77.12.712 - Columbia river recreational salmon and steelhead pilot stamp program. - Washington Statutes

Columbia river recreational salmon and steelhead pilot stamp program. (Expires June 30, 2016.)

The department shall create and administer a Columbia river recreational salmon and steelhead pilot stamp program. The program must facilitate continued and, to the maximum extent possible, improved recreational salmon and steelhead selective fishing opportunities on the Columbia river and its tributaries by supplementing the resources available to the department to carry out the scientific monitoring and evaluation, data collection, permitting, reporting, enforcement, and other activities necessary to provide such opportunities.

[2009 c 420 § 2.]

Notes: Effective date -- 2009 c 420 § 2: "Section 2 of this act takes effect January 1, 2010." [2009 c 420 § 10.]

Expiration date -- 2009 c 420 §§ 2-6: "Sections 2 through 6 of this act expire June 30, 2016." [2009 c 420 § 7.]

Intent -- 2009 c 420: "It is the intent of the legislature to establish the Columbia river recreational salmon and steelhead pilot stamp program to continue and, to the maximum extent possible, increase recreational selective fishing opportunities on the Columbia river and its tributaries." [2009 c 420 § 1.]

Scope of authority -- 2009 c 420: "Nothing in this act changes the allocation of salmon or steelhead fisheries in the Columbia river and its tributaries or the authorities or processes by which such allocations are determined." [2009 c 420 § 9.]

Not subject to transaction fee -- 2009 c 420: See note following RCW 77.32.580.