101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB2117

 

Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Neil Anderson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-809  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-809

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Deletes language requiring registration of certain farm wagon type trailers having a fertilizer spreader attachment and farm wagon type tank trailers. Removes the registration fee and existing width and weight restrictions for single unit self-propelled agricultural fertilizer implements.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Section 3-809 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/3-809)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-809)
7    Sec. 3-809. Farm machinery, exempt vehicles and fertilizer
8spreaders; registration fee.
9    (a) Vehicles of the second division having a corn sheller,
10a well driller, hay press, clover huller, feed mixer and
11unloader, or other farm machinery permanently mounted thereon
12and used solely for transporting the same, farm wagon type
13trailers having a fertilizer spreader attachment permanently
14mounted thereon, having a gross weight of not to exceed 36,000
15pounds and used only for the transportation of bulk fertilizer,
16and farm wagon type tank trailers of not to exceed 3,000
17gallons capacity, used during the liquid fertilizer season as
18field-storage "nurse tanks" supplying the fertilizer to a field
19applicator and moved on highways only for bringing the
20fertilizer from a local source of supply to farm or field or
21from one farm or field to another, or used during the lime
22season and moved on the highways only for bringing from a local
23source of supply to farm or field or from one farm or field to

 

 

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1another, shall be registered upon the filing of a proper
2application and the payment of a registration fee of $13 per
32-year registration period. This registration fee of $13 shall
4be paid in full and shall not be reduced even though such
5registration is made after the beginning of the registration
6period.
7    (b) Vehicles exempt from registration under the provisions
8of subsection A of Section 3-402 of this Code, as amended,
9except those vehicles required to be registered under
10subsection (c) of this Section, may, at the option of the
11owner, be identified as exempt vehicles by displaying
12registration plates issued by the Secretary of State. The owner
13thereof may apply for such permanent, non-transferable
14registration plates upon the filing of a proper application and
15the payment of a registration fee of $13. The application for
16and display of such registration plates for identification
17purposes by vehicles exempt from registration shall not be
18deemed as a waiver or rescission of its exempt status, nor make
19such vehicle subject to registration. Nothing in this Section
20prohibits the towing of another vehicle by the exempt vehicle
21if the towed vehicle:
22        (i) does not exceed the registered weight of 8,000
23    pounds;
24        (ii) is used exclusively for transportation to and from
25    the work site;
26        (iii) is not used for carrying counter weights or other

 

 

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1    material related to the operation of the exempt vehicle
2    while under tow; and
3        (iv) displays proper and current registration plates.
4    (c) Any single unit self-propelled agricultural fertilizer
5implement, designed for both on and off road use, equipped with
6flotation tires and otherwise specially adapted for the
7application of plant food materials or agricultural chemicals,
8desiring to be operated upon the highways ladened with load
9shall be registered upon the filing of a proper application and
10payment of a registration fee of $250. The registration fee
11shall be paid in full and shall not be reduced even though such
12registration is made during the second half of the registration
13year. These vehicles shall, whether loaded or unloaded, be
14limited to a maximum gross weight of 36,000 pounds, restricted
15to a highway speed of not more than 30 miles per hour and a
16legal width of not more than 12 feet. Such vehicles shall be
17limited to the furthering of agricultural or horticultural
18pursuits and in furtherance of these pursuits, such vehicles
19may be operated upon the highway, within a 50-mile radius of
20their point of loading as indicated on the written or printed
21statement required by the Illinois Fertilizer Act of 1961, for
22the purpose of moving plant food materials or agricultural
23chemicals to the field, or from field to field, for the sole
24purpose of application.
25    No single unit self-propelled agricultural fertilizer
26implement, designed for both on and off road use, equipped with

 

 

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1flotation tires and otherwise specially adapted for the
2application of plant food materials or agricultural chemicals,
3having a width of more than 12 feet or a gross weight in excess
4of 36,000 pounds, shall be permitted to operate upon the
5highways ladened with load.
6    Whenever any vehicle is operated in violation of subsection
7(c) of this Section, the owner or the driver of such vehicle
8shall be deemed guilty of a petty offense and either may be
9prosecuted for such violation.
10(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)