JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on Senate Bill No. 453, report as follows:

A. We recommend that the House Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute be rejected.

B. We recommend that the Conference Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (003424468) be accepted to resolve the matters under disagreement.

Respectfully submitted,

Madison E. Marye

Thomas K. Norment, Jr.

Charles J. Colgan

Conferees on the part of the Senate

Thomas M. Jackson, Jr.

H. Morgan Griffith

James M. Shuler

Conferees on the part of the House