July 3, 2003

 

 

To the Honorable Members of the

Illinois House of Representatives

93rd General Assembly

 

Pursuant to Article IV, Section 9(d) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby veto and return several appropriation items included in House Bill 3771, entitled “AN ACT making appropriations” having taken the actions set forth below.

           

This veto message reduces the total appropriation in House Bill 3771 by $164,468,500, including a reduction of $163,123,500 in technical changes for reappropriations based upon the items' June 30, 2003 unspent balances (reducing the reappropriations for actual spending through June 30, 2003), and a reduction of $1,345,000 for errors and items for which provisions are included in SB 1239, which is still under review. 

 

Item Vetoes

 

            I hereby veto the following appropriations items:

 

Article

Section

Page

Line(s)

Amount

Enacted

11

51

22

1-8

           200,000

11

52

22

9-15

             70,000

11

53

22

16-23

           600,000

1[1]

54

22

24-31 and

           475,000

11

54

23

1-2

 

 

Reduction Vetoes

 

            I hereby reduce the following reappropriation items and approve each item in the amount set forth in the “Reduced Amount” column below:

 

Article

Section

Page

Line(s)

Amount

Enacted

Reduced

Amount

1

39

16

21-30

7,238,500

6,505,900

1

44

19

21-28

3,243,000

3,104,000

1

47

20

20-32

409,230,900

296,800,800

1

48

21

1-14

170,844,700

133,022,900

1

49

21

15-23

34,600,000

22,600,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            In addition to these specific item and reduction vetoes, I hereby approve all other appropriation items in House Bill 3771.

 

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH

Governor



[1] A provision for this project is included in SB1239, which is still under review.