August 6, 2004

            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 2900 entitled “AN ACT concerning public aid,” with the following specific recommendation for change:

            on page 4, line 12, by replacing “September 30, 2004” with “January 1, 2005”.

            With this change, Senate Bill 2900 will have my approval.  I respectfully request your concurrence.

Sincerely,

ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH

Governor