July 24, 2003

To the Honorable Members of the

Illinois House of Representatives

93^rd General Assembly

Pursuant to Article IV, Section 9(e) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby return House Bill 1087 entitled “AN ACT concerning the Department on Aging,” with the following specific recommendation for change:

            on line 8, by replacing “establish and administer” with “study the benefits of, and determine what the cost would be to establish,”.

With this change, House Bill 1087 will have my approval.  I respectfully request your concurrence.

Sincerely,

ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH

Governor