093_HB1787

 
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 1        AN ACT with regard to vehicles.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 15-101 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/15-101) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-101)
 7        Sec. 15-101.  Scope and effect of Chapter 15.
 8        (a)  It  is  unlawful for any person to drive or move on,
 9    upon or across or for the owner to cause or knowingly  permit
10    to  be  driven  or  moved  on, upon or across any highway any
11    vehicle or vehicles  of  a  size  and  weight  exceeding  the
12    limitations  stated in this Chapter or otherwise in violation
13    of this Chapter, and the maximum size and weight of  vehicles
14    herein  specified  in this Chapter shall be lawful throughout
15    this State, and local authorities  shall  have  no  power  or
16    authority   to  alter  such  limitations  except  as  express
17    authority may be granted in this Chapter.
18        (b)  The  provisions  of  this  Chapter  governing  size,
19    weight and load do not apply to fire apparatus  or  equipment
20    for  snow and ice removal operations owned or operated by any
21    governmental body, or to implements of husbandry, as  defined
22    in Chapter 1 of this Code, temporarily operated or towed in a
23    combination upon a highway provided such combination does not
24    consist  of  more  than 3 vehicles or, in the case of hauling
25    fresh, perishable fruits or vegetables from farm to the point
26    of first processing, not more than 3 wagons being towed by an
27    implement of husbandry, or to a vehicle  operated  under  the
28    terms of a special permit issued hereunder.
29    (Source: P.A. 92-417, eff. 1-1-02.)