Rod Blagojevich

GOVERNOR

August 11, 2003

To the Honorable Members of the

Illinois Senate

93^rd General Assembly

Pursuant to Article IV, Section 9(e) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby return Senate Bill 629, entitled “AN ACT concerning prisons”, with the following specific recommendations for change:

On page 2, by replacing lines 17 through 21 with the following:

“from sales from commissary stores must be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.”; and

by replacing line 33 on page 2 through line 6 on page 3 with the following:

“non-tobacco products.”; and

on page 3, line 7, by deleting “agreement”.

With these changes, Senate Bill 629 will have my approval.  I respectfully request your concurrence.

Sincerely,

Rod R. Blagojevich

Governor