JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on House Bill No. 845, report as follows:

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

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

1. Page 1, line 11

strike

all of line 11 and line 12 through property.

Insert

A locality may, within the geographical limits of the locality, authorize and permit the erection of monuments or memorials for any war or conflict, or for any engagement of such war or conflict, to include the following monuments or memorials: Algonquin (1622), French and Indian (1754-1763), Revolutionary (1775-1783), War of 1812 (1812-1815), Mexican (1846-1848), Confederate or Union monuments or memorials of the War Between the States (1861-1865), Spanish-American (1898), World War I (1917-1918), World War II (1941-1945), Korean (1950-1953), Vietnam (1965-1973) and Operation Desert Shield-Desert Storm (1990-1991).

2. Page 1, line 15, after same.

Insert

For purposes of this section, "disturb or interfere with" includes removal of, damaging or defacing monuments or memorials, or, in the case of the War Between the States, the placement of Union markings or monuments on previously designated Confederate memorials or the placement of Confederate markings or monuments on previously designated Union memorials.

Respectfully submitted,

John S. Reid

Robert D. Hull

Robert G. Marshall

Conferees on the part of the House

Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.

John Watkins

W. Roscoe Reynolds

Conferees on the part of the Senate