JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on House Bill No. 1129, report as follows:

A. We recommend that the Senate Amendments be rejected.

B. We recommend that the engrossed bill be amended as follows to resolve the matter under disagreement.

1. Page 1, engrossed, after line 36

insert

C. The administrator of a local or regional jail shall not assign a person to a home/electronic incarceration program pursuant to subsection C of § 53.1-131.2 in a locality which has a jail operated by a sheriff, without the consent of the sheriff.

Respectfully submitted,

John J. Davies, III

James F. Almand

Raymond R. Guest, Jr.

Conferees on the part of the House

Yvonne B. Miller

W. Roscoe Reynolds

Martin E. Williams

Conferees on the part of the Senate