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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 716

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  716  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.   The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code is amended by
 5    changing Sections 15-107, 15-111,  15-301,  and  15-308.2  as
 6    follows:

 7        (625 ILCS 5/15-107) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-107)
 8        Sec. 15-107.  Length of vehicles.
 9        (a)  The  maximum  length  of  a  single  vehicle  on any
10    highway of this State may not  exceed   42  feet  except  the
11    following:
12             (1)  Semitrailers.
13             (2)  Charter  or  regulated route buses may be up to
14        45  feet  in  length,  not  including  energy   absorbing
15        bumpers.
16        (a-1)  A motor home as defined in Section 1-145.01 may be
17    up  to  45  feet  in  length,  not including energy absorbing
18    bumpers.  The length limitations described in this subsection
19    (a-1) shall be exclusive of energy-absorbing bumpers and rear
20    view mirrors.
21        (b)  On all non-State highways,  the  maximum  length  of
22    vehicles in combinations is as follows:
 
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 1             (1)  A   truck   tractor   in   combination  with  a
 2        semitrailer may not exceed 55 feet overall dimension.
 3             (2)  A  truck  tractor-semitrailer-trailer  may  not
 4        exceed 60 feet overall dimension.
 5             (3)  Combinations specially  designed  to  transport
 6        motor  vehicles  or  boats may not exceed 60 feet overall
 7        dimension.
 8        Vehicles   operating   during   daylight    hours    when
 9    transporting  poles,  pipes, machinery, or other objects of a
10    structural  nature  that  cannot  readily  be dismembered are
11    exempt from length limitations, provided that no  object  may
12    exceed  80  feet  in  length and the overall dimension of the
13    vehicle including the load may not  exceed  100  feet.   This
14    exemption  does not apply to operation on a Saturday, Sunday,
15    or legal holiday.  Legal holidays referred to in this Section
16    are the days on which the following traditional holidays  are
17    celebrated:  New  Year's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day;
18    Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day.
19        Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while  en
20    route  to make emergency repairs to public service facilities
21    or properties are exempt from  length  limitations,  provided
22    that  during night operations every vehicle and its load must
23    be  equipped  with  a sufficient number of clearance lamps on
24    both sides and marker  lamps  on  the  extreme  ends  of  any
25    projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
26        A  tow  truck  in  combination with a disabled vehicle or
27    combination of disabled  vehicles, as provided  in  paragraph
28    (6)  of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from length
29    limitations.
30        All other combinations not listed in this subsection  (b)
31    may not exceed 60 feet overall dimension.
32        (c)  Combinations of vehicles may not exceed a total of 2
33    vehicles except the following:
34             (1)  A   truck  tractor  semitrailer  may  draw  one
 
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 1        trailer.
 2             (2)  A  truck  tractor  semitrailer  may  draw   one
 3        converter dolly.
 4             (3)  A   truck  tractor  semitrailer  may  draw  one
 5        vehicle that is defined in Chapter 1  as  special  mobile
 6        equipment, provided the overall dimension does not exceed
 7        60 feet.
 8             (4)  A truck in transit may draw 3 trucks in transit
 9        coupled together by the triple saddlemount method.
10             (5)  Recreational vehicles consisting of 3 vehicles,
11        provided the following:
12                  (A)  The   total  overall  dimension  does  not
13             exceed 60 feet.
14                  (B)  The   towing   vehicle   is   a   properly
15             registered vehicle capable of towing another vehicle
16             using a fifth-wheel type assembly.
17                  (C)  The second vehicle in the  combination  of
18             vehicles  is a recreational vehicle that is towed by
19             a  fifth-wheel  assembly.   This  vehicle  must   be
20             properly   registered  and  must  be  equipped  with
21             brakes, regardless of weight.
22                  (D)  The third vehicle must be the lightest  of
23             the  3  vehicles  and  be  a  trailer or semitrailer
24             designed  or   used   for   transporting   a   boat,
25             all-terrain   vehicle,   personal   watercraft,   or
26             motorcycle.
27                  (E)  The towed vehicles may be only for the use
28             of the operator of the towing vehicle.
29                  (F)  All  vehicles  must  be  properly equipped
30             with operating brakes and safety equipment  required
31             by   this   Code,   except   the   additional  brake
32             requirement in subdivision (C) of this  subparagraph
33             (5).
34             (6)  A  tow  truck  in  combination  with a disabled
 
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 1        vehicle or combination of disabled vehicles, provided the
 2        towing vehicle:
 3                  (A)  Is specifically designed as  a  tow  truck
 4             having  a  gross  vehicle  weight rating of at least
 5             18,000 pounds and equipped with air brakes, provided
 6             that air brakes are  required  only  if  the  towing
 7             vehicle   is   towing  a  vehicle,  semitrailer,  or
 8             tractor-trailer combination that  is  equipped  with
 9             air  brakes.   For  the  purpose of this subsection,
10             gross vehicle weight  rating,  or  GVWR,  means  the
11             value  specified  by  the manufacturer as the loaded
12             weight of the tow truck.
13                  (B)  Is equipped with  flashing,  rotating,  or
14             oscillating  amber  lights, visible for at least 500
15             feet in all directions.
16                  (C)  Is capable of utilizing the  lighting  and
17             braking   systems   of   the   disabled  vehicle  or
18             combination of vehicles.
19                  (D)  Does not engage a tow exceeding 50 highway
20             miles from the initial point of wreck or disablement
21             to a place of repair. Any additional movement of the
22             vehicles   may   occur   only   upon   issuance   of
23             authorization for that movement under the provisions
24             of Sections 15-301 through 15-319 of this Code.
25        The  Department  may  by  rule  or  regulation  prescribe
26    additional requirements regarding length  limitations  for  a
27    tow truck towing another vehicle.
28        For  purposes  of  this  Section, a tow-dolly that merely
29    serves as substitute  wheels  for  another  legally  licensed
30    vehicle  is considered part of the licensed vehicle and not a
31    separate vehicle.
32        (d)  On Class I highways  there  are  no  overall  length
33    limitations  on  motor  vehicles  operating  in  combinations
34    provided:
 
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 1             (1)  The  length  of  a semitrailer, unladen or with
 2        load, in combination with a truck tractor may not  exceed
 3        53 feet.
 4             (2)  The distance between the kingpin and the center
 5        of the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in
 6        combination  with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45 feet
 7        6 inches.
 8             (3)  The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen
 9        or     with     load,     operated     in     a     truck
10        tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination, may  not  exceed
11        28 feet 6 inches.
12             (4)  Maxi-cube  combinations,  as defined in Chapter
13        1, may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.
14             (5)  Combinations of vehicles specifically  designed
15        to  transport  motor  vehicles or boats may not exceed 65
16        feet  overall  dimension.   The  length   limitation   is
17        inclusive  of front and rear bumpers but exclusive of the
18        overhang of the  transported  vehicles,  as  provided  in
19        paragraph (i) of this Section.
20             (6)  Stinger steered semitrailer vehicles as defined
21        in  Chapter  1,  specifically designed to transport motor
22        vehicles  or  boats,  may  not  exceed  75  feet  overall
23        dimension. The length limitation is  inclusive  of  front
24        and  rear  bumpers  but  exclusive of the overhang of the
25        transported vehicles, as provided  in  paragraph  (i)  of
26        this Section.
27             (7)  A   truck  in  transit  transporting  3  trucks
28        coupled together by the triple saddlemount method may not
29        exceed 75 feet overall dimension.
30        Vehicles   operating   during   daylight    hours    when
31    transporting  poles,  pipes, machinery, or other objects of a
32    structural nature that  cannot  readily  be  dismembered  are
33    exempt  from  length limitations, provided that no object may
34    exceed 80 feet in length and the  overall  dimension  of  the
 
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 1    vehicle  including  the  load  may not exceed 100 feet.  This
 2    exemption does not apply to operation on a Saturday,  Sunday,
 3    or legal holiday.  Legal holidays referred to in this Section
 4    are  the days on which the following traditional holidays are
 5    celebrated: New Year's Day; Memorial Day;  Independence  Day;
 6    Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day.
 7        Vehicles  and loads operated by a public utility while en
 8    route to make emergency repairs to public service  facilities
 9    or  properties  are  exempt from length limitations, provided
10    that during night operations every vehicle and its load  must
11    be  equipped  with  a sufficient number of clearance lamps on
12    both sides and marker  lamps  on  the  extreme  ends  of  any
13    projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
14        A  tow  truck  in  combination with a disabled vehicle or
15    combination of disabled vehicles, as  provided  in  paragraph
16    (6)  of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from length
17    limitations.
18        The length limitations described in  this  paragraph  (d)
19    shall be exclusive of safety and energy conservation devices,
20    such  as  bumpers, refrigeration units or air compressors and
21    other devices, that the Department may interpret as necessary
22    for safe and  efficient  operation;  except  that  no  device
23    excluded under this paragraph shall have by its design or use
24    the capability to carry cargo.
25        Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
26    relating  to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the
27    designation of highways under this paragraph (d).
28        (e)  On Class II highways there  are  no  overall  length
29    limitations  on  motor  vehicles  operating  in combinations,
30    provided:
31             (1)  The length of a semitrailer,  unladen  or  with
32        load, in combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed
33        53 feet overall dimension.
34             (2)  The distance between the kingpin and the center
 
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 1        of the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in
 2        combination  with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45 feet
 3        6 inches.
 4             (3)  A truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination
 5        may not exceed 65 feet in dimension from  front  axle  to
 6        rear axle.
 7             (4)  The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen
 8        or     with     load,     operated     in     a     truck
 9        tractor-semitrailer-trailer  combination,  may not exceed
10        28 feet 6 inches.
11             (5)  Maxi-cube combinations, as defined  in  Chapter
12        1, may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.
13             (6)  A   combination   of   vehicles,   specifically
14        designed  to  transport  motor vehicles or boats, may not
15        exceed 65 feet overall dimension.  The length  limitation
16        is  inclusive  of front and rear bumpers but exclusive of
17        the overhang of the transported vehicles, as provided  in
18        paragraph (i) of this Section.
19             (7)  Stinger   steered   semitrailer   vehicles,  as
20        defined in Chapter 1, specifically designed to  transport
21        motor  vehicles  or boats, may not exceed 75 feet overall
22        dimension. The length limitation is  inclusive  of  front
23        and  rear  bumpers  but  exclusive of the overhang of the
24        transported vehicles, as provided  in  paragraph  (i)  of
25        this Section.
26             (8)  A   truck  in  transit  transporting  3  trucks
27        coupled together by the triple saddlemount method may not
28        exceed 75 feet overall dimension.
29        Vehicles   operating   during   daylight    hours    when
30    transporting  poles,  pipes, machinery, or other objects of a
31    structural nature that  cannot  readily  be  dismembered  are
32    exempt  from  length limitations, provided that no object may
33    exceed 80 feet in length and the  overall  dimension  of  the
34    vehicle  including  the  load  may not exceed 100 feet.  This
 
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 1    exemption does not apply to operation on a Saturday,  Sunday,
 2    or legal holiday.  Legal holidays referred to in this Section
 3    are  the days on which the following traditional holidays are
 4    celebrated: New Year's Day; Memorial Day;  Independence  Day;
 5    Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day.
 6        Vehicles  and loads operated by a public utility while en
 7    route to make emergency repairs to public service  facilities
 8    or  properties  are  exempt from length limitations, provided
 9    that during night operations every vehicle and its load  must
10    be  equipped  with  a sufficient number of clearance lamps on
11    both sides and marker lamps  on  the   extreme  ends  of  any
12    projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
13        A  tow  truck  in  combination with a disabled vehicle or
14    combination of disabled vehicles, as  provided  in  paragraph
15    (6)  of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from length
16    limitations.
17        Local authorities, with respect to streets  and  highways
18    under their jurisdiction, may also by ordinance or resolution
19    allow length limitations of this subsection (e).
20        The  length  limitations  described in this paragraph (e)
21    shall be exclusive of safety and energy conservation devices,
22    such as bumpers, refrigeration units or air  compressors  and
23    other devices, that the Department may interpret as necessary
24    for  safe  and  efficient  operation;  except  that no device
25    excluded under this paragraph shall have by its design or use
26    the capability to carry cargo.
27        (e-1)  Combinations of vehicles  not  exceeding  65  feet
28    overall length are allowed access as follows:
29             (1)  From  any  State  designated  highway  onto any
30        county, township, or municipal highway for a distance  of
31        5 highway miles for the purpose of loading and unloading,
32        provided:
33                  (A)  The  vehicle does not exceed 73,280 pounds
34             in gross weight and 8 feet 6 inches in width.
 
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 1                  (B)  There is no sign prohibiting that access.
 2                  (C)  The  route  is  not  being   used   as   a
 3             thoroughfare between State  designated highways.
 4             (2)  From  any  State  designated  highway  onto any
 5        county or township highway for a distance  of  5  highway
 6        miles or onto any municipal highway for a distance of one
 7        highway  mile for the purpose of food, fuel, repairs, and
 8        rest, provided:
 9                  (A)  The vehicle does not exceed 73,280  pounds
10             in gross weight and 8 feet 6 inches in width.
11                  (B)  There is no sign prohibiting that access.
12                  (C)  The   route   is   not  being  used  as  a
13             thoroughfare between State designated highways.
14        (e-2)  Except   as   provided   in   subsection    (e-3),
15    combinations  of  vehicles  over  65  feet in length, with no
16    overall length limitation except as provided  in  subsections
17    (d) and (e) of this Section, are allowed access as follows:
18             (1)  From  a  Class  I  highway  onto  any street or
19        highway for a  distance  of  one  highway  mile  for  the
20        purpose  of  loading, unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and
21        rest, provided there is no sign prohibiting that access.
22             (2)  From a Class I or Class  II  highway  onto  any
23        State  highway  or  any  locally designated highway for a
24        distance of 5 highway miles for the purpose  of  loading,
25        unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and rest.
26        (e-3)  Combinations  of  vehicles  over 65 feet in length
27    operated by household goods carriers, with no overall  length
28    limitations  except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of
29    this Section, have unlimited access to points of loading  and
30    unloading.
31        Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
32    relating  to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the
33    designation of highways under this paragraph (e).
34        (f)  On  Class  III  and   other   non-designated   State
 
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 1    highways,  the length limitations for vehicles in combination
 2    are as follows:
 3             (1)  Truck  tractor-semitrailer  combinations,  must
 4        comply with either a maximum 55 feet overall  wheel  base
 5        or a maximum 65 feet extreme overall dimension.
 6             (2)  Semitrailers,  unladen  or  with  load, may not
 7        exceed 53 feet overall dimension.
 8             (3)  No      truck       tractor-semitrailer-trailer
 9        combination may exceed 60 feet extreme overall dimension.
10             (4)  The distance between the kingpin and the center
11        axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in combination
12        with a truck tractor, may not exceed 42 feet 6 inches.
13        (g)  Length  limitations  in the preceding subsections of
14    this Section 15-107 do not apply to the following:
15             (1)  Vehicles operated in  the  daytime,  except  on
16        Saturdays,  Sundays, or legal holidays, when transporting
17        poles, pipe, machinery, or other objects of a  structural
18        nature  that  cannot readily be dismembered, provided the
19        overall length of vehicle and load  may  not  exceed  100
20        feet  and  no  object  exceeding 80 feet in length may be
21        transported  unless  a  permit  has  been   obtained   as
22        authorized in Section 15-301.
23             (2)  Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility
24        while  en  route  to  make  emergency  repairs  to public
25        service  facilities  or  properties,  but  during   night
26        operation  every  vehicle  and  its load must be equipped
27        with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both sides
28        and marker lamps upon the extreme ends of any  projecting
29        load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
30             (3)  A  tow  truck  in  combination  with a disabled
31        vehicle or combination of disabled vehicles, provided the
32        towing vehicle meets the following conditions:
33                  (A)  It is specifically designed as a tow truck
34             having a gross vehicle weight  rating  of  at  least
 
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 1             18,000 pounds and equipped with air brakes, provided
 2             that  air  brakes  are  required  only if the towing
 3             vehicle  is  towing  a  vehicle,   semitrailer,   or
 4             tractor-trailer  combination  that  is equipped with
 5             air brakes.
 6                  (B)  It is equipped with flashing, rotating, or
 7             oscillating amber lights, visible for at  least  500
 8             feet in all directions.
 9                  (C)  It  is  capable  of utilizing the lighting
10             and braking  systems  of  the  disabled  vehicle  or
11             combination of vehicles.
12                  (D)  It  does  not engage in a tow exceeding 50
13             miles  from  the   initial   point   of   wreck   or
14             disablement.
15        The  Department  may  by  rule  or  regulation  prescribe
16    additional  requirements  regarding  length limitations for a
17    tow  truck  towing  another  vehicle.  The  towing   vehicle,
18    however,  may tow any disabled vehicle from the initial point
19    of wreck or disablement to a point where repairs are actually
20    to occur. This movement shall be valid only on State  routes.
21    The tower must abide by posted bridge weight limits.
22        For  the purpose of this subsection, gross vehicle weight
23    rating, or GVWR,  shall  mean  the  value  specified  by  the
24    manufacturer  as  the  loaded  weight of the tow truck. Legal
25    holidays referred to in this Section shall  be  specified  as
26    the  day  on  which  the  following  traditional holidays are
27    celebrated:
28        New Year's Day;
29        Memorial Day;
30        Independence Day;
31        Labor Day;
32        Thanksgiving Day; and
33        Christmas Day.
34        (h)  The load upon any vehicle  operated  alone,  or  the
 
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 1    load  upon  the  front  vehicle of a combination of vehicles,
 2    shall not extend more than 3 feet beyond the front wheels  of
 3    the  vehicle  or  the  front  bumper  of the vehicle if it is
 4    equipped  with  a  front  bumper.  The  provisions  of   this
 5    subsection  (h) shall not apply to any vehicle or combination
 6    of vehicles specifically  designed  for  the  collection  and
 7    transportation  of  waste,  garbage,  or recyclable materials
 8    during the vehicle's operation in the  course  of  collecting
 9    garbage,  waste,  or  recyclable  materials if the vehicle is
10    traveling at a speed not in  excess  of  15  miles  per  hour
11    during   the   vehicle's  operation  and  in  the  course  of
12    collecting garbage, waste, or recyclable materials.  However,
13    in no instance shall the load extend more than 7 feet  beyond
14    the  front  wheels  of the vehicle or the front bumper of the
15    vehicle if it is equipped with a front bumper.
16        (i)  The load upon the front vehicle of a combination  of
17    vehicles  specifically  designed  to transport motor vehicles
18    shall not extend more than 3 feet beyond the foremost part of
19    the  transporting  vehicle  and  the  load  upon   the   rear
20    transporting vehicle shall not extend more than 4 feet beyond
21    the  rear  of the bed or body of the vehicle.  This paragraph
22    shall  only  be  applicable  upon  highways   designated   in
23    paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section.
24        (j)  Articulated   vehicles   comprised  of  2  sections,
25    neither of which exceeds a length of 42  feet,  designed  for
26    the carrying of more than 10 persons, may be up to 60 feet in
27    length, not including energy absorbing bumpers, provided that
28    the vehicles are:
29             1.  operated  by  or  for  any  public body or motor
30        carrier   authorized   by   law   to    provide    public
31        transportation services; or
32             2.  operated  in local public transportation service
33        by any other person and the  municipality  in  which  the
34        service  is  to be provided approved the operation of the
 
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 1        vehicle.
 2        (j-1)  (Blank).
 3        (k)  Any  person  who  is  convicted  of  violating  this
 4    Section is subject to the penalty as  provided  in  paragraph
 5    (b) of Section 15-113.
 6        (l)  (Blank).
 7    (Source: P.A.  92-417,  eff.  1-1-02;  92-766,  eff.  1-1-03;
 8    92-883, eff. 1-13-03; 93-177, eff. 7-11-03.)

 9        (625 ILCS 5/15-111) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-111)
10        Sec. 15-111.  Wheel and axle loads and gross weights.
11        (a)  On    non-designated   highways,   no   vehicle   or
12    combination of vehicles equipped with pneumatic tires may  be
13    operated,  unladen  or  with  load,  when  the  total  weight
14    transmitted  to  the  road surface exceeds 18,000 pounds on a
15    single axle or 32,000 pounds on a tandem axle  with  no  axle
16    within the tandem exceeding 18,000 pounds except:
17             (1)  when  a  different  limit  is  established  and
18        posted in accordance with Section 15-316 of this Code;
19             (2)  vehicles    for   which   the   Department   of
20        Transportation and  local  authorities  issue  overweight
21        permits under authority of Section 15-301 of this Code;
22             (3)  tow  trucks  subject to the conditions provided
23        in subsection (d) may  not  exceed  24,000  pounds  on  a
24        single rear axle or 44,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle;
25             (4)  any  single  axle  of  a  2-axle truck weighing
26        36,000 pounds or less and not a part of a combination  of
27        vehicles, shall not exceed 20,000 pounds;
28             (5)  any single axle of a 2-axle truck equipped with
29        a  personnel  lift  or  digger  derrick,  weighing 36,000
30        pounds or less, owned and operated by a  public  utility,
31        shall not exceed 20,000 pounds;
32             (6)  any  single  axle  of  a 2-axle truck specially
33        equipped with a front loading compactor used  exclusively
 
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 1        for  garbage,  refuse, or recycling may not exceed 20,000
 2        pounds per axle, provided that the gross  weight  of  the
 3        vehicle does not exceed 40,000 pounds;
 4             (7)  a  truck,  not  in  combination  and  specially
 5        equipped  with  a selfcompactor or an industrial roll-off
 6        hoist  and  roll-off  container,  used  exclusively   for
 7        garbage  or  refuse  operations may, when laden, transmit
 8        upon the road  surface  the  following  maximum  weights:
 9        22,000 pounds on a single axle; 40,000 pounds on a tandem
10        axle;
11             (8)  a   truck,   not   in   combination   and  used
12        exclusively for the collection  of  rendering  materials,
13        may,  when  laden,  transmit  upon  the  road surface the
14        following maximum weights:  22,000  pounds  on  a  single
15        axle; 40,000 pounds on a tandem axle;
16             (9)  tandem  axles on a 3-axle truck registered as a
17        Special Hauling Vehicle, manufactured prior to or in  the
18        model year of 2014 and first registered in Illinois prior
19        to  January  1,  2015,  with  a  distance greater than 72
20        inches but not more than 96 inches between any series  of
21        2  axles,  is allowed a combined weight on the series not
22        to exceed 36,000 pounds and neither axle  of  the  series
23        may  exceed  18,000  pounds.   Any  vehicle  of this type
24        manufactured after  the  model  year  of  2014  or  first
25        registered  in  Illinois  after December 31, 2014 may not
26        exceed a combined weight of  32,000  pounds  through  the
27        series  of  2  axles  and  neither axle of the series may
28        exceed 18,000 pounds;
29             (10)  tandem axles on a 4-axle  truck  mixer,  whose
30        fourth  axle  is  a  road surface engaging mixer trailing
31        axle, registered  as  a  Special  Hauling  Vehicle,  used
32        exclusively for the mixing and transportation of concrete
33        and  manufactured  prior  to or in the model year of 2014
34        and first registered in  Illinois  prior  to  January  1,
 
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 1        2015, with a distance greater than 72 inches but not more
 2        than  96 inches between any series of 2 axles, is allowed
 3        a combined weight on the  series  not  to  exceed  36,000
 4        pounds  and  neither axle of the series may exceed 18,000
 5        pounds.  Any vehicle of this type manufactured after  the
 6        model  year of 2014 or first registered in Illinois after
 7        December 31, 2014 may not exceed  a  combined  weight  of
 8        32,000  pounds  through the series of 2 axles and neither
 9        axle of the series may exceed 18,000 pounds;
10             (11)  4-axle  vehicles  or  a   5   or   more   axle
11        combination  of vehicles: The weight transmitted upon the
12        road surface through any series of 3 axles whose  centers
13        are  more  than 96 inches apart, measured between extreme
14        axles in the series, may not exceed those allowed in  the
15        table  contained  in  subsection (f) of this Section.  No
16        axle or tandem axle of the series may exceed the  maximum
17        weight  permitted  under  this  Section  for  a single or
18        tandem axle.
19        No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with other
20    than pneumatic tires may be operated, unladen or  with  load,
21    upon  the highways of this State when the gross weight on the
22    road surface through any wheel exceeds 800  pounds  per  inch
23    width  of  tire  tread  or  when the gross weight on the road
24    surface through any axle exceeds 16,000 pounds.
25        (b)  On non-designated  highways,  the  gross  weight  of
26    vehicles  and combination of vehicles including the weight of
27    the vehicle or combination and  its  maximum  load  shall  be
28    subject  to  the  foregoing limitations and further shall not
29    exceed the following gross weights dependent upon the  number
30    of axles and distance between extreme axles of the vehicle or
31    combination measured longitudinally to the nearest foot.

32    VEHICLES HAVING 2 AXLES ....................... 36,000 pounds

33                      VEHICLES OR COMBINATIONS
 
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 1                           HAVING 3 AXLES
 2    With Tandem                     With or
 3       Axles                        Without
 4                                    Tandem Axles
 5    Minimum                         Minimum
 6    distance to        Maximum      distance to         Maximum
 7    nearest foot       Gross        nearest foot        Gross
 8    between            Weight       between             Weight
 9    extreme axles      (pounds)     extreme axles       (pounds)
10    10 feet            41,000       16 feet             46,000
11    11                 42,000       17                  47,000
12    12                 43,000       18                  47,500
13    13                 44,000       19                  48,000
14    14                 44,500       20                  49,000
15    15                 45,000       21 feet or more     50,000

16                      VEHICLES OR COMBINATIONS
17                           HAVING 4 AXLES
18    Minimum                         Minimum
19    distance to        Maximum      distance to         Maximum
20    nearest foot       Gross        nearest foot        Gross
21    between            Weight       between             Weight
22    extreme axles      (pounds)     extreme axles       (pounds)
23    15 feet            50,000       26 feet             57,500
24    16                 50,500       27                  58,000
25    17                 51,500       28                  58,500
26    18                 52,000       29                  59,500
27    19                 52,500       30                  60,000
28    20                 53,500       31                  60,500
29    21                 54,000       32                  61,500
30    22                 54,500       33                  62,000
31    23                 55,500       34                  62,500
32    24                 56,000       35                  63,500
33    25                 56,500       36 feet or more     64,000
 
                            -17-     LRB093 05820 DRH 19798 a
 1        A  vehicle  not in a combination having more than 4 axles
 2    may not exceed the weight in the table in this subsection (b)
 3    for 4  axles  measured  between  the  extreme  axles  of  the
 4    vehicle.

 5                 COMBINATIONS HAVING 5 OR MORE AXLES
 6    Minimum distance to           Maximum
 7    nearest foot between          Gross Weight
 8    extreme axles                 (pounds)
 9    42 feet or less               72,000
10    43                            73,000
11    44 feet or more               73,280

12    VEHICLES OPERATING ON CRAWLER TYPE TRACKS ..... 40,000 pounds

13                 TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH SELFCOMPACTORS
14       OR ROLL-OFF HOISTS AND ROLL-OFF CONTAINERS FOR GARBAGE
15              OR REFUSE HAULS ONLY AND TRUCKS USED FOR
16                THE COLLECTION OF RENDERING MATERIALS
17               On Highway Not Part of National System
18                 of Interstate and Defense Highways
19    with 2 axles                                    36,000 pounds
20    with 3 axles                                    54,000 pounds

21                    TWO AXLE TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH
22             A FRONT LOADING COMPACTOR USED EXCLUSIVELY
23         FOR THE COLLECTION OF GARBAGE, REFUSE, OR RECYCLING
24    with 2 axles                                    40,000 pounds

25        (c)  Cities  having  a population of more than 50,000 may
26    permit by ordinance axle loads on 2 axle  motor  vehicles  33
27    1/2%  above those provided for herein, but the increase shall
28    not become effective until the city has  officially  notified
29    the  Department of the passage of the ordinance and shall not
30    apply to those vehicles when outside of  the  limits  of  the
31    city,  nor shall the gross weight of any 2 axle motor vehicle
32    operating over any street of the city exceed 40,000 pounds.
 
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 1        (d)  Weight  limitations  shall  not  apply  to  vehicles
 2    (including  loads)  operated  by  a   public   utility   when
 3    transporting  equipment  required  for  emergency  repair  of
 4    public utility facilities or properties or water wells.
 5        A  combination  of  vehicles, including a tow truck and a
 6    disabled vehicle or disabled combination  of  vehicles,  that
 7    exceeds  the  weight restriction imposed by this Code, may be
 8    operated on a public highway  in  this  State  provided  that
 9    neither  the disabled vehicle nor any vehicle being towed nor
10    the tow truck itself  shall  exceed  the  weight  limitations
11    permitted  under  this  Chapter. During the towing operation,
12    neither the tow  truck  nor  the  vehicle  combination  shall
13    exceed  24,000 pounds on a single rear axle and 44,000 pounds
14    on a tandem rear axle, provided the towing vehicle:
15             (1)  is specifically designed as a tow truck  having
16        a  gross  vehicle weight rating of at least 18,000 pounds
17        and is equipped with air brakes, provided that air brakes
18        are required only if  the  towing  vehicle  is  towing  a
19        vehicle, semitrailer, or tractor-trailer combination that
20        is equipped with air brakes;
21             (2)  is   equipped   with   flashing,  rotating,  or
22        oscillating amber lights, visible for at least  500  feet
23        in all directions;
24             (3)  is   capable  of  utilizing  the  lighting  and
25        braking systems of the disabled vehicle or combination of
26        vehicles; and
27             (4)  does not engage in a  tow  exceeding  20  miles
28        from  the  initial  point  of  wreck  or disablement. Any
29        additional movement of the vehicles may occur  only  upon
30        issuance  of  authorization  for  that movement under the
31        provisions of Sections  15-301  through  15-319  of  this
32        Code.   The towing vehicle, however, may tow any disabled
33        vehicle from the initial point of wreck or disablement to
34        a  point  where  repairs  are  actually  to  occur.  This
 
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 1        movement shall be valid only on State routes.  The  tower
 2        must abide by posted bridge weight limits.
 3        Gross weight limits shall not apply to the combination of
 4    the  tow  truck  and  vehicles  being  towed.   The tow truck
 5    license plate must cover the operating empty  weight  of  the
 6    tow  truck only. The weight of each vehicle being towed shall
 7    be covered by a valid license plate issued to  the  owner  or
 8    operator  of  the  vehicle  being towed and displayed on that
 9    vehicle. If no valid plate issued to the owner or operator of
10    that vehicle is displayed  on  that  vehicle,  or  the  plate
11    displayed  on  that  vehicle does not cover the weight of the
12    vehicle, the weight of the vehicle shall be  covered  by  the
13    third  tow truck plate issued to the owner or operator of the
14    tow truck and temporarily affixed to the vehicle being towed.
15        The  Department  may  by  rule  or  regulation  prescribe
16    additional requirements. However, nothing in this Code  shall
17    prohibit  a  tow truck under instructions of a police officer
18    from legally clearing a disabled  vehicle,  that  may  be  in
19    violation  of  weight  limitations  of this Chapter, from the
20    roadway to the berm or shoulder of the  highway.  If  in  the
21    opinion  of  the  police officer that location is unsafe, the
22    officer is authorized to have the disabled vehicle  towed  to
23    the nearest place of safety.
24        For  the purpose of this subsection, gross vehicle weight
25    rating, or GVWR,  shall  mean  the  value  specified  by  the
26    manufacturer as the loaded weight of the tow truck.
27        (e)  No  vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with
28    pneumatic tires shall be operated, unladen or with load, upon
29    the highways of this State in violation of the provisions  of
30    any  permit  issued  under  the provisions of Sections 15-301
31    through 15-319 of this Chapter.
32        (f)  On designated Class I, II, or III highways  and  the
33    National  System  of  Interstate  and  Defense  Highways,  no
34    vehicle  or  combination of vehicles with pneumatic tires may
 
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 1    be operated, unladen or with load, when the total  weight  on
 2    the  road  surface  exceeds the following: 20,000 pounds on a
 3    single axle; 34,000 pounds on a  tandem  axle  with  no  axle
 4    within  the  tandem  exceeding  20,000  pounds; 80,000 pounds
 5    gross weight for vehicle combinations of 5 or more axles;  or
 6    a  total  weight on a group of 2 or more consecutive axles in
 7    excess of that weight produced  by  the  application  of  the
 8    following  formula:   W = 500 times the sum of (LN divided by
 9    N-1) + 12N + 36, where "W" equals overall total weight on any
10    group of 2 or more  consecutive  axles  to  the  nearest  500
11    pounds,  "L" equals the distance measured to the nearest foot
12    between extremes of any group of 2 or more consecutive axles,
13    and "N" equals  the  number  of  axles  in  the  group  under
14    consideration.
15        The  above formula when expressed in tabular form results
16    in allowable loads as follows:

17    Distance measured
18    to the nearest
19    foot between the
20    extremes of any         Maximum weight in pounds
21    group of 2 or           of any group of
22    more consecutive        2 or more consecutive axles
23    axles
24          feet        2 axles  3 axles  4 axles  5 axles  6 axles
25            4         34,000
26            5         34,000
27            6         34,000
28            7         34,000
29            8         38,000*   42,000
30            9         39,000    42,500
31           10         40,000    43,500
32           11                   44,000
33           12                   45,000   50,000
34           13                   45,500   50,500
 
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 1           14                   46,500   51,500
 2           15                   47,000   52,000
 3           16                   48,000   52,500   58,000
 4           17                   48,500   53,500   58,500
 5           18                   49,500   54,000   59,000
 6           19                   50,000   54,500   60,000
 7           20                   51,000   55,500   60,500   66,000
 8           21                   51,500   56,000   61,000   66,500
 9           22                   52,500   56,500   61,500   67,000
10           23                   53,000   57,500   62,500   68,000
11           24                   54,000   58,000   63,000   68,500
12           25                   54,500   58,500   63,500   69,000
13           26                   55,500   59,500   64,000   69,500
14           27                   56,000   60,000   65,000   70,000
15           28                   57,000   60,500   65,500   71,000
16           29                   57,500   61,500   66,000   71,500
17           30                   58,500   62,000   66,500   72,000
18           31                   59,000   62,500   67,500   72,500
19           32                   60,000   63,500   68,000   73,000
20           33                            64,000   68,500   74,000
21           34                            64,500   69,000   74,500
22           35                            65,500   70,000   75,000
23           36                            66,000   70,500   75,500
24           37                            66,500   71,000   76,000
25           38                            67,500   72,000   77,000
26           39                            68,000   72,500   77,500
27           40                            68,500   73,000   78,000
28           41                            69,500   73,500   78,500
29           42                            70,000   74,000   79,000
30           43                            70,500   75,000   80,000
31           44                            71,500   75,500
32           45                            72,000   76,000
33           46                            72,500   76,500
34           47                            73,500   77,500
 
                            -22-     LRB093 05820 DRH 19798 a
 1           48                            74,000   78,000
 2           49                            74,500   78,500
 3           50                            75,500   79,000
 4           51                            76,000   80,000
 5           52                            76,500
 6           53                            77,500
 7           54                            78,000
 8           55                            78,500
 9           56                            79,500
10           57                            80,000
11    *If the distance between 2 axles is 96 inches or less, the  2
12    axles  are  tandem axles and the maximum total weight may not
13    exceed  34,000  pounds,  notwithstanding  the  higher   limit
14    resulting from the application of the formula.
15        Vehicles  not  in  a combination having more than 4 axles
16    may not exceed the weight in the table in this subsection (f)
17    for 4  axles  measured  between  the  extreme  axles  of  the
18    vehicle.
19        Vehicles  in  a  combination having more than 6 axles may
20    not exceed the weight in the table in this subsection (f) for
21    6  axles  measured  between  the   extreme   axles   of   the
22    combination.
23        Local  authorities,  with respect to streets and highways
24    under their jurisdiction, without additional fees,  may  also
25    by  ordinance  or  resolution allow the weight limitations of
26    this subsection, provided the maximum gross weight on any one
27    axle shall not exceed 20,000 pounds  and  the  maximum  total
28    weight  on any tandem axle shall not exceed 34,000 pounds, on
29    designated highways when appropriate regulatory signs  giving
30    notice  are  erected upon the street or highway or portion of
31    any  street  or  highway  affected  by   the   ordinance   or
32    resolution.
33        The following are exceptions to the above formula:
34             (1)  Two  consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry
 
                            -23-     LRB093 05820 DRH 19798 a
 1        a total weight of  34,000  pounds  each  if  the  overall
 2        distance   between  the  first  and  last  axles  of  the
 3        consecutive sets of tandem axles is 36 feet or more.
 4             (2)  Vehicles  for  which  a  different   limit   is
 5        established  and posted in accordance with Section 15-316
 6        of this Code.
 7             (3)  Vehicles   for   which   the   Department    of
 8        Transportation  and  local  authorities  issue overweight
 9        permits under authority of Section 15-301 of  this  Code.
10        These vehicles are not subject to the bridge formula.
11             (4)  Tow  trucks  subject to the conditions provided
12        in subsection (d) may  not  exceed  24,000  pounds  on  a
13        single rear axle or 44,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle.
14             (5)  A tandem axle on a 3-axle truck registered as a
15        Special  Hauling Vehicle, manufactured prior to or in the
16        model year of 2014, and registered in Illinois  prior  to
17        January  1,  2015,  with  a distance between 2 axles in a
18        series greater than 72 inches but not more than 96 inches
19        may not exceed  a  total  weight  of  36,000  pounds  and
20        neither axle of the series may exceed 18,000 pounds.
21             (6)  A  truck  not  in  combination, equipped with a
22        self  compactor  or  an  industrial  roll-off  hoist  and
23        roll-off  container,  used  exclusively  for  garbage  or
24        refuse operations, may, when  laden,  transmit  upon  the
25        road  surface, except when on part of the National System
26        of Interstate and Defense Highways, the following maximum
27        weights: 22,000 pounds on a single axle; 40,000 pounds on
28        a tandem axle; 36,000 pounds gross  weight  on  a  2-axle
29        vehicle;  54,000 pounds gross weight on a 3-axle vehicle.
30        This vehicle is not subject to the bridge formula.
31             (7)  Combinations of vehicles, registered as Special
32        Hauling Vehicles that include a semitrailer  manufactured
33        prior  to or in the model year of 2014, and registered in
34        Illinois prior to January 1, 2015, having 5 axles with  a
 
                            -24-     LRB093 05820 DRH 19798 a
 1        distance  of  42  feet or less between extreme axles, may
 2        not exceed the following maximum weights:  18,000  pounds
 3        on  a  single  axle;  32,000 pounds on a tandem axle; and
 4        72,000 pounds gross weight. This combination of  vehicles
 5        is  not  subject  to  the  bridge formula.  For all those
 6        combinations  of  vehicles  that  include  a  semitrailer
 7        manufactured after the effective date of this  amendatory
 8        Act  of  the  92nd General Assembly, the overall distance
 9        between the first and last axles of the 2 sets of tandems
10        must be 18 feet 6 inches  or  more.  Any  combination  of
11        vehicles that has had its cargo container replaced in its
12        entirety  after  December  31,  2014  may  not exceed the
13        weights allowed by the bridge formula.
14        No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with other
15    than pneumatic tires may be operated, unladen or  with  load,
16    upon  the highways of this State when the gross weight on the
17    road surface through any wheel exceeds 800  pounds  per  inch
18    width  of  tire  tread  or  when the gross weight on the road
19    surface through any axle exceeds 16,000 pounds.
20        (f-1)  A vehicle and load not exceeding 73,280 pounds  is
21    allowed access as follows:
22             (1)  From  any  State  designated  highway  onto any
23        county, township, or municipal highway for a distance  of
24        5 highway miles for the purpose of loading and unloading,
25        provided:
26                  (A)  The  vehicle  and  load  does not exceed 8
27             feet 6 inches in width and 65 feet overall length.
28                  (B)  There is no sign prohibiting that access.
29                  (C)  The  route  is  not  being   used   as   a
30             thoroughfare between State  designated highways.
31             (2)  From  any  State  designated  highway  onto any
32        county or township highway for a distance  of  5  highway
33        miles,  or  any  municipal  highway for a distance of one
34        highway mile for the purpose of food, fuel, repairs,  and
 
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 1        rest, provided:
 2                  (A)  The  vehicle  and  load  does not exceed 8
 3             feet 6 inches in width and 65 feet overall length.
 4                  (B)  There is no sign prohibiting that access.
 5                  (C)  The  route  is  not  being   used   as   a
 6             thoroughfare between State designated highways.
 7        (f-2)  A  vehicle  and load greater than 73,280 pounds in
 8    weight but not exceeding 80,000 pounds is allowed  access  as
 9    follows:
10             (1)  From  a  Class  I  highway  onto  any street or
11        highway for a  distance  of  one  highway  mile  for  the
12        purpose  of  loading, unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and
13        rest, provided there is no sign prohibiting that access.
14             (2)  From a Class I, II, or  III  highway  onto  any
15        State  highway  or  any  local  designated  highway for a
16        distance of 5 highway miles for the purpose  of  loading,
17        unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and rest.
18        Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
19    relating  to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the
20    designation of highways under this subsection.
21        (g)  No person shall operate a vehicle or combination  of
22    vehicles   over   a   bridge   or  other  elevated  structure
23    constituting part of a highway with a gross  weight  that  is
24    greater  than the maximum weight permitted by the Department,
25    when the  structure  is  sign  posted  as  provided  in  this
26    Section.
27        (h)  The Department upon request from any local authority
28    shall,   or   upon   its   own  initiative  may,  conduct  an
29    investigation of  any  bridge  or  other  elevated  structure
30    constituting  a  part  of a highway, and if it finds that the
31    structure cannot with safety to itself withstand  the  weight
32    of   vehicles  otherwise  permissible  under  this  Code  the
33    Department shall determine and declare the maximum weight  of
34    vehicles  that  the structures can withstand, and shall cause
 
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 1    or permit suitable signs stating maximum weight to be erected
 2    and maintained before each end of the structure.   No  person
 3    shall  operate  a vehicle or combination of vehicles over any
 4    structure with a gross weight that is greater than the posted
 5    maximum weight.
 6        (i)  Upon  the  trial  of  any  person  charged  with   a
 7    violation of subsections (g) or (h) of this Section, proof of
 8    the  determination  of  the  maximum  allowable weight by the
 9    Department  and  the  existence  of  the  signs,  constitutes
10    conclusive  evidence  of  the  maximum  weight  that  can  be
11    maintained with safety to the bridge or structure.
12    (Source: P.A. 92-417,  eff.  1-1-02;  93-177,  eff.  7-11-03;
13    93-186, eff. 1-1-04; revised 8-12-03.)

14        (625 ILCS 5/15-301) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-301)
15        Sec. 15-301.  Permits for excess size and weight.
16        (a)  The  Department  with  respect to highways under its
17    jurisdiction and local authorities with respect  to  highways
18    under  their  jurisdiction  may,  in  their  discretion, upon
19    application and good cause  being  shown  therefor,  issue  a
20    special permit authorizing the applicant to operate or move a
21    vehicle  or  combination  of  vehicles of a size or weight of
22    vehicle or load exceeding the maximum specified in  this  Act
23    or otherwise not in conformity with this Act upon any highway
24    under  the jurisdiction of the party granting such permit and
25    for the  maintenance  of  which  the  party  is  responsible.
26    Applications  and  permits  other  than  those  in written or
27    printed form may only be accepted  from  and  issued  to  the
28    company  or  individual  making  the  movement. Except for an
29    application to move directly across a highway,  it  shall  be
30    the  duty  of  the  applicant to establish in the application
31    that the load to be moved by such vehicle or  combination  is
32    composed   of   a  single  nondivisible  object  that  cannot
33    reasonably be dismantled or disassembled.  For the purpose of
 
                            -27-     LRB093 05820 DRH 19798 a
 1    over length movements, more than one object  may  be  carried
 2    side  by  side  as long as the height, width, and weight laws
 3    are not exceeded and the cause for the over length is not due
 4    to  multiple  objects.  For  the  purpose  of   over   height
 5    movements, more than one object may be carried as long as the
 6    cause  for the over height is not due to multiple objects and
 7    the length, width, and weight laws are not exceeded.  For the
 8    purpose of an over width movement, more than one  object  may
 9    be carried as long as the cause for the over width is not due
10    to  multiple  objects and length, height, and weight laws are
11    not exceeded.  No state or local agency shall  authorize  the
12    issuance  of  excess  size or weight permits for vehicles and
13    loads that are  divisible  and  that  can  be  carried,  when
14    divided,   within   the  existing  size  or  weight  maximums
15    specified in this Chapter.  Any excess size or weight  permit
16    issued  in  violation of the provisions of this Section shall
17    be void at issue and any movement made thereunder  shall  not
18    be  authorized  under  the  terms of the void permit.  In any
19    prosecution  for  a  violation  of  this  Chapter  when   the
20    authorization of an excess size or weight permit is at issue,
21    it  is  the  burden  of  the  defendant to establish that the
22    permit was valid because the  load  to  be  moved  could  not
23    reasonably  be  dismantled  or disassembled, or was otherwise
24    nondivisible.
25        (b)  The application for any such permit shall: (1) state
26    whether such permit is requested for a  single  trip  or  for
27    limited  continuous  operation; (2) state if the applicant is
28    an authorized carrier under the  Illinois  Motor  Carrier  of
29    Property  Law, if so, his certificate, registration or permit
30    number  issued  by  the  Illinois  Commerce  Commission;  (3)
31    specifically describe and identify the  vehicle  or  vehicles
32    and  load to be operated or moved except that for vehicles or
33    vehicle combinations registered by the Department as provided
34    in  Section  15-319  of  this  Chapter,  only  the   Illinois
 
                            -28-     LRB093 05820 DRH 19798 a
 1    Department  of  Transportation's (IDT) registration number or
 2    classification need be given; (4) state the routing requested
 3    including the points  of  origin  and  destination,  and  may
 4    identify  and  include  a  request for routing to the nearest
 5    certified scale in accordance with the Department's rules and
 6    regulations, provided the applicant has approval to travel on
 7    local roads; and (5) state if the vehicles or loads are being
 8    transported for hire.  No  permits  for  the  movement  of  a
 9    vehicle or load for hire shall be issued to any applicant who
10    is  required under the Illinois Motor Carrier of Property Law
11    to have a certificate, registration or permit  and  does  not
12    have such certificate, registration or permit.
13        (c)  The   Department   or   local   authority  when  not
14    inconsistent with traffic safety is authorized  to  issue  or
15    withhold such permit at its discretion; or, if such permit is
16    issued  at its discretion to prescribe the route or routes to
17    be traveled, to limit  the  number  of  trips,  to  establish
18    seasonal  or other time limitations within which the vehicles
19    described may be  operated  on  the  highways  indicated,  or
20    otherwise  to  limit or prescribe conditions of operations of
21    such vehicle or vehicles, when necessary  to  assure  against
22    undue damage to the road foundations, surfaces or structures,
23    and  may require such undertaking or other security as may be
24    deemed necessary to compensate for any injury to any  roadway
25    or  road  structure.  The  Department  shall maintain a daily
26    record of each permit issued  along  with  the  fee  and  the
27    stipulated  dimensions,  weights, conditions and restrictions
28    authorized and this record shall be presumed correct  in  any
29    case of questions or dispute. The Department shall install an
30    automatic  device  for  recording  applications  received and
31    permits  issued  by  telephone.  In  making  application   by
32    telephone,  the Department and applicant waive all objections
33    to the recording of the conversation.
34        (d)  The Department shall, upon  application  in  writing
 
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 1    from  any local authority, issue an annual permit authorizing
 2    the local authority to move  oversize  highway  construction,
 3    transportation,  utility and maintenance equipment over roads
 4    under the jurisdiction of the Department. The permit shall be
 5    applicable  only  to  equipment  and  vehicles  owned  by  or
 6    registered in the name of the local  authority,  and  no  fee
 7    shall be charged for the issuance of such permits.
 8        (e)  As  an  exception  to paragraph (a) of this Section,
 9    the  Department  and  local  authorities,  with  respect   to
10    highways  under  their  respective  jurisdictions,  in  their
11    discretion  and  upon  application  in  writing  may  issue a
12    special permit for limited continuous operation,  authorizing
13    the  applicant  to  move loads of sweet corn, soybeans, corn,
14    wheat, milo, other  small  grains  and  ensilage  during  the
15    harvest  season only on a 2 axle single vehicle registered by
16    the Secretary of State with axle  loads  not  to  exceed  35%
17    above those provided in Section 15-111. Permits may be issued
18    for a period not to exceed 40 days and moves may be made of a
19    distance  not  to exceed 25 miles from a field to a specified
20    processing plant over any highway except the National  System
21    of  Interstate  and Defense Highways. All such vehicles shall
22    be operated in  the  daytime  except  when  weather  or  crop
23    conditions  require  emergency  operation  at night, but with
24    respect to such night operation, every such vehicle with load
25    shall be equipped with flashing  amber  lights  as  specified
26    under Section 12-215. Upon a declaration by the Governor that
27    an  emergency  harvest  situation  exists,  a  special permit
28    issued by the Department under  this  Section  shall  not  be
29    required  from September 1 through December 31 during harvest
30    season emergencies, provided that the weight does not  exceed
31    20%  above  the limits provided in Section 15-111.  All other
32    restrictions that apply to permits issued under this  Section
33    shall apply during the declared time period.  With respect to
34    highways  under  the  jurisdiction  of local authorities, the
 
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 1    local authorities may, at  their  discretion,  waive  special
 2    permit  requirements during harvest season emergencies.  This
 3    permit exemption shall apply  to  all  vehicles  eligible  to
 4    obtain  permits  under  this  Section,  including  commercial
 5    vehicles in use during the declared time period.
 6        (f)  The   form  and  content  of  the  permit  shall  be
 7    determined by the Department with respect to  highways  under
 8    its  jurisdiction  and  by  local authorities with respect to
 9    highways under their jurisdiction. Every permit shall  be  in
10    written  form  and  carried  in the vehicle or combination of
11    vehicles to which it refers and shall be open  to  inspection
12    by  any  police  officer or authorized agent of any authority
13    granting the permit and no person shall violate  any  of  the
14    terms  or conditions of such special permit. Violation of the
15    terms and conditions of the permit  shall  not  be  deemed  a
16    revocation of the permit; however, any vehicle and load found
17    to be off the route prescribed in the permit shall be held to
18    be  operating  without  a  permit.  Any off route vehicle and
19    load shall be required to obtain a new permit or permits,  as
20    necessary,  to  authorize the movement back onto the original
21    permit routing. No rule or regulation,  nor  anything  herein
22    shall be construed to authorize any police officer, court, or
23    authorized  agent  of  any  authority  granting the permit to
24    remove the permit from the possession of the permittee unless
25    the permittee is charged with a fraudulent  permit  violation
26    as  provided  in  paragraph  (i). However, upon arrest for an
27    offense of violation of permit, operating  without  a  permit
28    when  the vehicle is off route, or any size or weight offense
29    under this Chapter when the  permittee  plans  to  raise  the
30    issuance  of  the  permit as a defense, the permittee, or his
31    agent,  must  produce  the  permit  at  any   court   hearing
32    concerning the alleged offense.
33        If  the  permit  designates  and  includes a routing to a
34    certified  scale,  the  permitee,  while   enroute   to   the
 
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 1    designated  scale,  shall  be  deemed  in compliance with the
 2    weight provisions of the permit provided the  axle  or  gross
 3    weights  do  not  exceed  any of the permitted limits by more
 4    than the following amounts:
 5             Single axle               2000 pounds
 6             Tandem axle               3000 pounds
 7             Gross                     5000 pounds
 8        (g)  The Department is authorized to adopt, amend, and to
 9    make available to  interested  persons  a  policy  concerning
10    reasonable rules, limitations and conditions or provisions of
11    operation upon highways under its jurisdiction in addition to
12    those  contained  in this Section for the movement by special
13    permit of  vehicles,  combinations,  or  loads  which  cannot
14    reasonably   be   dismantled   or   disassembled,   including
15    manufactured  and modular home sections and portions thereof.
16    All rules, limitations and conditions or  provisions  adopted
17    in  the  policy  shall  have due regard for the safety of the
18    traveling public and the protection of the highway system and
19    shall have been promulgated in conformity with the provisions
20    of   the   Illinois   Administrative   Procedure   Act.   The
21    requirements of the policy for flagmen  and  escort  vehicles
22    shall  be  the  same  for  all  moves  of comparable size and
23    weight. When escort vehicles are required,  they  shall  meet
24    the following requirements:
25             (1)  All  operators shall be 18 years of age or over
26        and properly licensed to operate the vehicle.
27             (2)  Vehicles escorting oversized  loads  more  than
28        12-feet wide must be equipped with a rotating or flashing
29        amber  light  mounted  on  top as specified under Section
30        12-215.
31        The  Department  shall  establish  reasonable  rules  and
32    regulations regarding liability insurance or  self  insurance
33    for  vehicles  with  oversized  loads  promulgated  under The
34    Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Police vehicles may be
 
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 1    required for escort under circumstances as required by  rules
 2    and regulations of the Department.
 3        (h)  Violation  of  any  rule, limitation or condition or
 4    provision  of  any  permit  issued  in  accordance  with  the
 5    provisions of this Section shall not render the entire permit
 6    null and void but the violator  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of
 7    violation  of permit and guilty of exceeding any size, weight
 8    or load limitations in excess  of  those  authorized  by  the
 9    permit.  The prescribed route or routes on the permit are not
10    mere rules, limitations, conditions,  or  provisions  of  the
11    permit,  but  are  also  the sole extent of the authorization
12    granted by the permit.  If a vehicle and load are found to be
13    off the route or routes prescribed by any permit  authorizing
14    movement,  the  vehicle  and  load  are  operating  without a
15    permit.  Any off route movement shall be subject to the  size
16    and  weight maximums, under the applicable provisions of this
17    Chapter, as determined by the  type  or  class  highway  upon
18    which the vehicle and load are being operated.
19        (i)  Whenever  any  vehicle  is operated or movement made
20    under a fraudulent permit the permit shall be void,  and  the
21    person, firm, or corporation to whom such permit was granted,
22    the  driver  of  such  vehicle  in addition to the person who
23    issued such permit and any  accessory,  shall  be  guilty  of
24    fraud  and  either  one  or all persons may be prosecuted for
25    such violation. Any person, firm, or  corporation  committing
26    such  violation  shall  be guilty of a Class 4 felony and the
27    Department shall not issue permits to  the  person,  firm  or
28    corporation  convicted  of such violation for a period of one
29    year after the date of conviction. Penalties  for  violations
30    of this Section shall be in addition to any penalties imposed
31    for violation of other Sections of this Act.
32        (j)  Whenever any vehicle is operated or movement made in
33    violation of a permit issued in accordance with this Section,
34    the  person to whom such permit was granted, or the driver of
 
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 1    such vehicle, is guilty of such violation and either, but not
 2    both, persons may be prosecuted for such violation as  stated
 3    in  this  subsection  (j).  Any  person,  firm or corporation
 4    convicted of such  violation  shall  be  guilty  of  a  petty
 5    offense  and  shall  be fined for the first offense, not less
 6    than $50 nor more than $200 and, for the  second  offense  by
 7    the  same  person, firm or corporation within a period of one
 8    year, not less than $200 nor more  than  $300  and,  for  the
 9    third  offense by the same person, firm or corporation within
10    a period of one year after the date of the first offense, not
11    less than $300 nor more than $500 and  the  Department  shall
12    not   issue  permits  to  the  person,  firm  or  corporation
13    convicted of a third offense during  a  period  of  one  year
14    after the date of conviction for such third offense.
15        (k)  Whenever  any  vehicle  is  operated  on local roads
16    under permits for excess width  or  length  issued  by  local
17    authorities,  such  vehicle may be moved upon a State highway
18    for a distance not to exceed one-half mile without  a  permit
19    for the purpose of crossing the State highway.
20        (l)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
21    the   Department,   with   respect   to  highways  under  its
22    jurisdiction, and local authorities, with respect to highways
23    under their jurisdiction, may at their  discretion  authorize
24    the  movement of a vehicle in violation of any size or weight
25    requirement, or both, that would not ordinarily  be  eligible
26    for  a  permit,  when there is a showing of extreme necessity
27    that the vehicle and load should be moved without unnecessary
28    delay.
29        For the purpose of this subsection,  showing  of  extreme
30    necessity  shall  be  limited to the following:  shipments of
31    livestock, hazardous materials, liquid concrete being  hauled
32    in a mobile cement mixer, or hot asphalt.
33        (m)  Penalties for violations of this Section shall be in
34    addition  to  any  penalties  imposed for violating any other
 
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 1    Section of this Code.
 2        (n)  The Department with respect to  highways  under  its
 3    jurisdiction  and  local authorities with respect to highways
 4    under  their  jurisdiction,  in  their  discretion  and  upon
 5    application in  writing,  may  issue  a  special  permit  for
 6    continuous  limited  operation,  authorizing the applicant to
 7    operate a tow-truck that exceeds the weight  limits  provided
 8    for in subsection (d) of Section 15-111, provided:
 9             (1)  no  rear  single  axle of the tow-truck exceeds
10        26,000 pounds;
11             (2)  no rear tandem axle of  the  tow-truck  exceeds
12        50,000 pounds;
13             (2.1)  no   triple   rear  axle  on  a  manufactured
14        recovery unit exceeds 56,000 pounds;
15             (3)  neither the disabled vehicle nor  the  disabled
16        combination  of  vehicles  exceed the weight restrictions
17        imposed by this Chapter 15, or the weight limits  imposed
18        under a permit issued by the Department prior to hookup;
19             (4)  the  tow-truck  prior to hookup does not exceed
20        the weight restrictions imposed by this Chapter 15;
21             (5)  during the tow operation the tow-truck does not
22        violate any weight restriction sign;
23             (6)  the  tow-truck  is  equipped   with   flashing,
24        rotating,  or  oscillating  amber  lights, visible for at
25        least 500 feet in all directions;
26             (7)  the  tow-truck  is  specifically  designed  and
27        licensed as a tow-truck;
28             (8)  the tow-truck has a gross vehicle weight rating
29        of  sufficient capacity to safely handle the load;
30             (9)  the tow-truck is equipped with air brakes;
31             (10)  the tow-truck  is  capable  of  utilizing  the
32        lighting  and  braking systems of the disabled vehicle or
33        combination of vehicles;
34             (11)  the tow commences  at  the  initial  point  of
 
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 1        wreck  or disablement and terminates at a point where the
 2        repairs are actually to occur the tow distance of the tow
 3        does not exceed 50 miles from the point of disablement to
 4        a place of repair or safekeeping;
 5             (12)  the permit issued to the tow-truck is  carried
 6        in  the  tow-truck  and  exhibited  on demand by a police
 7        officer; and
 8             (13) the movement  shall  be  valid  only  on  state
 9        routes approved by the Department.
10    (Source:  P.A.  90-89,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-228,  eff. 7-25-97;
11    90-655, eff. 7-30-98;  90-676,  eff.  7-31-98;  91-569,  eff.
12    1-1-00.)

13        (625 ILCS 5/15-308.2)
14        Sec.  15-308.2.  Fees for special permits for tow-trucks.
15    The fee for a special permit to operate a tow-truck  pursuant
16    to subsection (n) of Section 15-301 is $50 $500 quarterly and
17    $200 $2,000 annually.
18    (Source: P.A. 91-569, eff. 1-1-00.)

19        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
20    becoming law.".