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Lobbyists tell Will County energy bill narrows county solar authority; transit funding shifts to motor-fuel revenue with toll increases

Will County Board - Legislative Affairs Committee · November 5, 2025
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Summary

Max Strategies reported that the Illinois fall veto session produced an energy bill restricting county solar siting authority and a mass-transit funding package that shifts motor-fuel tax revenue to transit while raising tollway fares.

Matt from Max Strategies told the Will County committee the two-week fall veto session produced two items of particular local interest: an energy bill that tightened state restrictions on county siting and permitting authority for solar projects, and a mass-transit funding package that dedicates ongoing motor-fuel tax revenue to transit rather than to IDOT road construction and pairs that shift with a…

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