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State session leaves Will County watching transit funding shortfall, energy and local land-use rules
Summary
Will County's legislative update covered a range of state bills that advanced or stalled in Springfield, and flagged a regional'scale transit funding shortfall that lawmakers did not resolve before adjournment. The committee also discussed state moves affecting county authority over renewable-energy siting.
Will County Board Legislative Committee members received a state legislative briefing May 6 that covered bills relevant to county operations, an unresolved transit funding shortfall, and proposed state changes that further limit county control over renewable energy projects.
State lobbyists from MacStrategies summarized session outcomes and bills the county had tracked. "House Bill 1364, the Joliet Arsenal Development Authority bill, passed both chambers," one presenter said, and other measures such as House Bill 663 (a sanitary-district consolidation) were enacted. Several bills the county followed either passed the budget with partial funding (local health protection grants) or stalled in the Senate.
Presenters described a looming transit "fiscal cliff." State…
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