32.440 and 1998 c 191 s 13 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
The commission shall adopt rules to continue funding current enhancement
programs at levels equal to the participation of licensees in each of the
individual enhancement programs. All enhancement funding will continue to be
deposited directly into the individual accounts created for each enhancement.
(2)
In implementing subsection (1) of this section with regard to warm water game
fish, the department shall ((initially)) deposit in the warm water game
fish account ((6.512 percent of the funds received from the sale of each
freshwater license and each freshwater, saltwater, and shellfish combination license.
The percentage initially)) the sum of one million two hundred fifty
thousand dollars each fiscal year during the fiscal years 1999 and 2000, based
on two hundred fifty thousand warm water anglers. Beginning in fiscal year
2001, and each year thereafter, the deposit to the warm water game fish account
established in this subsection shall be adjusted annually to reflect the actual
numbers of license holders fishing for warm water game fish based on an annual
survey of licensed anglers from the previous year conducted by the
department beginning with the April 1, ((2000)) 1999, to March
31, ((2001)) 2000, license year survey. ((The
legislature expects that implementing this subsection will result in annual
deposits of at least one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars into the
warm water game fish account.))
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 3. If
specific funding for the purposes of section 1 of this act, referencing this
act by bill or chapter number, is not provided by June 30, 1999, in the omnibus
appropriations act, section 1 of this act is null and void.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 4. 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 immediately.
Passed the House April 20, 1999.
Passed the Senate April 15, 1999.
Approved by the Governor May
10, 1999.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State May 10, 1999.
