JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on House Bill No. 878, report as follows:

A. We recommend that the Senate Amendments be rejected.

B. We recommend that the attached Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (12106183D) be accepted to resolve the matters under disagreement.

Respectfully submitted,

Delegate Mark D. Sickles

Delegate Salvatore R. Iaquinto

Delegate M. Keith Hodges

Conferees on the part of the House

Senator Ralph K. Smith

Senator William M. Stanley, Jr.

Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr.

Conferees on the part of the Senate