JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on Senate Bill No. 771, report as follows:

A. We recommend that the House Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (22106932D) be rejected.

B. We recommend that the engrossed bill be accepted with the following amendments to resolve the matter under disagreement:

1. Line 254, engrossed, after 1,

strike

2024

insert

2025

2. After line 254, engrossed

insert

3. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.

Respectfully submitted,

Senator Richard H. Stuart

Senator J. Chapman Petersen

Senator David W. Marsden

Conferees on the part of the Senate

Delegate Phillip A. Scott

Delegate Kathy J. Byron

Delegate Rodney T. Willett

Conferees on the part of the House