IL Appellate Court Strikes Down State’s $31 Billion Capital Construction Program

by Gary Kopycinski on January 27, 2011

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Springfield, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2011. The Illinois 1st District Appellate Court unanimously decided today to strike down the state’s $31 billion construction program. The Court opined that the expansion of Public Act 96-34 violated the Illinois Constitution’s prohibition on bills that deal with more than one subject.