Rep. Jerry Lee Long

Filed: 3/24/2017

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3460

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3460 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing Section 15-316 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/15-316)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-316)
7    Sec. 15-316. When the Department or local authority may
8restrict right to use highways.
9    (a) Except as provided in subsection (g), local authorities
10with respect to highways under their jurisdiction may by
11ordinance or resolution prohibit the operation of vehicles upon
12any such highway or impose restrictions as to the weight of
13vehicles to be operated upon any such highway, for a total
14period of not to exceed 90 days, measured in either consecutive
15or nonconsecutive days at the discretion of local authorities,
16in any one calendar year, whenever any said highway by reason

 

 

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1of deterioration, rain, snow, or other climate conditions will
2be seriously damaged or destroyed unless the use of vehicles
3thereon is prohibited or the permissible weights thereof
4reduced.
5    (b) The local authority enacting any such ordinance or
6resolution shall erect or cause to be erected and maintained
7signs designating the provision of the ordinance or resolution
8at each end of that portion of any highway affected thereby,
9and the ordinance or resolution shall not be effective unless
10and until such signs are erected and maintained.
11    (c) Local authorities with respect to highways under their
12jurisdiction may also, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit the
13operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles, or may impose
14limitations as the weight thereof, on designated highways,
15which prohibitions and limitations shall be designated by
16appropriate signs placed on such highways.
17    (c-1) (Blank).
18    (c-3) A local authority may not, by ordinance or
19resolution, restrict the operation of trucks or other
20commercial vehicles to the farthest right-hand lane or the
21farthest left-hand lane of a highway in an urban district that
22has been divided into 2 or more lanes proceeding in the same
23direction.
24    (c-5) Highway commissioners, with respect to roads under
25their authority, may not permanently post a road or portion
26thereof at a reduced weight limit unless the decision to do so

 

 

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1is made in accordance with Section 6-201.22 of the Illinois
2Highway Code.
3    (d) The Department shall likewise have authority as
4hereinbefore granted to local authorities to determine by
5resolution and to impose restrictions as to the weight of
6vehicles operated upon any highway under the jurisdiction of
7said department, and such restrictions shall be effective when
8signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the highway or
9portion of any highway affected by such resolution.
10    (d-1) (Blank).
11    (d-2) (Blank).
12    (e) When any vehicle is operated in violation of this
13Section, the owner or driver of the vehicle shall be deemed
14guilty of a violation and either the owner or the driver of the
15vehicle may be prosecuted for the violation. Any person, firm,
16or corporation convicted of violating this Section shall be
17fined $50 for any weight exceeding the posted limit up to the
18axle or gross weight limit allowed a vehicle as provided for in
19subsections (a) or (b) of Section 15-111 and $75 per every 500
20pounds or fraction thereof for any weight exceeding that which
21is provided for in subsections (a) or (b) of Section 15-111.
22    (f) A municipality is authorized to enforce a county weight
23limit ordinance applying to county highways within its
24corporate limits and is entitled to the proceeds of any fines
25collected from the enforcement.
26    (g) An ordinance or resolution enacted by a county or

 

 

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1township pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section shall not
2apply to cargo tank vehicles with two or three permanent axles
3when delivering propane for emergency heating purposes if the
4cargo tank is loaded at no more than 50 percent capacity, the
5gross vehicle weight of the vehicle does not exceed 32,000
6pounds, and the driver of the cargo tank vehicle notifies the
7appropriate agency or agencies with jurisdiction over the
8highway before driving the vehicle on the highway pursuant to
9this subsection. The cargo tank vehicle must have an operating
10gauge on the cargo tank which indicates the amount of propane
11as a percent of capacity of the cargo tank. The cargo tank must
12have the capacity displayed on the cargo tank, or documentation
13of the capacity of the cargo tank must be available in the
14vehicle. For the purposes of this subsection, propane weighs
154.2 pounds per gallon. This subsection does not apply to
16municipalities. Nothing in this subsection shall allow cargo
17tank vehicles to cross bridges with posted weight restrictions
18if the vehicle exceeds the posted weight limit.
19(Source: P.A. 99-168, eff. 1-1-16; 99-237, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642,
20eff. 7-28-16.)".