August 12, 2016
To the Honorable
Members of
The Illinois House of
Representatives,
99th General Assembly:
Today
I return House Bill 4477 with specific recommendations for change.
The
bill is intended to ensure that Department of Transportation contractors pass
along mobilization payments from the Department to their subcontractors. Since
its passage, the Department and sponsors were made aware of corrections,
specified below, that are needed to ensure compliance with federal regulations
that apply to federally-funded Department projects. I thank the sponsors for
working with the Department on these changes.
Therefore,
pursuant to Section 9(e) of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I
hereby return House Bill 4477, entitled “AN ACT concerning finance”, with the following
specific recommendations for change:
On page 1, by replacing lines 8 through 13
with the following:
“(a) As used in
this section, “mobilization payment” means an advance payment for the
preparatory work and operations necessary for the movement of personnel,
equipment, supplies, and incidentals to a project site and for all other work
or operations that must be performed or costs incurred when beginning work on a
project.”; and
On page 1, by deleting lines 14 through 16;
and
On page 1, line 17, by replacing “(c)”
with “(b)”; and
On page 1, line 23, by replacing “total”
with “initial”; and
On page 2, line 12, by replacing “(d)”
with “(c)”.
With
these changes, House Bill 4477 will have my approval. I respectfully request
your concurrence.
Sincerely,
Bruce Rauner
GOVERNOR