June 7, 2023

To the Honorable Members of

The Illinois Senate,

103^rd General Assembly:

Today, I return Senate Bill 250, entitled “AN ACT concerning appropriations,” with reductions in the amount of $192,700.

This bill, among other things, appropriates funds for the salaries of the State’s Constitutional Officers (Article 33, Section 35), Appointed Officers of the Executive Branch (Article 33, Section 40), and General Assembly members (Article 33, Section 45). In Public Act 102-1115, effective January 9, 2023, the salaries for the Constitutional Officers (Article 30), Appointed Officers of the Executive Branch (Article 15), and the General Assembly members (Article 35) were set before their terms of office began, as required by the Illinois Constitution of 1970. See Ill. Const. 1970, art. V, §21; art. IV, §11.However, the appropriations to the State Comptroller in this bill exceed the amounts necessary to compensate the State’s Constitutional Officers, Appointed Officers of the Executive Branch and members of the General Assembly in accordance with Public Act 102-1115 and the members of the State’s boards and commissions in accordance with the levels currently authorized by Illinois law.  See, e.g., Public Act 102-1115, Article 30, Section 30-5 (providing that the Constitutional Officers shall receive a specified annual salary or as set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater, resulting in a maximum salary for Fiscal Year 2024 of $168,945 for the Lieutenant Governor, Comptroller and Treasurer and $192,465 for the Attorney General and Secretary of State); Article 35, Section 35-5 (providing that General Assembly members shall receive an annual salary of $85,000 or as set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater, setting a maximum salary of $89,250 for Fiscal Year 2024); Article 15, Sections 15-5 through 15-40 (providing that Agency Directors shall receive a specified annual salary and an annual increase in salary based on a cost of living adjustment as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86^th General Assembly).

It is evident that the errors in the amounts to compensate all of these officers were inadvertent and that the General Assembly intended for the amounts set forth in Senate Bill 250 simply to implement the salaries provided by law.  

Therefore, pursuant to Article IV, Section 9(d) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby reduce the appropriation items listed below and approve each item in the amount set forth in the “Reduced Amount” column below:

Article	Section	Page	Line	Amount Enacted	Reduced Amount
33	35	205	19	217,100	216,000
33	35	205	20	169,800	169,000
33	35	205	21	193,400	192,500
33	35	205	22	193,400	192,500
33	35	206	1	169,800	169,000
33	35	206	2	169,800	169,000
33	35	206	3	1,113,300	1,108,000
33	40	206	11	174,100	173,300
33	40	206	16	205,800	204,800
33	40	206	17	349,800	348,100
33	40	206	21	211,000	210,000
33	40	206	22	179,400	178,500
33	40	206	24	205,800	204,800
33	40	207	1	349,800	348,100
33	40	207	3	189,900	189,000
33	40	207	4	189,900	189,000
33	40	207	11	211,000	210,000
33	40	207	12	538,100	535,500
33	40	207	16	174,100	173,300
33	40	207	18	189,900	189,000
33	40	207	19	165,300	164,500
33	40	207	20	59,200	58,900

Article			Section		Page		Line				Amount Enacted	Reduced Amount
33				40	207		22				65,100	64,800
33				40	207		24				211,000	210,000
33				40	207		25				147,500	146,800
33				40	208		2				174,100	173,300
33				40	208		4				296,000	294,600
33				40	208		10				106,500	106,100
33				40	208		13				118,400	117,900
33				40	208		15				426,000	424,000
33				40	208		17				213,000	212,000
33				40	208		18				106,500	106,100
33				40	208		20				205,800	204,800
33				40	208		21				174,900	174,100
33				40	208		23				211,000	210,000
33				40	208		24				179,400	178,500
33				40	209		1				205,800	204,800
33				40	209		2				174,900	174,100
33				40	209		4				73,400	73,100
33				40	209		5				236,700	235,700
33				40	209		7				211,000	210,000
33				40	209		8				179,400	178,500
33				40	209		10				34,500	34,400
33				40	209		11				114,900	114,400
33				40	209		13				152,000	151,400
Article		Section			Page		Line				Amount Enacted	Reduced Amount
33		40			209		14				530,900	528,400
33		40			209		16				73,700	73,300
33		40			209		17				407,700	405,800
33		40			209		19				141,800	141,100
33		40			209		20				809,600	805,800
33		40			209		22				66,300	66,100
33		40			209		23				54,500	54,200
33		40			209		24				255,600	254,500
33		40			210		4				174,100	173,300
33		40			210		6				141,800	141,200
33		40			210		7				809,600	805,800
33		40			210		12				44,200	44,000
33		40			210		13				231,700	230,600
33		40			210		14				42,600	42,400
33		40			210		20				383,400	381,700
33		40			210		24				137,300	136,700
33		40			210		25				530,900	528,400
33		40			211		2				108,800	108,300
33		40			211		4				1,363,400	1,357,000
33		40			211		7				58,600	58,300
33		40			211		9				118,400	117,900
33		40			211		10				426,000	424,000
33		40			211		16				187,600	186,700
Article	Section				Page			Line			Amount Enacted				Reduced Amount
33	40				211			18			298,200			297,000
33	40				211			24			14,862,600			14,738,800
33	45				212			7			194,100			193,200
33	45				212			8			279,400			278,100
33	45				212			9			473,500			471,300
33	45				213			1			18,825,800			18,736,700
33	50				213			19			189,900			189,000
33	50				213			21			165,300			164,500
33	50				214			1			211,000			210,000
33	50				214			5			189,900			189,000
33	50				214			7			165,300			164,500
33	50				214			11			205,800			204,800
33	50				214			12			189,900			189,000
33	50				214			13			189,900			189,000
33	50				214			19			189,900			189,000
33	50				214			20			165,300			164,500
33	50				214			23			189,900			189,000
33	50				215			1			189,900			189,000
33	50				215			2			165,300			164,500
33	50				215			8			211,000			210,000
33	50				215			9			179,400			178,500
33	50				215			13			173,100			172,400
33	50				215			14			1,483,700			1,476,700
Article			Section			Page			Line	Amount Enacted			Reduced Amount
33			50			215			17	174,100			173,300
33			50			215			22	156,300			155,600
33			50			216			1	205,800			204,800
33			50			216			7	211,000			210,000
33			50			216			8	179,400			178,500
33			50			216			12	189,900			189,000
33			50			216			15	189,900			189,000

In addition to these specific item reductions, I hereby approve all other appropriation items in Senate Bill 250.

Sincerely,

JB Pritzker

Governor