JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on Senate Bill No. 557, report as follows:

A. We recommend that the House Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute dated March 5, 1998 be rejected.

B. We recommend that the Conference Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (984255607) be accepted to resolve the matter under disagreement.

Respectfully submitted,

Warren E. Barry

Patricia S. Ticer

Henry L. Marsh, III

Conferees on the part of the Senate

L. Karen Darner

William J. Howell

Jay W. DeBoer

Conferees on the part of the House