(Berwyn, IL) – Legislation under consideration in Springfield that would allow municipalities to impose their own local, 3¢ per gallon gas tax is being welcomed as a tool for struggling communities to rebuilding their local economies.

The legislation, House Bill 102, would require municipalities to register a responsible bidder ordinance with the Illinois Department of Transportation to allow them to impose a local motor fuel tax of up to 3¢ per gallon, a tax which would be administered and enforced by the Illinois Department of Revenue.

“With towns, villages, and cities throughout Illinois struggling to pay police and fire pension costs while straining to preserve core services, local leaders need additional revenue to fund community capital construction projects ,” said long-time local municipal attorney Michael Del Galdo, managing partner of the Berwyn-based Del Galdo Law Group, LLC., who serves as general counsel for multiple suburban Cook County communities.

“Moreover, a 3¢ per gallon municipal motor fuel tax would give communities the local control necessary to design their own unique infrastructure spending plans that respond to local capital needs and priorities demanded by their constituents,” Del Galdo added.