CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6401

Chapter 186, Laws of 2006

59th Legislature
2006 Regular Session



CHARTER LICENSES



EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/7/06

Passed by the Senate February 14, 2006
  YEAS 48   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House February 28, 2006
  YEAS 97   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6401 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

THOMAS HOEMANN
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Secretary
Approved March 24, 2006.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington		 
FILED
March 24, 2006 - 1:35 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6401
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Passed Legislature - 2006 Regular Session
State of Washington59th Legislature2006 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation (originally sponsored by Senators Doumit, Jacobsen, Schoesler, Regala, Morton and Honeyford)

READ FIRST TIME 02/03/06.   



     AN ACT Relating to charter licenses; and amending RCW 77.65.150.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 77.65.150 and 2000 c 107 s 36 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) 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 fees and surcharges are:

 License or PermitAnnual FeeGoverning
(RCW 77.95.090 Surcharge) Section
 ResidentNonresident
(a)Nonsalmon charter$225$375
(b)Salmon charter$380$685RCW 77.70.050
(plus $100)(plus $100)
(c)Salmon angler$ 0$ 0RCW 77.70.060
(d)Salmon roe$ 95$ 95RCW 77.65.350

     (2) A salmon charter license designating a vessel is required to operate a charter boat ((to take)) from which persons may, for a fee, fish for salmon, other food fish, and shellfish. The director may issue a salmon charter license only to a person who meets the qualifications of RCW 77.70.050.
     (3) A nonsalmon charter license designating a vessel is required to operate a charter boat ((to take)) from which persons may, for a fee, fish for food fish other than salmon and shellfish. ((As used in this subsection, "food fish" does not include salmon.))
     (4)(a) "Charter boat" means a vessel from which persons may, for a fee, fish for food fish or shellfish for personal use((, and that brings food fish or shellfish into state ports or brings food fish or shellfish taken from state waters into United States ports)) in those state waters set forth in (b) of this subsection. "Charter boat" also means a vessel from which persons may, for a fee, fish for food fish or shellfish for personal use in offshore waters or in the waters of other states. The director may specify by rule when a vessel is a "charter boat" within this definition. (("Charter boat" does not mean a vessel used by 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.))
     (b) A person may not operate a vessel from which persons may, for a fee, fish for food fish or shellfish in Puget Sound, Grays Harbor, Willapa Bay, Pacific Ocean waters, Lake Washington, or the Columbia river below the bridge at Longview unless the vessel is designated on a charter boat license.
     (5) A charter boat licensed in Oregon may fish without a Washington charter 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, as long as the Oregon vessel does not ((land at any Washington port with the purpose of taking on or discharging passengers)) take on or discharge passengers for any purpose from any Washington port, the Washington shore, or a dock, landing, or other point in Washington. The provisions of this subsection shall be in effect as long as the state of Oregon has reciprocal laws and regulations.
     (6) A salmon charter license under subsection (1)(b) of this section may be renewed if the license holder notifies the department by May 1st of that year that he or she will not participate in the fishery during that calendar year. The license holder must pay the one hundred-dollar enhancement surcharge, plus a fifteen-dollar handling charge, in order to be considered a valid renewal and eligible to renew the license the following year.


         Passed by the Senate February 14, 2006.
         Passed by the House February 28, 2006.
         Approved by the Governor March 24, 2006.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 24, 2006.