July 3, 2003

 

 

To the Honorable Members of the

Illinois House of Representatives

93rd General Assembly

 

Pursuant to Article IV, Section 9(d) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby veto and return several appropriation items included in House Bill 2716, entitled “AN ACT making appropriations” having taken the actions set forth below.

 

This veto message reduces the total appropriation in House Bill 2716 by $36,372,412, including reduction and item vetoes for substantive programs of $28,892,000 and a reduction of $7,480,412 in technical changes for reappropriations based upon the items’ June 30, 2003 unspent balances (reducing the reappropriations for actual spending through June 30, 2003). 

 

Item Vetoes

 

            I hereby veto the following appropriations items:

 

Article

Section

Page

Line(s)

Amount Enacted

2

95

27

8-11

20,000

2

255

51

32-34

1,000,000

2

255

52

1-6

4,000,000

2

275

57

2-4

50,000

2

275

59

13-15

250,000

2

275

59

16-18

50,000

4

20

77

19-21

51,400

4

40

81

27-30

316,600

4

45

84

25-27

1,000,000

4

55

87

21-24

375,000

4

55

87

25-26

100,000

4

105

101

19-23

600,000

 

 

Reduction Vetoes

 

            I hereby reduce the following appropriation items and approve each item in the amount set forth in the “Reduced Amount” column below:

 

Article

Section

Page

Line(s)

Amount Enacted

Reduced Amount

1

10

5

24-25

2,258,373,200

2,256,723,200

2

5

12

18-19

6,150,000

5,150,000

2

30

15

33

and

 

2

30

16

1

182,500

180,500

2

70

23

6-7

5,090,300

5,034,200

2

95

25

18-22

3,000,000

2,966,900

2

95

25

23-25

9,460,600

9,356,400

2

95

25

26-29

44,426,200

35,226,200

2

95

25

30-31

3,500,000

1,750,000

2

95

26

3

5,000,000

4,944,900

2

95

26

6-7

10,020,700

9,910,300

2

95

26

11

23,872,000

23,609,000

2

95

26

19-21

10,844,400

10,724,900

2

100

28

13-16

2,000,000

1,864,300

2

130

32

18-19

43,300

42,800

2

145

35

3-9

17,000,000

9,519,588

2

160

36

20-22

387,900

383,600

2

175

40

8-9

40,000

39,600

2

195

43

2-3

150,000

148,300

2

230

47

26-27

153,800

152,100

2

255

50

23-24

4,816,900

3,616,900

2

275

56

31-33

21,759,200

21,279,700

2

275

56

34

and

 

2

275

57

1

19,925,900

19,374,000

2

275

57

5-6

7,698,300

7,399,000

2

285

60

27-28

3,500,000

3,403,000

2

285

60

29-30

13,699,700

13,320,200

2

285

60

31-32

3,187,900

3,099,600

2

285

61

1

4,776,600

4,276,600

2

285

61

3

1,634,200

1,588,900

4

70

90

4-5

700,000

230,000

4

75

92

10-11

1,212,100

1,000,100

4

80

95

14

437,900

207,400

4

80

95

15-16

3,000,000

2,000,000

4

85

96

7-8

4,410,700

3,372,700

 

In addition to these specific item and reduction vetoes, I hereby approve all other appropriation items in House Bill 2716.

 

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH

Governor