Full Text of HB5057 100th General Assembly
HB5057sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Karen McConnaughay Filed: 5/17/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5057
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5057 on page 1, line | 3 | | 15, by replacing "Section" with "Sections 15-102 and"; and
| 4 | | on page 1, immediately below line 15, by inserting the | 5 | | following:
| 6 | | "(625 ILCS 5/15-102) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-102)
| 7 | | Sec. 15-102. Width of Vehicles.
| 8 | | (a) On Class III and non-designated State and local | 9 | | highways, the total
outside width of any vehicle or load | 10 | | thereon shall not exceed 8 feet 6 inches.
| 11 | | (b) Except during those times when, due to insufficient | 12 | | light or unfavorable
atmospheric conditions, persons and | 13 | | vehicles on the highway are not clearly
discernible at a | 14 | | distance of 1000 feet, the following vehicles may exceed
the 8 | 15 | | feet 6 inch limitation during the period from a half hour | 16 | | before
sunrise to a half hour after sunset:
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| 1 | | (1) Loads of hay, straw or other similar farm products | 2 | | provided that the
load is not more than 12 feet wide.
| 3 | | (2) Implements of husbandry being transported on | 4 | | another vehicle and the
transporting vehicle while loaded.
| 5 | | The following requirements apply to the transportation | 6 | | on another vehicle
of an implement of husbandry wider than | 7 | | 8 feet 6 inches on the National System
of Interstate and | 8 | | Defense Highways or other highways in the system of State
| 9 | | highways:
| 10 | | (A) The driver of a vehicle transporting an | 11 | | implement of husbandry
that exceeds 8 feet 6 inches in | 12 | | width shall obey all traffic laws and shall
check the | 13 | | roadways prior to making a movement in order to ensure | 14 | | that adequate
clearance is available for the movement. | 15 | | It is prima facie evidence that the
driver of a vehicle | 16 | | transporting an implement of husbandry has failed to | 17 | | check
the roadway prior to making a movement if the | 18 | | vehicle is involved in a
collision with a bridge, | 19 | | overpass, fixed structure, or properly placed traffic
| 20 | | control device or if the vehicle blocks traffic due
to | 21 | | its inability to proceed because of a bridge, overpass, | 22 | | fixed structure, or
properly placed traffic control | 23 | | device.
| 24 | | (B) Flags shall be displayed so as to wave freely | 25 | | at the extremities of
overwidth objects and at the | 26 | | extreme ends of all protrusions, projections, and
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| 1 | | overhangs. All flags shall be clean, bright red flags | 2 | | with no advertising,
wording, emblem, or insignia | 3 | | inscribed upon them and at least 18 inches square.
| 4 | | (C) "OVERSIZE LOAD" signs are mandatory on the | 5 | | front and rear of all
vehicles with loads over 10 feet | 6 | | wide. These signs must have 12-inch high
black letters | 7 | | with a 2-inch stroke on a yellow sign that is 7 feet | 8 | | wide by 18
inches high.
| 9 | | (D) One civilian escort vehicle is required for a | 10 | | load that exceeds 14
feet 6 inches in width and 2 | 11 | | civilian escort vehicles are required for a
load that | 12 | | exceeds 16 feet in width on the National System of | 13 | | Interstate and
Defense Highways or other highways in | 14 | | the system of State highways.
| 15 | | (E) The requirements for a civilian escort vehicle | 16 | | and driver are as
follows:
| 17 | | (1) The civilian escort vehicle shall be a | 18 | | passenger car or a second
division vehicle not | 19 | | exceeding a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,000 | 20 | | 8,000 pounds that is
designed to afford clear and | 21 | | unobstructed vision to both front and rear.
| 22 | | (2) The escort vehicle driver must be properly | 23 | | licensed to operate
the vehicle.
| 24 | | (3) While in use, the escort vehicle must be | 25 | | equipped with illuminated
rotating, oscillating, | 26 | | or flashing amber lights or flashing amber strobe |
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| 1 | | lights
mounted on top that are of sufficient | 2 | | intensity to be visible at 500 feet in
normal | 3 | | sunlight.
| 4 | | (4) "OVERSIZE LOAD" signs are mandatory on all | 5 | | escort vehicles. The
sign on an escort vehicle | 6 | | shall have 8-inch high black letters on a yellow
| 7 | | sign that is 5 feet wide by 12 inches high.
| 8 | | (5) When only one escort vehicle is required | 9 | | and it is operating on a
two-lane highway, the | 10 | | escort vehicle shall travel approximately 300 feet | 11 | | ahead
of the load. The rotating, oscillating, or | 12 | | flashing lights or flashing amber
strobe lights | 13 | | and an "OVERSIZE LOAD" sign shall be displayed on | 14 | | the escort
vehicle and shall be visible from the | 15 | | front. When only one escort vehicle is
required and | 16 | | it is operating on a multilane divided highway, the | 17 | | escort vehicle
shall travel approximately 300 feet | 18 | | behind the load and the sign and lights
shall be | 19 | | visible from the rear.
| 20 | | (6) When 2 escort vehicles are required, one | 21 | | escort shall travel
approximately 300 feet ahead | 22 | | of the load and the second escort shall travel
| 23 | | approximately 300 feet behind the load. The | 24 | | rotating, oscillating, or flashing
lights or | 25 | | flashing amber strobe lights and an "OVERSIZE | 26 | | LOAD" sign shall be
displayed on the escort |
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| 1 | | vehicles and shall be visible from the front on the
| 2 | | lead escort and from the rear on the trailing | 3 | | escort.
| 4 | | (7) When traveling within the corporate limits | 5 | | of a municipality, the
escort vehicle shall | 6 | | maintain a reasonable and proper distance from the
| 7 | | oversize load, consistent with existing traffic | 8 | | conditions.
| 9 | | (8) A separate escort shall be provided for | 10 | | each load hauled.
| 11 | | (9) The driver of an escort vehicle shall obey | 12 | | all traffic laws.
| 13 | | (10) The escort vehicle must be in safe | 14 | | operational condition.
| 15 | | (11) The driver of the escort vehicle must be | 16 | | in radio contact with
the driver of the vehicle | 17 | | carrying the oversize load.
| 18 | | (F) A transport vehicle while under load of more | 19 | | than 8 feet 6 inches
in width must be equipped with an | 20 | | illuminated rotating, oscillating, or
flashing amber | 21 | | light or lights or a flashing amber strobe light or | 22 | | lights
mounted on the top of the cab that are of | 23 | | sufficient intensity to be visible at
500 feet in | 24 | | normal sunlight. If the load on the transport vehicle | 25 | | blocks the
visibility of the amber lighting from the | 26 | | rear of the vehicle, the vehicle must
also be equipped |
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| 1 | | with an illuminated rotating, oscillating, or flashing | 2 | | amber
light or lights or a flashing amber strobe light | 3 | | or lights mounted on the rear
of the load that are of | 4 | | sufficient intensity to be visible at 500 feet in
| 5 | | normal sunlight.
| 6 | | (G) When a flashing amber light is required on the | 7 | | transport vehicle
under load and it is operating on a | 8 | | two-lane highway, the transport vehicle
shall display | 9 | | to the rear at least one rotating, oscillating, or | 10 | | flashing light
or a flashing amber strobe light and an | 11 | | "OVERSIZE LOAD" sign. When a flashing
amber light is | 12 | | required on the transport vehicle under load and it is | 13 | | operating
on a multilane divided highway, the sign and | 14 | | light shall be visible from the
rear.
| 15 | | (H) Maximum speed shall be 45 miles per hour on all | 16 | | such moves or 5
miles per hour above the posted minimum | 17 | | speed limit, whichever is greater, but
the vehicle | 18 | | shall not at any time exceed the posted maximum speed | 19 | | limit.
| 20 | | (3) Portable buildings designed and used for | 21 | | agricultural and livestock
raising operations that are not | 22 | | more than 14 feet wide and with not more
than a 1 foot | 23 | | overhang along the left side of the hauling vehicle. | 24 | | However,
the buildings shall not be transported more than | 25 | | 10 miles and not on any
route that is part of the National | 26 | | System of Interstate and Defense Highways.
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| 1 | | All buildings when being transported shall display at least | 2 | | 2 red
cloth flags, not less than 12 inches square, mounted as | 3 | | high as practicable
on the left and right side of the building.
| 4 | | A State Police escort shall be required if it is necessary | 5 | | for this load
to use part of the left lane when crossing any 2 | 6 | | laned State highway bridge.
| 7 | | (c) Vehicles propelled by electric power obtained from | 8 | | overhead trolley
wires operated wholly within the corporate | 9 | | limits of a municipality are
also exempt from the width | 10 | | limitation.
| 11 | | (d) (Blank).
| 12 | | (d-1) A recreational vehicle, as defined in Section 1-169, | 13 | | may exceed 8 feet 6 inches in width if:
| 14 | | (1) the excess width is attributable to appurtenances | 15 | | that extend 6 inches or less beyond either side of the body | 16 | | of the vehicle; and
| 17 | | (2) the roadway on which the vehicle is traveling has | 18 | | marked lanes for vehicular traffic that are at least 11 | 19 | | feet in width. | 20 | | As used in this subsection (d-1) and in subsection (d-2), | 21 | | the term appurtenance includes (i) a retracted awning and its | 22 | | support hardware and (ii) any appendage that is intended to be | 23 | | an integral part of a recreation vehicle. | 24 | | (d-2) A recreational vehicle that exceeds 8 feet 6 inches | 25 | | in width as provided in subsection (d-1) may travel any roadway | 26 | | of the State if the vehicle is being operated between a roadway |
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| 1 | | permitted under subsection (d-1) and: | 2 | | (1) the location where the recreation vehicle is | 3 | | garaged; | 4 | | (2) the destination of the recreation vehicle; or | 5 | | (3) a facility for food, fuel, repair, services, or | 6 | | rest.
| 7 | | (e) A vehicle and load traveling upon the National System | 8 | | of Interstate
and Defense Highways or any other highway in the | 9 | | system of State highways
that has been designated as a Class I | 10 | | or Class II highway by the
Department, or any street or highway | 11 | | designated by local authorities, may have a total outside width | 12 | | of 8 feet 6
inches, provided that certain safety devices that | 13 | | the Department
determines as necessary for the safe and | 14 | | efficient operation of motor
vehicles shall not be included in | 15 | | the calculation of width.
| 16 | | Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act | 17 | | relating to
procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the | 18 | | designation of highways under
this paragraph (e).
| 19 | | (f) Mirrors required by Section 12-502 of this Code and | 20 | | other safety devices
identified by the Department may project | 21 | | up to 14 inches beyond each side of
a bus and up to 6 inches | 22 | | beyond each
side
of any other vehicle, and that projection | 23 | | shall not be deemed a
violation of the width restrictions of | 24 | | this Section.
| 25 | | (g) Any person who is convicted of violating this Section | 26 | | is subject to
the penalty as provided in paragraph (b) of |
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| 1 | | Section 15-113.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 1-1-10; 96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-220, | 3 | | eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)".
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