August 17,
2007
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 4, entitled “AN ACT
concerning local government,” with the following specific recommendations for
change:
on page 4, line 18 through 25, by deleting “Within 30 days after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, one additional
commissioner shall be appointed to the board of the Springfield Airport
Authority from each municipality having a population of 5,000 or more within
the Authority,
and one additional commissioner shall
be appointed at large. The additional commissioners shall serve for a term of 4
or 5 years, as determined by lot. Their successors”
; and
on
page 5, line 1, by deleting “shall
serve for terms of 5 years.
”; and
on page 20, before line 10, by inserting “(c) Nothing in
this Act shall limit the jurisdiction of the Illinois Commerce Commission over
railroad safety as provided for in the Illinois Commercial Transportation Law.”
With these changes, House Bill 4 will have my approval. I
respectfully request your concurrence.
Sincerely,
ROD R.
BLAGOJEVICH
Governor