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STATE OF ILLINOIS
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
SPRINGFIELD, 62706
GEORGE H. RYAN
GOVERNOR
August 7, 2001
To the Honorable Members of the
Illinois House of Representatives
92nd General Assembly
Pursuant to Article IV, Section 9(b) of the Illinois
Constitution of 1970, I hereby veto House Bill 1302, entitled
"AN ACT concerning aging."
House Bill 1302 amends the Illinois Act on Aging to
require the Department on Aging to distribute new funds to
the Area Agencies on Aging in accordance with the intrastate
funding formula. The legislation also provides that
legislatively directed programs that provide designated
amounts of funding to targeted areas are not subject to the
intrastate funding formula.
The thirteen Area Agencies on Aging provide tremendous
services that benefit senior citizens throughout the State. I
wholeheartedly support their successful efforts to assist our
senior citizens. I also understand that certain agencies that
serve larger senior populations were concerned by the General
Assembly's recent determination that new funds to the Area
Agencies on Aging should be distributed equally among the
thirteen agencies. Although House Bill 1302 intends to
prevent possible inequities in future funding, I believe it
is unnecessary legislation. The current Administrative Rules
of the Department on Aging, which have the force and effect
of law, already require the distribution of funds in
accordance with the intrastate funding formula.
Title 89, Section 230.45(a) of the Illinois
Administrative Code provides that funds appropriated for the
thirteen Area Agencies on Aging are to be distributed based
on the intrastate funding formula. Section 230.45(j) of the
Code outlines certain exceptions from this requirement, which
include "instances of a legislatively directed program
requiring funding at a designated level for a defined target
populations." Since House Bill 1302 substantially reflects
language that is already part of the Department's
administrative rules, it is my opinion that is is unnecessary
and duplicative to enact this requirement into law.
For these reasons, I hereby veto and return House Bill
1302.
Sincerely,
s/GEORGE H. RYAN
Governor