625 ILCS 5/ Illinois Vehicle Code.

(625 ILCS 5/15-317) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-317)

Sec. 15-317. Special weight limitation on elevated structures.

(a) No person shall operate a vehicle or combination of vehicles over a bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway with a gross weight which is greater than the maximum weight permitted by the Department, when such structure is sign posted as provided in this Section.

(b) The Department upon request from any local authority shall, or upon its own initiative may, conduct an investigation of any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway, and if it finds that such structure cannot with safety to itself withstand the weight of vehicles otherwise permissible under this Chapter the Department shall determine and declare the maximum weight of vehicles which such structure can withstand, and shall cause or permit suitable signs stating maximum weight to be erected and maintained before each end of such structure.

(c) Upon the trial of any person charged with a violation of this Section proof of the determination of the maximum allowable weight by the Department and the existence of the signs, constitutes conclusive evidence of the maximum weight which can be maintained with safety to such bridge or structure.

(Source: P.A. 76-1586.)

(625 ILCS 5/15-318) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-318)

Sec. 15-318. Liability if highway or structure damaged. (a) Any person driving any vehicle, object or contrivance upon any highway or highway structure is liable for all damage which the highway or structure may sustain as a result of any illegal operation, driving or moving of such vehicle, object or contrivance, or as a result of operating, driving, or moving any vehicle, object, or contrivance exceeding the maximum dimensions or weighing in excess of the maximum weight specified in this Chapter but authorized by a special permit issued as provided in this Chapter. The measure of liability is the cost of repairing a facility partially damaged or the depreciated replacement cost of a facility damaged beyond repair together with all other expenses incurred by the authorities in control of the highway or highway structure in providing a temporary detour, including a temporary structure, to serve the needs of traffic during the period of repair or replacement of the damaged highway or highway structure.

(b) Whenever such driver is not the owner of such vehicle, object, or contrivance, but is so operating, driving, or moving the same with the express or implied permission of such owner, then the owner and driver are jointly and severally liable to the extent provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

(c) Recovery may be had in a civil action brought by the authorities in control of such highway or highway structure.

(Source: P.A. 81-199.)

(625 ILCS 5/15-319) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-319)

Sec. 15-319. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 83-831. Repealed by P.A. 100-728, eff. 1-1-19.)

(625 ILCS 5/Ch. 16 heading) CHAPTER 16. ENFORCEMENT, PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FINES AND FORFEITURES, AND CRIMINAL CASES

(625 ILCS 5/Ch. 16 Art. I heading) ARTICLE I. ENFORCEMENT, PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FINES AND FORFEITURES

(625 ILCS 5/16-101) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-101)

Sec. 16-101. Applicability. The provisions of this Chapter shall be applicable to the enforcement of this entire Code, except where another penalty is set forth in a specific Chapter which is applicable to that Chapter or a designated part or Section thereof.

(Source: P.A. 82-1011.)

(625 ILCS 5/16-102) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-102)

Sec. 16-102. Arrests - Investigations - Prosecutions.

(a) The Illinois State Police shall patrol the public highways and make arrests for violation of the provisions of this Act.

(b) The Secretary of State, through the investigators provided for in this Act shall investigate and report violations of the provisions of this Act in relation to the equipment and operation of vehicles as provided for in Section 2-115 and for such purposes these investigators have and may exercise throughout the State all of the powers of police officers.

(c) The State's Attorney of the county in which the violation occurs shall prosecute all violations except when the violation occurs within the corporate limits of a municipality, the municipal attorney may prosecute if written permission to do so is obtained from the State's Attorney.

(d) The State's Attorney of the county in which the violation occurs may not grant to the municipal attorney permission to prosecute if the offense charged is a felony under Section 11-501 of this Code. The municipality may, however, charge an offender with a municipal misdemeanor offense if the State's Attorney rejects or denies felony charges for the conduct that comprises the charge.

(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)

(625 ILCS 5/16-102.5)

Sec. 16-102.5. Enforcement by municipality.

(a) If a municipality adopts an ordinance similar to subsection (f) of Section 3-413 or Section 11-1304.5 of this Code, any person that a municipality designates to enforce ordinances regulating the standing or parking of vehicles shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of subsection (f) of Section 3-413 or Section 11-1304.5 of this Code or the similar local ordinance. However, the authority to enforce subsection (f) of Section 3-413 or Section 11-1304.5 of this Code or a similar local ordinance shall not be given to an appointed volunteer or private or public entity under contract to enforce person with disabilities parking laws.

(b) To enforce the provisions of subsection (f) of Section 3-413 or Section 11-1304.5 of this Code or a similar local ordinance, a municipality shall impose a fine not exceeding $25.

(Source: P.A. 90-513, eff. 8-22-97; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 91-487, eff. 1-1-00.)

(625 ILCS 5/16-103) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-103)

Sec. 16-103. Arrest outside county where violation committed.

Whenever a defendant is arrested upon a warrant charging a violation of this Act in a county other than that in which such warrant was issued, the arresting officer, immediately upon the request of the defendant, shall take such defendant before a circuit judge or associate circuit judge in the county in which the arrest was made who shall admit the defendant to pretrial release for his appearance before the court named in the warrant. On setting the conditions of pretrial release, the circuit judge or associate circuit judge shall certify such fact on the warrant and deliver the warrant and conditions of pretrial release, or the drivers license of such defendant if deposited, under the law relating to such licenses, in lieu of such security, to the officer having charge of the defendant. Such officer shall then immediately discharge the defendant from arrest and without delay deliver such warrant and such acknowledgment by the defendant of his or her receiving the conditions of pretrial release or drivers license to the court before which the defendant is required to appear.

(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)

(625 ILCS 5/16-104) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-104)

Sec. 16-104. Penalties. Every person convicted of a violation of any provision of this Code for which another penalty is not provided shall, for a first or second conviction thereof, be guilty of a petty offense and, for a third or subsequent conviction within one year after the first conviction, be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.

(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

(625 ILCS 5/16-104a) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-104a)

Sec. 16-104a. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 97-931, eff. 1-1-13. Repealed by P.A. 100-987, eff. 7-1-19.)