JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on House Bill No. 549, report as follows:

A. We recommend that the Senate Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (26109044D) be rejected.

B. We recommend that the attached Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (26109630D) be accepted to resolve the matter under disagreement.

Respectfully submitted, Delegate Patrick A. Hope (signed) Delegate Dan I. Helmer (signed) Delegate Anne Ferrell Tata (signed) Conferees on the part of the House Senator Saddam Azlan Salim (signed) Senator Kannan Srinivasan (signed) Senator David R. Suetterlein (not signed) Conferees on the part of the Senate