CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE BILL 5464
64th Legislature
2015 Regular Session
SENATE BILL 5464
Passed Legislature - 2015 Regular Session
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State of Washington | 64th Legislature | 2015 Regular Session |
By Senators Warnick, Hatfield, Parlette, Hargrove, Ranker, Hewitt, Fraser, and Chase; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife
Read first time 01/22/15. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Parks.
AN ACT Relating to unlawfully engaging in fishing guide activity; adding a new section to chapter
77.15 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 77.15 RCW to read as follows:
(1) A person is guilty of unlawfully engaging in fishing guide activity if the person holds a game fish guide license issued under RCW
77.65.480 or has a license issued under RCW
77.65.010 to operate a charter boat or act as a food fish guide, and the person:
(a) Fails to perform any duty of a charter boat or guide operator established in RCW
77.32.430; or
(b) Violates any rule of the commission or director regarding the sale, possession, issuance, or reporting of temporary fishing licenses, temporary short-term charter stamps, or catch record cards.
(2) Unlawfully engaging in fishing guide activity is a gross misdemeanor.
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