JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on House Bill No. 2796, 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 (050227228) be accepted to resolve the matters under disagreement.

Respectfully submitted,

Delegate Viola Osborne Baskerville

Delegate Phillip A. Hamilton

Delegate John M. O'Bannon, III

Conferees on the part of the House

Senator William C. Mims

Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr.

Senator Mary Margaret Whipple

Conferees on the part of the Senate