JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on House Bill No. 2296, report as follows:

A. We recommend that the Senate Amendments be rejected.

B. We recommend that the engrossed bill be accepted with the following amendments to resolve the matter under disagreement:

1. Line 41, engrossed, after Rules;

strike

six

insert

four

2. Line 42, engrossed, after Governor,

strike

the remainder of line 42 and all of lines 43, 44, and 45

insert

at least

3. Line 46, engrossed, after slavery

strike

; [the semicolon]

insert

. The Director of the Department of Historic Resources or his designee, the Director of the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia or his designee,

4. Line 47, engrossed, after Foundation

strike

, who

5. At the beginning of line 59, engrossed

strike

all of lines 59, 60, and 61

insert

Legislative members shall receive such compensation as provided in the general appropriation act, and the Foundation shall submit such attendance reports as necessary to the Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate to facilitate the payment of such compensation. From the appropriation to the Foundation, the Foundation shall pay nonlegislative citizen members such compensation for the performance of their duties as provided in § 2.2-2813 and shall reimburse all members for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825.

Respectfully submitted,

Delegate Delores L. McQuinn

Delegate John M. O'Bannon, III

Delegate James E. Edmunds, II

Conferees on the part of the House

Senator Ryan T. McDougle

Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr.

Senator Rosalyn R. Dance

Conferees on the part of the Senate