JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on House Bill No. 1979, report as follows:

A. We recommend that the Senate Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (21200328D) be rejected.

B. We recommend that the attached Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (21200705D) be accepted to resolve the matter under disagreement.

Respectfully submitted,

Delegate David A. Reid

Delegate Lamont Bagby

Delegate Carrie E. Coyner

Conferees on the part of the House

Senator David W. Marsden

Senator Jennifer L. McClellan

Senator Jill Holtzman Vogel – I dissent

Conferees on the part of the Senate