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DocuSign Envelope lD: D7339268-F98648F4-AS80-B9283E73AFEB Washinston State Parks Recreation Commission Introduction The purpose of the Vessel Registration Fee (VRF) program is to focus localjurisdiction marine programs on injury prevention activities around recreational boating safety. These activities include enforcing RCW 79A.60: Resulation of RecreationalVessels and providing emergency response to boating accidents. Each marine patrol unit should strive to serve and protect the lives and property of Washington's recreationalboaters. All VRF Funds are awarded based on the potential success and ability of the local agency to provide such service to the boating community. Recreational Boating Safety {RBS} programs are evaluated using the criteria published in this document, as well as its ability to meet the requirements and assurances of WAC 352-65: Boatine Safetv Prosram Aonroval" This guidance document is intended to help local marine law enforcement programs understand the minimum qualifications and requirements to receive vessel registration fees. The document has been laid out to explain this as simply as possible. The beginning section provides a brief list of the qualifications and requirements, and the remainder of the document explains each component in more depth. The Washington State Parks Boating Program (State Parks) has established different operationalgoals for agencies dependent on the population within their jurisdiction (based on 2019 census data). r Small Agencies- Under 30,000 population r Medium Agencies - Population between 30,000 and 100,00 o largeAgencles - Populations exceed 100,000, Page 2 of 18