REPORT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

MR. PRESIDENT AND MR. SPEAKER:

   We, the undersigned conferees, have had under consideration the amendments to the following entitled BILL:

S. B. No. 2971:  Appropriation; Ethics Commission.

  We, therefore, respectfully submit the following report and recommendation:

  1.  That the House recede from its Amendment No. 1.

  2.  That the Senate and House adopt the following amendment:

     Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

     SECTION 1.  The following sum, or so much thereof as may be

.............................................................$0

     Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

     AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE MISSISSIPPI ETHICS COMMISSION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2018.

CONFEREES FOR THE SENATE          CONFEREES FOR THE HOUSE

X (SIGNED)	X (SIGNED)
Eugene S. Clarke	John Read
X (SIGNED)	X (SIGNED)
Gary Jackson	Angela Cockerham
X (SIGNED)	(NOT SIGNED)
Angela Turner-Ford	Sara R. Thomas