State of Illinois - Governor's Budget Address
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Illinois Works

 

The Plan

  • Invest $33 billion in transportation, education, energy, health care, environmental and water, economic development and other critical infrastructure and quality of life needs for the citizens of Illinois.

  • Provide a capital improvement plan clearly identifying timelines, priorities and funding sources for projects within each of these investment categories.

  • Fund education construction projects and mass transportation investments with $7 billion partial lottery concession.

  • Create Capital and Educational Trust Funds with “lockbox” accountability guarantees for capital investments and continuation of the current level of lottery proceeds for P-12 education.

  • Use motor fuel taxes to support bonded road projects that allow nearly $2 billion in additional projects

  • Expand gaming (Chicago Casino, one additional riverboat license, increases in positions at existing riverboats, and availability of electronic gaming at racetracks) to raise $550 million annually in new revenues for debt service for environmental and water, energy, economic development, health care, state facilities, and other critical purposes.