FIRST CONFERENCE REPORT

     The Committee of Conference on the matters of difference between the two Houses concerning

     Senate Bill No. 176, entitled

A bill to make appropriations for the department of environmental quality for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012; to provide for the expenditure of those appropriations; to provide anticipated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013; to create funds and accounts; to require reports; to prescribe certain powers and duties of certain state agencies and officials; to authorize certain transfers by certain state agencies; and to provide for the disposition of fees and other income received by the various state agencies.

     Recommends:

     First:  That the House recede from the Substitute of the House as passed by the House.

     Second:  That the Senate and House agree to the Substitute of the Senate as passed by the Senate, amended to read as follows:

(attached)

     Third:  That the Senate and House agree to the title of the bill to read as follows:

A bill to make appropriations for the department of environmental quality for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012; to provide for the expenditure of those appropriations; to provide anticipated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013; to create funds and accounts; to require reports; to prescribe certain powers and duties of certain state agencies and officials; to authorize certain transfers by certain

state agencies; and to provide for the disposition of fees and other income received by the various state agencies.

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Mike Green                              Eileen Kowall

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Roger Kahn                              Jon Bumstead

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Hoon-Yung Hopgood                       Sean McCann

Conferees for the Senate                Conferees for the House