JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on House Bill No. 538, report as follows:

A. We recommend that the Senate Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (14105142D) be rejected.

B. We recommend that the attached Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (14105564D) be accepted to resolve the matter under disagreement.

Respectfully submitted,

Delegate Kenneth R. Plum

Delegate R. Steven Landes

Delegate R. Lee Ware, Jr.

Conferees on the part of the House

Senator Linda T. Puller

Senator Mamie E. Locke

Senator Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.

Conferees on the part of the Senate