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                                         SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5763

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Senators Stratton, McDonald, DeJarnatt, Owen and Barr)

Read first time 2/27/87.

AN ACT Relating to the department of fisheries; and adding a new section to chapter 75.52 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 75.52 RCW to read as follows:

          The department of fisheries may authorize the sale of surplus salmon eggs and carcasses by permitted cooperative projects for the purposes of defraying the expenses of the cooperative project.  In no instance shall the department allow a profit to be realized through such sales.  The department shall adopt rules to implement this section pursuant to chapter 34.04 RCW.