October 22, 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 3313, entitled “AN ACT concerning the State budget”, with the following specific recommendations for change:

 

            on page 1, line 29, by replacing “Bureau of the Budget” with “Governor's Office of Management and Budget”; and

            on page 3, line 19, by replacing “Bureau of the Budget” with “Governor's Office of Management and Budget”; and

            on page 3, line 23, by replacing “State programs and agencies” with “major State programs as identified by each agency”; and

            on page 3, line 25, by replacing “State agency” with “major State”; and

            on page 3, line 32, by replacing “State government” with “major State”; and

            on page 4, lines 1 and 2, by replacing “Bureau, in cooperation with the Comptroller and State agencies,” with “Governor's Office of Management and Budget, in cooperation with State agencies,”; and

            on page 4, line 3, by replacing “State programs” with “major State programs as identified by each agency”; and

            on page 4, lines 4, 20, and 31, by replacing “Bureau” each time it appears with “Governor's Office of Management and Budget”; and

            on page 4, line 17, by replacing “expenditures” with “appropriations”; and

            on page 4, lines 25, 27, and 30, by replacing “State agencies and programs” each time it appears with “major State programs as identified by each agency”; and

            on page 5, line 6, by replacing “Bureau” with “Governor's Office of Management and Budget”; and

            on page 5, line 16, by replacing “Bureau of the Budget” with “Governor's Office of Management and Budget”; and

            on page 5, lines 17 and 18, by replacing “Bureau of the Budget Act” with “Governor's Office of Management and Budget Act in the annual Comprehensive Annual Financial Report prepared by the Comptroller”.

 

With these changes, House Bill 3313 will have my approval.  I respectfully request your concurrence.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH

Governor