JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on House Bill No. 1017, report as follows:

A. We recommend that the Senate Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (20109366D) be rejected.

B. We recommend that the attached Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (20109827D) be accepted to resolve the matter under disagreement.

Respectfully submitted,

Delegate Mark D. Sickles

Delegate Hala S. Ayala

Delegate Terry L. Austin

Conferees on the part of the House

Senator Janet D. Howell

Senator George L. Barker

Senator Jill Holtzman Vogel

Conferees on the part of the Senate