August 18, 2003
To the Honorable Members of the
Illinois Senate
93rd General Assembly
Pursuant
to Article IV, Section 9(e) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby
return Senate Bill 1754, entitled “AN ACT creating the Western Illinois
Economic Development Authority”, with the following specific recommendations
for change:
on page 6, line 2, by replacing
“23” with “17”; and
on page 6, by replacing lines 9
through 14 with the following:
“(2) Public members.
Fifteen members shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent
of the Senate. Each county within the territorial jurisdiction of the
Authority shall be represented by at least one member. All”; and
on page 6, line 24, by replacing
“Twelve” with “Eight”; and
on page 6, by replacing lines 26
and 27 with the following:
“annually by the
Board.”; and
on page 6, by replacing line 30
with the following:
“Of the 15 original public members
appointed pursuant to subsection (b), 3 shall serve until the third Monday in
January, 2005; 3 shall serve until the third Monday in January, 2006; 3 shall
serve until the third Monday in January, 2007; 3 shall serve until the third
Monday in January, 2008; and 3 shall serve until the third Monday in January,
2009. All successors to these original public members shall be appointed by
the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, pursuant to subsection
(b), and shall hold office for a term of 6 years commencing the third Monday in
January of the year in which their term commences, except in the case of an
appointment to fill a vacancy. Vacancies occurring among the public members
shall be filled”; and
on page 7, by replacing lines 10
through 13 with the following:
“malfeasance in office.”; and
by replacing lines 31 through 34 on
page 7 and lines 1 through 29 on page 8 with the following:
“the Illinois Finance Authority,
attorneys, appraisers, engineers, accountants, credit analysts, and other consultants
if the Western Illinois Economic Development Authority deems it advisable.
Section 25. Duty. All
official acts of the Authority shall require the approval of at least 8
members. It shall”; and
on page 9, by replacing line 13
with the following
“(3) to
utilize services of the Illinois Finance Authority necessary to”.
With these changes, Senate Bill
1754 will have my approval. I respectfully request your concurrence.
Sincerely,
ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH
Governor
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