The gentleman refers to the State legislature in the Illinois Aeronautics Act. It is my understanding reading it and talking to other people about it that the Illinois legislature is not involved in the process at the present time. It is exclusively the Governor's office with its arbitrary veto power and then the Department of Transportation which he controls on the channeling acts. The legislature is not involved in the process at the present time.
Discussing the role of the Illinois legislature in the Aeronautics Act.
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