August 12, 2004

To the Honorable Members of the

Illinois Senate

93rd General Assembly

            Pursuant to Article IV, Section 9(b) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby veto Senate Bill 2374, entitled “AN ACT concerning vehicles.”

            Last year, the General Assembly presented the same legislation for my review.  I studied the issues involved and for safety reasons, I vetoed that bill.  I am unaware of any change in the safety issues I considered last year.  I remain opposed to increasing the speed limit to 65 miles per hour for these large trucks.

            For this reason, I hereby veto and return Senate Bill 2374.

Sincerely,

s/ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH

Governor