August 26, 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 4653, entitled “AN ACT concerning land.”, with the following specific recommendations for change:

            on page 9, line 4, by deleting “title to the”; and

            on page 9, by deleting line 5; and

            on page 9, line 6, by deleting “Department of Corrections,”; and

on page 9, line 7, by replacing “purpose.” with “purpose, Peoria County shall pay to the State fair market value for the buildings and the land as appraised at such time.”; and

on page 9, line 8, by deleting “The real estate described in Section 5 is no”; and

on page 9, line 9, by deleting “longer needed by the State of Illinois. Therefore,”; and

on page 9, line 9, by replacing “the Director” with “The Director”.

With these changes, House Bill 4653 will have my approval.  I respectfully request your concurrence. 

Sincerely,

ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH

Governor