JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on House Bill No. 2459, report as follows:

A.  We recommend that the Senate Substitute be rejected.

B.  We recommend that the attached Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (057810540) be accepted to resolve the matters under disagreement.

Respectfully submitted,

Senator Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.

Senator John C. Watkins

Senator Janet D. Howell

Conferees on the part of the Senate

Delegate R. Lee Ware, Jr.

Delegate Edward T. Scott

Delegate Robert D. Hull

Conferees on the part of the House