Rod
Blagojevich
GOVERNOR
August 12,
2003
To the
Honorable Members of the
Illinois Senate
93rd
General Assembly
Pursuant
to Article IV, Section 9(e) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby
return Senate Bill 1759, entitled “AN ACT concerning truth in budgeting”, with
the following specific recommendations for change:
on page 1,
by replacing line 6 with the following: “Section 50-10 as follows:”; and
by
deleting lines 7 through 31 on page 1, by deleting page 2, and by deleting
lines 1 through 17 on page 3; and
on page 4,
by replacing lines 10 through 15 with the following:
“For
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005 and for each fiscal year thereafter, the
budget shall identify liabilities incurred in a prior fiscal year under Section
25 of the State Finance Act and provide funding as allowable pursuant to
Section 15 (d) of the Budget Stabilization Act, if applicable.”; and
by
deleting lines 17 through 32 on page 5, and by deleting pages 6, 7, 8, and 9.
With these
changes, Senate Bill 1759 will have my approval. I respectfully request your
concurrence.
Sincerely,
Rod R.
Blagojevich
Governor