August 18, 2003

To the Honorable Members of the

Illinois House of Representatives

93rd General Assembly

Pursuant to Article IV, Section 9(e) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby return House Bill 2545, entitled “AN ACT in relation to juvenile offenders, which may be referred to as the Redeploy Illinois Program amendments”, with the following specific recommendation for change:

by replacing line 26 on page 4 through line 7 on page 5 with the following:

            "(d) (Blank).".

            With this change, House Bill 2545 will have my approval.  I respectfully request your concurrence.

Sincerely,

ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH

Governor