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State of Illinois
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Springfield, Illinois 62706
George H. Ryan
GOVERNOR
June 10, 2002
To the Honorable Members of
The Illinois Senate
92nd 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 Senate Bill 2393 entitled "AN
ACT regarding appropriations.", having taken the actions set
forth below.
In February, I presented the General Assembly with a
Fiscal Year 03 budget that included a total of $685 million
in spending cuts. That budget was based, in part, on the
premise that the decline in state revenues - occurring since
the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 - would stop by
this Spring, that economic stability would return by the
summer, and we would see modest economic growth through the
balance of FY 03. Clearly, that scenario was too optimistic.
Accordingly, I presented the General Assembly with a
revised FY 03 budget on May 27th - a budget that recommended
$260 million less in general funds spending that I had first
proposed in February. That spending reduction was necessary
because our revenue decline had continued unabated throughout
the Spring.
From January through April of this year, our general
funds revenues were down $365 million from the same period a
year ago. Then, our May revenues were down by an additional
$224 million. The Bureau of the Budget now expects our
revenue decline to continue through June - when we could lose
another $125 million - before stabilizing at or near
projected levels in July and August.
It is important for us to recognize that these grim
statistics are not unique to Illinois - they reflect national
trends. Nationally, individual income tax collections in the
first three months of this calendar year dropped 14% from the
same period in 2001. In Illinois, our individual income tax
collections were down 8.4% from a year ago. The National
Governors' Association reports that in the 41 states that
have individual income taxes, April revenues were down 21.4%
from one year ago. In Illinois, our individual income tax
collections were down 13% in April. Nationally, corporate
income taxes have been depressed for five straight quarters.
In Illinois, our corporate income taxes were down over 28%
this Spring. And nationally, while economists continue to
say that the recession is over and the recovery is well
underway, they caution that any significant improvement in
State revenues is still eight to eighteen months away.
The revised FY 03 budget I presented to you May 27th was
designed to carefully balance the general funds spending that
you and I considered absolutely essential - approximately
$22.5 billion - with additional revenues that would be
required to pay for it.
Despite our collective best efforts, the budget embodied
in Senate Bill 2393 fails to balance our base spending with
necessary base revenues. The General Assembly rejected my
request for tax increases necessary to provide $220 million
in revenues; yet, you approved a net total of $277.5 million
in additional base spending. The resulting imbalance of
$497.5 million cannot be bridged with one-time revenues that
are "borrowed" against the receipt of future resources.
Well-meaning legislators from both parties looked to the
proposed "tobacco securitization" idea as a way to "balance"
the budget without voting for increased taxes. President
Philip, Speaker Madigan and I all agreed that "borrowing"
against the receipt of future resources is not sound fiscal
policy, and should not be viewed as an easy alternative to
more painful spending cuts and tax increases. However, we
likewise agreed that if such "borrowing" would be used as a
way to maintain a healthy Rainy Day Fund and end-of-year
balance, then it would be an acceptable part of an overall
budget solution.
Unfortunately, the continuing decline in our revenues
makes it impossible for us to provide the necessary budgetary
balance through this mechanism, and additional, difficult
cuts are required. Given your refusal to approve the tax
increases I recommended, we must eliminate certain programs,
close certain state facilities, and reduce the state payroll.
There is no other way.
Therefore, I am obligated to reduce the State's level of
spending to reflect the reduced revenues you provided. The
following item and reduction vetoes to Senate Bill 2393
collectively reduce our overall general funds spending by
$502 million. Combined with our February 20 budget
reductions of $685 million, and our May 27 budget reductions
of $260 million, these new reductions mean that we will have
imposed a total of $1.447 billion in spending reductions from
our current FY 02 level.
I understand that many of these spending cuts are
difficult for some members of the General Assembly to accept.
They are not easy for anyone, and I did not make these
decisions lightly. I would caution you, however, against
overriding these painful actions. I will not balance this
budget by borrowing from future revenues. Period.
If you choose to override these actions, and if our
revenues continue to decline, I will have no choice but to
recall you for another Special Session later this summer to
consider revenue increases that will be necessary to fund the
additional spending you approve through any override actions.
As I told you May 27th, this is the most serious
financial problem our State has faced in nearly 50 years.
But my successor - and your successors - are entitled to our
best efforts to resolve it by producing an honest, and
balanced budget for FY 03.
ITEM VETOES
I hereby veto the following appropriation items:
Article Section Page Lines Amount Enacted
1 20 16 20 $ 168,800.00
1 20 16 21 $ 7,700.00
1 20 16 22 $ 1,400.00
1 20 16 23 $ 1,400.00
1 20 16 24 $ 350,000.00
1 20 16 25 $ 3,088,300.00
1 20 16 28 $ 193,000.00
1 20 16 29 $ 7,700.00
1 20 16 30 $ 6,800.00
1 20 16 31 $ 6,800.00
1 20 16 32-33 $ 3,210,400.00
1 20 18 23 $ 100,000.00
1 20 18 24 $ 2,432,000.00
1 20 19 12 $ 300,000.00
1 20 19 13 $ 13,500.00
1 20 19 14 $ 12,000.00
1 20 19 15 $ 9,700.00
1 20 19 16 $ 1,208,900.00
1 20 19 17 $ 5,385,400.00
1 25 27 9-34 and
1 25 28 1 $ 33,428,200.00
4 25 31 15 $ 2,750,000.00
4 25 31 20 $ 2,550,400.00
4 50 32 17-21 $ 780,000.00
5 20 38 1-4 $ 400,000.00
5 25 38 5-9 $ 400,000.00
14 25 54 18-21 $ 150,000.00
14 45 55 17 $ 11,308,000.00
14 55 56 1-4 $ 610,000.00
15 25 61 28-33 $ 20,000,000.00
15 25 62 1-4 $ 15,000,000.00
25 4 98 8-12 $ 150,000.00
26 16 102 23-27 $ 150,000.00
27 275 121 8-12 $ 150,000.00
28 40 132 18-22 $ 150,000.00
29 70 137 4-8 $ 150,000.00
31 19A 162 24-31 $ 13,152,300.00
33 7 184 21-25 $ 2,000,000.00
34 2.1 195 23-25 $ 100,000.00
Article Section Page Lines Amount Enacted
34 2.1 195 26-27 $ 100,000.00
34 3 199 4-6 $ 2,000,000.00
34 3.2 200 2-6 $ 4,481,900.00
34 3.2 200 21-22 $ 1,000,000.00
34 4 204 22-23 $ 2,250,000.00
34 8 213 23-24 $ 1,000,000.00
34 8.22 224 17-20 $ 500,000.00
34 8.27 225 10-13 $ 100,000.00
34 8.29 225 18-21 $ 200,000.00
34 8.30 225 22-25 $ 250,000.00
34 8.31 225 26-28 and
34 8.31 226 1 $ 50,000.00
34 8.32 226 2-5 $ 100,000.00
34 8.33 226 6-9 $ 150,000.00
34 8.34 226 10-13 $ 300,000.00
34 8.35 226 14-18 $ 135,000.00
34 8.40 227 11-18 $ 6,000,000.00
34 356 267 16-19 $ 250,000.00
36 2 350 1 $ 10,472,500.00
36 2 350 2-3 $ 618,800.00
36 2 350 4-5 $ 32,100.00
36 2 350 6-7 $ 1,191,700.00
36 2 350 8-9 $ 839,700.00
36 2 350 10 $ 1,056,300.00
36 2 350 11 $ 16,500.00
36 2 350 12-14 $ 3,300.00
36 2 350 15 $ 291,800.00
36 2 350 16 $ 10,700.00
36 2 350 17 $ 355,000.00
36 2 350 18 $ 93,500.00
36 2 350 19 $ 18,100.00
36 2 354 25 $ 5,794,000.00
36 2 355 13 $ 5,263,100.00
36 2 355 33-34 $ 4,795,800.00
36 2 365 20 $ 17,334,200.00
36 2 365 21-22 $ 953,400.00
36 2 365 23-24 $ 306,200.00
36 2 365 25-26 $ 1,837,400.00
36 2 365 27-28 $ 1,255,000.00
36 2 365 29 $ 5,477,500.00
36 2 365 30 $ 34,300.00
36 2 365 31-32 $ 41,100.00
36 2 366 1 $ 883,700.00
36 2 366 2 $ 25,900.00
36 2 366 3 $ 147,300.00
36 2 366 4 $ 112,000.00
36 2 366 5 $ 177,300.00
36 4 369 32 $ 2,956,100.00
36 4 369 33-34 $ 167,400.00
36 4 370 1-2 $ 5,500.00
36 4 370 3-4 $ 314,300.00
36 4 370 5-6 $ 233,300.00
36 4 370 7 $ 1,535,900.00
36 4 370 8 $ 6,900.00
36 4 370 9-10 $ 200.00
36 4 370 11 $ 167,800.00
36 4 370 12 $ 6,900.00
36 4 370 13 $ 301,400.00
36 4 370 14 $ 7,800.00
36 4 370 15 $ 10,900.00
36 4 370 16-17 $ 10,000.00
36 4 371 6 $ 8,061,000.00
36 4 371 7-8 $ 443,400.00
36 4 371 9-10 $ 460,000.00
36 4 371 11-12 $ 854,500.00
36 4 371 13-14 $ 580,400.00
36 4 371 15 $ 1,690,900.00
36 4 371 16 $ 17,200.00
36 4 371 17-18 $ 700.00
36 4 371 19 $ 133,300.00
36 4 371 20 $ 9,500.00
36 4 371 21 $ 76,700.00
36 4 371 22 $ 72,600.00
36 4 371 23 $ 72,500.00
36 15 374 24-28 $ 25,000,000.00
40 6 392 27-29 $ 3,332,000.00
Article Section Page Lines Amount Enacted
40 6.3 395 25-26 $ 1,828,800.00
40 7 397 2-3 $ 4,627,600.00
40 12b 404 8-14 $ 20,500,000.00
40 12c 404 15-21 $ 7,500,000.00
40 16 410 14 $ 7,670,600.00
40 16 410 15-16 $ 297,700.00
40 16 410 17 $ 797,100.00
40 16 410 18-19 $ 586,300.00
40 16 410 20 $ 826,500.00
40 16 410 21 $ 8,200.00
40 16 410 22 $ 521,500.00
40 16 410 23 $ 3,500.00
40 16 410 24 $ 34,700.00
40 16 410 25 $ 44,500.00
40 16 410 26 $ 22,100.00
40 16 410 27-28 $ 2,400.00
40 16 410 31-32 $ 19,499,000.00
40 32 424 8 $ 12,796,200.00
40 32 424 9-10 $ 496,400.00
40 32 424 11 $ 1,330,800.00
40 32 424 12-13 $ 978,900.00
40 32 424 14 $ 1,388,500.00
40 32 424 15 $ 25,300.00
40 32 424 16 $ 306,300.00
40 32 424 17 $ 15,900.00
40 32 424 18 $ 89,500.00
40 32 424 19 $ 109,300.00
40 32 424 20 $ 17,400.00
40 32 424 21-22 $ 1,200.00
47 1 474 12-15 $ 2,000,000.00
47 2 475 15 $ 30,000,000.00
47 6 478 19-21 $ 30,000,000.00
48 7.2 500 28-31 $ 748,150.00
48 7.3 501 1-5 $ 2,251,850.00
48 11 506 24-27 $ 1,250,000.00
48 12 506 28 and
48 12 507 1-4 $ 250,000.00
51 20a1 557 30 and
51 20a1 558 1-5 1,250,000.00
68 6 661 27 $ 542,800.00
78 5 704 12-15 $ 13,900,000.00
84 2 713 3-6 $ 1,210,000.00
84 3 713 7-10 $ 2,250,000.00
90 4 726 30 $ 2,376,500.00
90 4 726 32-33 $ 1,937,700.00
90 5 727 30 $ 5,090,000.00
90 5 727 31 $ 485,000.00
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 Lines Amount Enacted Amount Reduced
1 20 14 20 $ 5,734,800.00 $ 5,335,100.00
1 20 14 24 $ 693,000.00 $ 644,700.00
1 20 14 29 $ 4,418,800.00 $ 4,110,800.00
1 20 15 1 $ 96,000.00 $ 89,300.00
1 20 15 7 $ 9,630,200.00 $ 8,958,900.00
1 20 15 11 $ 2,425,700.00 $ 2,256,600.00
1 20 19 8 $ 80,025,100.00 $ 79,221,100.00
1 20 20 2 $ 183,505,700.00 $ 177,309,400.00
1 20 21 27-33 $ 65,098,300.00 $ 64,447,300.00
1 25 23 12-14 $ 47,134,400.00 $ 46,663,100.00
1 25 23 15-18 $ 225,712,000.00 $ 223,454,900.00
1 25 23 24-32 $ 104,763,200.00 $ 103,715,600.00
1 25 23 33-34 and
1 25 24 1-4 $ 33,792,800.00 $ 33,454,900.00
1 25 24 5-10 $ 26,551,500.00 $ 26,285,900.00
1 25 24 11-15 $ 219,908,500.00 $ 217,709,400.00
1 25 24 16-20 $ 218,097,000.00 $ 215,916,000.00
1 25 24 29-32 $ 67,529,400.00 $ 66,854,100.00
1 25 25 25-28 $ 65,700,000.00 $ 65,043,000.00
1 25 26 20-22 2,635,300,000.00 2,608,947,000.00
Article Section Page Lines Amount Enacted Amount Reduced
1 25 26 28-31 $ 485,000,000.00 $ 480,150,000.00
4 135 35 24 $ 10,658,390.00 $ 8,158,390.00
5 5 37 8-14 $ 41,012,000.00 $ 39,847,900.00
5 10 37 15-22 $ 1,433,300.00 $ 1,398,900.00
6 5 38 11-20 $ 46,293,900.00 $ 44,728,800.00
6 10 38 22-30 and
6 10 39 1 $ 7,154,200.00 $ 6,982,200.00
7 5 40 20-26 $ 22,870,500.00 $ 22,097,400.00
7 10 40 27-29 and
7 10 41 1-4 $ 4,253,200.00 $ 4,150,900.00
8 5 41 6-11 $ 37,008,600.00 $ 35,749,100.00
8 15 41 19-25 $ 6,586,300.00 $ 6,427,900.00
9 5 42 5-10 $ 53,274,700.00 $ 51,473,600.00
9 10 42 11-16 $ 9,652,400.00 $ 9,420,300.00
10 5 43 13-21 $ 75,843,000.00 $ 73,278,800.00
10 10 43 22-30 $ 14,394,700.00 $ 13,908,000.00
11 5 44 13-19 $ 95,894,100.00 $ 92,652,100.00
11 10 44 20-26 $ 18,284,500.00 $ 17,666,400.00
12 5 45 22-27 $ 207,721,100.00 $ 200,620,400.00
12 10 45 28-29 and
12 10 46 1-4 $ 31,796,200.00 $ 30,721,200.00
13 5 48 7-12 $ 690,708,200.00 $ 667,352,900.00
13 10 48 13-18 $ 87,439,500.00 $ 84,483,200.00
14 45 55 14 $ 152,751,100.00 $ 151,223,500.00
14 45 55 16 $ 77,391,500.00 $ 76,617,500.00
14 70 56 13-16 $ 41,023,900.00 $ 40,613,600.00
15 25 61 22-27 $ 229,449,000.00 $ 227,154,500.00
15 45 63 26-28 $ 103,402,300.00 $ 102,368,300.00
20 20 85 26 $ 29,229,000.00 $ 28,936,700.00
23 5 91 21 $ 66,100.00 $ 100.00
27 5 104 19 $ 49,550,700.00 $ 49,055,200.00
27 5 109 3 $ 9,523,700.00 $ 9,428,500.00
31 13 159 3-10 $ 8,968,000.00 $ 6,968,000.00
31 16 160 1-6 $ 6,310,900.00 $ 6,060,900.00
32 4 170 10-13 $ 776,448,400.00 $ 768,683,900.00
33 6 183 23 $ 45,079,800.00 $ 44,629,000.00
33 7 184 9 $ 32,991,000.00 $ 32,661,100.00
33 13 189 3-4 $ 191,490,800.00 $ 189,575,900.00
33 13 189 6-7 $ 122,564,500.00 $ 121,338,900.00
33 13 189 10-11 $ 155,048,600.00 $ 153,498,100.00
34 3.2 200 1 $ 25,121,500.00 $ 21,621,500.00
36 1 347 8-9 $ 500,000.00 $ 250,000.00
36 1 348 22 $ 44,248,400.00 $ 43,805,900.00
36 1 348 31 $ 29,919,300.00 $ 29,620,100.00
36 2 349 12 $ 66,591,000.00 $ 65,925,100.00
36 2 356 23 $ 32,044,400.00 $ 31,724,000.00
36 2 359 2 $ 41,261,500.00 $ 40,848,900.00
40 1 388 5-7 $ 334,141,900.00 $ 330,800,500.00
40 1.1 389 7-9 $ 157,802,500.00 $ 156,224,500.00
40 2 390 2 $ 183,696,500.00 $ 181,859,500.00
40 2 390 8 $ 45,940,650.00 $ 45,481,250.00
40 15 408 26-27 $ 82,306,800.00 $ 81,483,700.00
40 30 422 31 $ 44,255,800.00 $ 43,813,200.00
40 38 428 20 $ 47,943,900.00 $ 47,464,500.00
40 45 443 4 $ 33,094,300.00 $ 32,763,400.00
47 2 475 23 $ 42,089,600.00 $ 41,668,700.00
49 2 509 21 $ 31,888,900.00 $ 31,570,000.00
49 3 512 27 $ 52,300,100.00 $ 51,777,100.00
50 6 525 25 $ 64,925,500.00 $ 64,276,200.00
50 14 529 8 $ 36,312,400.00 $ 35,949,300.00
In addition to these specific item and reduction vetoes,
I hereby approve all other appropriation items in Senate Bill
2393.
With these actions, I am fulfilling the responsibility
imposed on me by our Constitution. Now, that same
responsibility is yours.
Respectfully,
George H. Ryan
GOVERNOR