PEORIA, Ill. – A central Illinois legislator says he’s against a proposed delivery tax that he says would not have any benefits for downstate voters.

The proposal was approved by the State Senate in the spring session, but did not receive a vote in the House. It would charge a $1.50 tax on most deliveries in the state, to help fund a deficit in Chicago’s mass transit system that is estimated to be at least $750 million.

87th District Republican State Representative Bill Hauter of Morton tells W-M-B-D’s “The Phil Luciano Show” that the tax is “wrong.”

“You’re taking away from families and people, some of them are on a fixed income and depend on deliveries so much for their daily needs, and you’re just taxing those people,” Hauter said.

Hauter says reforms should be addressed with the t

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