SPRINGFIELD — Lawmakers are still laboring to get a bill on track in Springfield to overhaul and fund the Chicago area’s cash-strapped mass transit agencies as the fall veto session rumbles to a conclusion.

Illinois Democrats leading transit talks floated several potential taxes in a bill filed late Tuesday to generate $1.5 billion to help the CTA, Metra and Pace avoid a $200 million-plus fiscal cliff approaching next year.

The proposal from Chicago Democratic state Reps. Kam Buckner and Eva-Dina Delgado includes a 7% amusement tax on streaming services like Netflix, a $5 surcharge on tickets for large concerts and other performances, and an expansion of ticket-issuing speed cameras in the suburbs.

It also includes a so-called “billionaire tax,” which would ding unrealized gains on bill

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