Full Text of HB2663 93rd General Assembly
board of governors
July 9,
2003
To the Honorable Members of the
Illinois House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly
Pursuant to Article IV, Section 9(d) of the Illinois Constitution
of 1970, I hereby veto and return several appropriation items included in House
Bill 2663, entitled "AN ACT making appropriations," having taken the
actions set forth below.
We must continue to do more with
less in these difficult financial times. As a result, it is necessary to make
further reductions in the amount allocated to the State Board of Education for
their administration of grant programs and to the administrative costs of the
Regional Offices of Education. These reductions are solely intended to be in
the administrative costs only and not to reduce grants to schools districts,
community organizations or other recipients. I remain solidly committed to
providing support for our classrooms, our teachers, and our school children, as
this Act demonstrates. PA 93-0014 provides $100 million dollars to elementary
and secondary education. In signing this bill, I am increasing state funding
for P-12 education by $284.5 million for a total increase of $384.5 million,
including an increase to the Foundation Level of $250 per pupil.
This veto message reduces the total appropriation in HB2663 by
$20,861,350 for reductions and item vetoes for substantive programs.
Item Vetoes
I hereby veto the following appropriations items:
Article
|
Section
|
Page
|
Line(s)
|
Amount Enacted
|
1
1
1
1
|
5
5
5
5
|
3
3
3
3
|
16-18
19
20
21
|
115,000
5,500
13,000
9,500
|
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
|
5
5
15
15
15
15
15
15
20
20
20
|
3
3
16
16
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
|
22-23
24
22-24
25
26
27
28
29
12-15
19-22
23-27
|
32,000
5,825,000
413,600
17,300
10,400
9,000
821,300
728,400
350,000
800,000
700,000
|
Reduction Vetoes
I hereby reduce the following appropriation items and
approve each item in the amount set forth in the “Reduced Amount” column below:
Article
|
Section
|
Page
|
Line(s)
|
Amount Enacted
|
Reduced Amount
|
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
|
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
15
15
|
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
15
15
|
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
5-6
7-9
|
250,000
12,000
3,000
5,000
42,000
198,000
25,000
10,000
15,000
25,000
15,000
373,000
666,100
|
62,500
3,000
750
1,250
10,500
49,500
6,250
2,500
3,750
6,250
3,750
93,250
166,500
|
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
|
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
|
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
16
16
|
14
15-16
17
18
19-20
23-24
27-29
5-9
18-19
|
73,000
3,400
1,000
2,000
249,000
25,053,400
26,395,200
14,586,300
39,922,800
|
18,250
850
250
500
62,250
24,836,800
25,295,200
14,499,400
38,328,700
|
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
|
15
20
20
20
20
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
|
16
17
17
17
18
21
22
22
22
23
23
23
|
20-21
8-11
16-18
28-30
1-6
5-9
28
29
30
1
2
8-12
|
17,221,900
1,500,000
500,000
800,000
500,000
6,500,000
159,200
6,800
12,100
8,700
319,600
8,500,000
|
17,138,600
375,000
125,000
200,000
125,000
3,250,000
39,800
1,700
3,025
2,175
79,900
8,150,000
|
In addition to these specific item and reduction vetoes, I
hereby approve all other appropriation items in House Bill 2663.
Sincerely,
ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH
Governor
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