August 15, 2003

To the Honorable Members of the

Illinois Senate

93^rd General Assembly

Pursuant to Article IV, Section 9(e) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby return Senate Bill 1521 entitled “AN ACT concerning recreational trails,” with the following specific recommendation for change:

on page 3, by replacing lines 3 and 4 with the following:

             “(3) Construction of motorized recreational trails on Department owned or managed land, except recreation areas acquired after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.”.

With this change, Senate Bill 1521 will have my approval.  I respectfully request your concurrence.

Sincerely,

ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH

Governor