JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on House Bill No. 987, report as follows:

A. We recommend that the Senate Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute be accepted and amended as follows to resolve the matter under disagreement:

1. Page 1 of the substitute, after line 8, insert:

A. The governing body of a county or city served by more than one community college may determine by official action whether the jurisdiction in its entirety or parts thereof shall participate in one or more community college service regions. The governing body shall notify the State Board for Community Colleges in writing of this official action.

Respectfully submitted,

Franklin P. Hall

A. Donald McEachin

Samuel A. Nixon, Jr.

Conferees on the part of the House

Frederick M. Quayle

Stephen D. Newman

Benjamin J. Lambert, III

Conferees on the part of the Senate