JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on House Bill No. 700, report as follows:

We recommend that the Senate Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (24108652D) be accepted with the following amendment to resolve the matter under disagreement:

1. Line 16, substitute, after fees,

insert

and, if such institution is a baccalaureate public institution of higher education, room and board,

Respectfully submitted,

Delegate Nadarius E. Clark

Delegate Laura Jane Cohen

Delegate Anne Ferrell Tata

Conferees on the part of the House

Senator Barbara A. Favola

Senator Ghazala F. Hashmi

Senator Tara A. Durant

Conferees on the part of the Senate