Public Act 93-0312
HB1189 Enrolled LRB093 03505 DRH 03534 b
AN ACT in relation to vehicles.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Section 3-809 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-809) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-809)
Sec. 3-809. Farm machinery, exempt vehicles and
fertilizer spreaders - registration fee.
(a) Vehicles of the second division having a corn
sheller, a well driller, hay press, clover huller, feed mixer
and unloader, or other farm machinery permanently mounted
thereon and used solely for transporting the same, farm wagon
type trailers having a fertilizer spreader attachment
permanently mounted thereon, having a gross weight of not to
exceed 36,000 pounds and used only for the transportation of
bulk fertilizer, and farm wagon type tank trailers of not to
exceed 3,000 gallons capacity, used during the liquid
fertilizer season as field-storage "nurse tanks" supplying
the fertilizer to a field applicator and moved on highways
only for bringing the fertilizer from a local source of
supply to farm or field or from one farm or field to another,
or used during the lime season and moved on the highways only
for bringing from a local source of supply to farm or field
or from one farm or field to another, shall be registered
upon the filing of a proper application and the payment of a
registration fee of $13 per 2-year registration period. This
registration fee of $13 shall be paid in full and shall not
be reduced even though such registration is made after the
beginning of the registration period.
(b) Vehicles exempt from registration under the
provisions of Section 3-402.A of this Act, as amended, except
those vehicles required to be registered under paragraph (c)
of this Section, may, at the option of the owner, be
identified as exempt vehicles by displaying registration
plates issued by the Secretary of State. The owner thereof
may apply for such permanent, non-transferable registration
plates upon the filing of a proper application and the
payment of a registration fee of $13, and this registration
shall be valid for a 2 year registration period. This $13
fee shall be paid in full and shall not be reduced even
though the application is made after the beginning of the
registration period. The application for and display of such
registration plates for identification purposes by vehicles
exempt from registration shall not be deemed as a waiver or
recision of its exempt status, nor make such vehicle subject
to registration.
(c) Any single unit self-propelled agricultural
fertilizer implement, designed for both on and off road use,
equipped with flotation tires and otherwise specially adapted
for the application of plant food materials or agricultural
chemicals, desiring to be operated upon the highways ladened
with load shall be registered upon the filing of a proper
application and payment of a registration fee of $250. The
registration fee shall be paid in full and shall not be
reduced even though such registration is made during the
second half of the registration year. These vehicles shall,
whether loaded or unloaded, be limited to a maximum gross
weight of 36,000 pounds, restricted to a highway speed of not
more than 30 miles per hour and a legal width of not more
than 12 feet. Such vehicles shall be limited to the
furthering of agricultural or horticultural pursuits and in
furtherance of these pursuits, such vehicles may be operated
upon the highway, within a 50 mile radius of their point of
loading as indicated on the written or printed statement
required by the "Illinois Fertilizer Act of 1961", as
amended, for the purpose of moving plant food materials or
agricultural chemicals to the field, or from field to field,
for the sole purpose of application.
No single unit self-propelled agricultural fertilizer
implement, designed for both on and off road use, equipped
with flotation tires and otherwise specially adapted for the
application of plant food materials or agricultural
chemicals, having a width of more than 12 feet or a gross
weight in excess of 36,000 pounds, shall be permitted to
operate upon the highways ladened with load.
Whenever any vehicle is operated in violation of Section
3-809 (c) of this Act, the owner or the driver of such
vehicle shall be deemed guilty of a petty offense and either
may be prosecuted for such violation.
(Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99; 92-15, eff. 7-1-01.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect
January 1, 2004.