JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on Senate Bill No. 541, report as follows:

A. We recommend that the House Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute and the Senate Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute be rejected.

B. We recommend that the attached Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (961434729) be accepted to resolve the matter(s) under disagreement.

Respectfully submitted,

Richard L. Saslaw

Warren E. Barry

Mary Margaret Whipple

Conferees on the part of the Senate

Vincent F. Callahan, Jr.

Gladys B. Keating

James M. Scott

Conferees on the part of the House