{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-77.105.160","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 77.105.160","heading":"Puget Sound recreational fisheries enhancement oversight committee—Created—Duties—Report to the legislature.","body":"(1) The Puget Sound recreational fisheries enhancement oversight committee is created. The director shall appoint at least seven members representing sport fishing interests to the committee from a list of applicants, ensuring broad representation from the sport fishing community. Each member shall serve for a term of two years, and may be reappointed for subsequent two-year terms at the discretion of the director. Members of the committee serve without compensation.\n(2) The Puget Sound recreational fisheries enhancement oversight committee has the following duties:\n(a) Advise the department on all aspects of the Puget Sound recreational fisheries enhancement program;\n(b) Develop recommendations, with assistance from the coordinator, for outcome-based goals and objectives to assess the effectiveness of the program;\n(c) Meet with the director each year to review these goals and objectives;\n(d) Report annually with the director to the commission on the goals of the program and the effectiveness of the program in meeting those goals;\n(e) Review and provide guidance on the annual budget for the recreational fisheries enhancement account;\n(f) Select a chair of the committee. It is the chair's duty to coordinate with the department on all issues related to the Puget Sound recreational fisheries enhancement program;\n(g) Meet at least quarterly with the department's coordinator as identified in RCW 77.105.010 of the Puget Sound recreational fisheries enhancement program;\n(h) Review and comment on program documents and proposed production of salmon and other species;\n(i) Address other issues related to the purposes of the Puget Sound recreational fisheries enhancement program that are of interest to recreational fishers in Puget Sound; and\n(j) Consistent with RCW 43.01.036, make a joint report with the department to the legislature each biennium on the status of the program.","path":["Title 77","Chapter 77.105"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=77.105.160","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T04:16:19Z","sha256":"1129ea218dee27c3533450c9ab62c214b805a261bfd42edb41b431405cd6eff8","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-77.105.150","next":"us-wa/rcw-77.105.170"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}