August 12, 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 3080, entitled “AN ACT concerning assessor’s compensation”, with the following specific recommendations for change:

            on page 1, line 22, by deleting “or special”; and

            on page 1, line 22, by deleting “of the county” ; and

            on page 1, line 24, after “50,000”, by inserting “or a decrease to 50,000 or fewer”; and

            on page 1, line 25, by replacing “and median levels of assessment” with “and the most recent year of the 3-year average level of assessments”; and

            on page 1, line 30, by replacing “less than 50,000” with "less than 50,000 or fewer”.

With these changes, House Bill 3080 will have my approval.  I respectfully request your concurrence.

Sincerely,

ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH

Governor