REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

ON SENATE FILE 2320
   To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives:

   We, the undersigned members of the conference committee appointed to resolve the differences between the Senate and the House of Representatives on Senate File 2320, a bill for an Act relating to transportation and other infrastructure-related appropriations to the department of transportation, including allocation and use of moneys from the road use tax fund, the primary road fund, the state aviation fund, and the federal surface transportation block grant program, respectfully make the following report:
   1.  That the House recedes from its amendment, S-5162.
   2.  That Senate File 2320, as passed by the Senate, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  By striking page 1, line 20, through page 2, line 5, and inserting: 
   <2.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
   a.  Operations:
   ...................................................................... $  3,279,911

                                                                          6,679,706

   b.  Planning:
   ...................................................................... $    219,487

                                                                             446,789

   c.  Motor vehicles:
   ...................................................................... $ 17,962,673

                                                                        36,063,965

   d.  Performance and technology:
   ...................................................................... $    254,520

                                                                             513,720>
   2.  By striking page 3, line 26, through page 4, line 25, and inserting: 
   <1.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
   a.  Operations:
   ...................................................................... $ 20,148,023

                                                                        41,032,482

   ............................................................... FTEs        267.00

_________________________________________________________261.00

   b.  Planning:
   ...................................................................... $  4,170,241

                                                                          8,488,981

   ............................................................... FTEs        102.00

__________________________________________________________98.00

   c.  Highways:
   ...................................................................... $119,414,428

                                                                      244,749,911

   ............................................................... FTEs     2,056.00

_______________________________________________________1,994.00

   d.  Motor vehicles:
   ...................................................................... $    748,445

                                                                          1,502,665

   ............................................................... FTEs        412.00

_________________________________________________________402.00

   e.  Performance and technology:
   ...................................................................... $  1,563,480

                                                                          3,155,710

   ............................................................... FTEs         35.00

__________________________________________________________34.00>
   3.  Page 6, line 32, by striking <1,500,000> and inserting <60,000>

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE:

______________________________
MATT McCOY, CHAIRPERSON

______________________________
TOD R. BOWMAN

______________________________
JANET PETERSEN

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE:

______________________________
DAN HUSEMAN, CHAIRPERSON

______________________________
STEVE HOLT

______________________________
GUY VANDER LINDEN