JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on House Bill No. 1541, report as follows:

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

B. We recommend that the attached Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (032692824) be accepted to resolve the matters under disagreement.

Respectfully submitted,

Robert G. Marshall

Robert F. McDonnell

Joseph P. Johnson, Jr.

Conferees on the part of the House

Stephen D. Newman

**Janet D. Howell

Harry B. Blevins

Conferees on the part of the Senate

**Senator Howell’s remarks: “I dissent. The bill remains unconstitutional in my opinion.”