August 15, 2008

 

 

To the Honorable Members of the

Illinois House of Representatives

95th General Assembly

 

Pursuant to Article IV, Section 9(e) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby return

House Bill 4182, entitled “AN ACT concerning local government.”, with the following specific recommendations for change:

 

on page 1, line 5, at the beginning of the line, by inserting “Section 3.1-25-100 and” and;

 

on page 1, immediately below line 5, by inserting the following:

 

“(65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-100 new)

 

Sec. 3.1-25-100. Village trustees; attorney. One or more individual members of the board of trustees of any village incorporated under this Division may not hire a separate attorney using public funds unless the village attorney is disqualified from or recuses himself or herself from representing the member in his or her official capacity.”.

 

With these changes, House Bill 4182 will have my approval. I respectfully request your concurrence. 

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

 

ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH

Governor