July 29, 2011

To the Honorable Members of the Illinois Senate,

97^th General Assembly:

In accordance with Article IV, Section 9(e) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby return Senate Bill 2083 with a specific recommendation for change.

As Governor, I am committed to the timely, effective, and efficient delivery of government services to Illinois’ businesses.  This bill eliminates the fee for the expedited processing of LLC annual reports with the Secretary of State’s Department of Business Services.  The intent of the bill was to eliminate the fee for expedited processing solely for LLCs that file their annual reports online, as such reports can be processed more efficiently than reports filed in person.  However, this bill will also eliminate the fee for requests filed in person, which was not the intent of the bill.  

Therefore, pursuant to Article IV, Section 9(e) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby return Senate Bill 2083, entitled “AN ACT concerning business.”, with the following specific recommendations for change:

on page 2, by replacing lines 24 through 26 with the following:

“All other filings, copies of documents, annual reports, and copies of documents of dissolved or revoked limited liability companies, $50; except that no expedited services fee shall be charged for annual reports filed on-line.”.

With this change, Senate Bill 2083 will have my approval. I respectfully request your concurrence.

Sincerely,

PAT QUINN

Governor