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90_HB1218enr
605 ILCS 5/5-507 from Ch. 121, par. 5-507
Amends the Illinois Highway Code to add a caption to a
provision concerning a county board suing on a joint contract
with another county board.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Section 15-316.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 changing Section 15-316 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/15-316) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-316)
8 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-687)
9 Sec. 15-316. When the Department, local authority or road
10 district highway commissioner may restrict right to use
11 highways.
12 (a) Local authorities and road district highway
13 commissioners with respect to highways under their
14 jurisdiction may by ordinance or resolution prohibit the
15 operation of vehicles upon any such highway or impose
16 restrictions as to the weight of vehicles to be operated upon
17 any such highway, for a total period of not to exceed 90 days
18 in any one calendar year, whenever any said highway by reason
19 of deterioration, rain, snow, or other climate conditions
20 will be seriously damaged or destroyed unless the use of
21 vehicles thereon is prohibited or the permissible weights
22 thereof reduced.
23 (b) The local authority or road district highway
24 commissioner enacting any such ordinance or resolution shall
25 erect or cause to be erected and maintained signs designating
26 the provision of the ordinance or resolution at each end of
27 that portion of any highway affected thereby, and the
28 ordinance or resolution shall not be effective unless and
29 until such signs are erected and maintained.
30 (c) Local authorities and road district highway
31 commissioners with respect to highways under their
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1 jurisdiction may also, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit
2 the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles, or may
3 impose limitations as the weight thereof, on designated
4 highways, which prohibitions and limitations shall be
5 designated by appropriate signs placed on such highways.
6 (c-1) The weight provisions of subsections (a) and (b)
7 take precedence over the provisions of subsections (d-1) and
8 (d-2).
9 (d) The Department shall likewise have authority as
10 hereinbefore granted to local authorities and road district
11 highway commissioners to determine by resolution and to
12 impose restrictions as to the weight of vehicles operated
13 upon any highway under the jurisdiction of said department,
14 and such restrictions shall be effective when signs giving
15 notice thereof are erected upon the highway or portion of any
16 highway affected by such resolution.
17 (d-1) Motor vehicles and motor vehicles in combination
18 with gross weights not exceeding 73,280 pounds and up to 65
19 feet in overall length and 102 inches in width operating on
20 highways under the control of a county or township road
21 district highway commissioner may have access for a distance
22 of 5 miles from a State designated highway for the purpose of
23 loading, unloading, services, and home base. No exemption
24 shall be granted authorizing travel on local roads as a
25 thoroughfare between State designated highways.
26 (d-2) Motor vehicles and motor vehicles in combination
27 with gross weights not exceeding 73,280 pounds and up to 65
28 feet in overall length and 102 inches in width operating on
29 highways under the control of municipal authorities may have
30 access for 5 miles from a State designated highway for the
31 purpose of loading and unloading and one mile for food, fuel,
32 repairs, and rest on those municipally controlled highways.
33 No exemption shall be granted authorizing travel on municipal
34 roads as a thoroughfare between State designated highways.
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1 (e) When any vehicle is operated in violation of this
2 Section, the owner or driver of the vehicle shall be deemed
3 guilty of a violation and either the owner or the driver of
4 the vehicle may be prosecuted for the violation. Any person,
5 firm, or corporation convicted of violating this Section
6 shall be fined $50 for any weight exceeding the posted limit
7 up to the axle or gross weight limit allowed a vehicle as
8 provided for in subsections (a) or (b) of Section 15-111 and
9 $75 per every 500 pounds or fraction thereof for any weight
10 exceeding that which is provided for in subsections (a) or
11 (b) of Section 15-111.
12 (Source: P.A. 88-384; 89-117, eff. 7-7-95.)
13 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-687)
14 Sec. 15-316. When the Department, local authority or road
15 district highway commissioner may restrict right to use
16 highways.
17 (a) Local authorities and road district highway
18 commissioners with respect to highways under their
19 jurisdiction may by ordinance or resolution prohibit the
20 operation of vehicles upon any such highway or impose
21 restrictions as to the weight of vehicles to be operated upon
22 any such highway, for a total period of not to exceed 90 days
23 in any one calendar year, whenever any said highway by reason
24 of deterioration, rain, snow, or other climate conditions
25 will be seriously damaged or destroyed unless the use of
26 vehicles thereon is prohibited or the permissible weights
27 thereof reduced.
28 (b) The local authority or road district highway
29 commissioner enacting any such ordinance or resolution shall
30 erect or cause to be erected and maintained signs designating
31 the provision of the ordinance or resolution at each end of
32 that portion of any highway affected thereby, and the
33 ordinance or resolution shall not be effective unless and
34 until such signs are erected and maintained.
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1 (c) Local authorities and road district highway
2 commissioners with respect to highways under their
3 jurisdiction may also, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit
4 the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles, or may
5 impose limitations as the weight thereof, on designated
6 highways, which prohibitions and limitations shall be
7 designated by appropriate signs placed on such highways.
8 (c-1) The weight provisions of subsections (a), (b), and
9 (c) take precedence over the provisions of subsections (d-1)
10 and (d-2).
11 (d) The Department shall likewise have authority as
12 hereinbefore granted to local authorities and road district
13 highway commissioners to determine by resolution and to
14 impose restrictions as to the weight of vehicles operated
15 upon any highway under the jurisdiction of said department,
16 and such restrictions shall be effective when signs giving
17 notice thereof are erected upon the highway or portion of any
18 highway affected by such resolution.
19 (d-1) Motor vehicles and motor vehicles in combination
20 with gross weights not exceeding 73,280 pounds and up to 65
21 feet in overall length and 102 inches in width operating on
22 highways under the control of a county or township road
23 district highway commissioner may have access for a distance
24 of 5 miles from a State designated highway for the purpose of
25 loading, unloading, services, and home base. No exemption
26 shall be granted authorizing travel on local roads as a
27 thoroughfare between State designated highways.
28 (d-2) Motor vehicles and motor vehicles in combination
29 with gross weights not exceeding 73,280 pounds and up to 65
30 feet in overall length and 102 inches in width operating on
31 highways under the control of municipal authorities may have
32 access for 5 miles from a State designated highway for the
33 purpose of loading and unloading and one mile for food, fuel,
34 repairs, and rest on those municipally controlled highways.
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1 No exemption shall be granted authorizing travel on municipal
2 roads as a thoroughfare between State designated highways.
3 (e) When any vehicle is operated in violation of this
4 Section, the owner or driver of the vehicle shall be deemed
5 guilty of a violation and either the owner or the driver of
6 the vehicle may be prosecuted for the violation. Any person,
7 firm, or corporation convicted of violating this Section
8 shall be fined $50 for any weight exceeding the posted limit
9 up to the axle or gross weight limit allowed a vehicle as
10 provided for in subsections (a) or (b) of Section 15-111 and
11 $75 per every 500 pounds or fraction thereof for any weight
12 exceeding that which is provided for in subsections (a) or
13 (b) of Section 15-111.
14 (f) A municipality is authorized to enforce a county
15 weight limit ordinance applying to county highways within its
16 corporate limits and is entitled to the proceeds of any fines
17 collected from the enforcement.
18 (Source: P.A. 88-384; 89-117, eff. 7-7-95; 89-687, eff.
19 6-1-97.)
20 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
21 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
22 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
23 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
24 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
25 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
26 any other Public Act.
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