August 27, 2018

To the Honorable Members of

The Illinois Senate

100th General Assembly:

Today I veto Senate Bill 2662 from the 100th General Assembly, which creates the Task Force on Human Services Contracting Act.

While the goal of the task force is important, creating a task force that will develop recommendations on how State departments and agencies interact will likely conflict with the Grant Accountability & Transparency Act (GATA). GATA already prescribes how the state and grantees interact. The State and grantees are still acclimating to the changes prescribed by GATA and to change things midstream would undo positive changes GATA has made.

Therefore, pursuant to Section 9(b) of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby return Senate Bill 2662, entitled “AN ACT concerning State government”, with the foregoing objections, vetoed in its entirety.

Sincerely,

Bruce Rauner

GOVERNOR