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Boone County officials warned state bill will shift motor-fuel revenue to Chicago-area transit, potentially reducing road funds
Summary
County highway staff briefed the board on Senate Bill 2111, a pending state measure that redirects motor-fuel sales tax and road-fund interest to transit and increases some tolls; county staff said the changes could reduce local road discretionary funding and shift a larger share of transit funding to the Chicago region.
Justin Kron, Boone County engineer, told the Board of Trustees at its Nov. 6 Committee of the Whole that Senate Bill 2111, which at the time of the meeting had passed the legislature but not yet been signed by the governor, redirects multiple revenue streams toward transit and makes structural changes to regional transit authority funding.
"The road fund is generated through more fuel tax primarily," Kron said, explaining the bill moves the sales-tax portion of motor fuel receipts (previously directed to the road fund) toward transit, a change he estimated at about $8.86 billion annually in statewide impact. He said the bill also…
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