BILL REQ. #:  H-3400.1 

Read first time 01/21/14.   Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.

     AN ACT Relating to making alterations to the years applicable to earning the right of first refusal to purchase a geoduck diver license in 2015; and amending 2013 c 204 s 2 (uncodified).

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

Sec. 1   2013 c 204 s 2 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
     (1) The director of the department of fish and wildlife shall give individuals who held a geoduck diver license in ((2011, 2012, 2013, or)) 2014 and who also held a geoduck diver license in one more of the years 2011, 2012, and 2013, and who were listed on a department of natural resources' geoduck harvest agreement plan of operation during ((the)) those same periods, the right of first refusal to purchase a geoduck diver license for the 2015 license year.
     (2) Any license holder who qualifies for the right of first refusal under this section must have his or her intent to purchase a geoduck diver license in 2015 known to the director of the department of fish and wildlife within six months of ((the effective date of this section)) July 28, 2013.
     (3) This section expires June 30, 2016.