Report: Tax rain, plastic bottles and plastic bags to hire more state workers 12/17/2019 A new report recommends taxes on plastic water bottles, plastic bags and storm water as a way to hire more state environmental regulators. TAGS: Chicago, IEPA: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, Illinois, Illinois Constitution, JB Pritzker, plastic bag tax, plastic bottle tax, rain tax, Springfield, University of Chicago