JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on Senate Bill No. 983, report as follows:

A.  We recommend that the House Substitute be rejected.

B.  We recommend that the attached Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (057819298) be accepted to resolve the matters under disagreement.

Respectfully submitted,

Delegate Allen W. Dudley

Delegate Bradley P. Marrs

Delegate Stephen C. Shannon

Conferees on the part of the House

Senator John C. Watkins

Senator Richard L. Saslaw

Senator Frederick M. Quayle

Conferees on the part of the Senate