98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB3471

 

Introduced 2/14/2014, by Sen. Darin M. LaHood

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
605 ILCS 5/6-201.8  from Ch. 121, par. 6-201.8
605 ILCS 5/6-301  from Ch. 121, par. 6-301
625 ILCS 5/15-316  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-316

    Amends the Illinois Highway Code and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that highway commissioners may not permanently close, vacate, or reduce the weight limit on any road or portion thereof without the written approval of the county superintendent of highways and the elected board associated with that road district. Effective immediately.


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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 Highway Code is amended by changing
5Sections 6-201.8 and 6-301 as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 5/6-201.8)  (from Ch. 121, par. 6-201.8)
7    Sec. 6-201.8. Have general charge of the roads of his
8district, keep the same in repair and to improve them so far as
9practicable and cooperate and assist in the construction or
10improvement of such roads with labor furnished, in whole or in
11part, by the Department of Human Services (acting as successor
12to the State Department of Public Aid under the Department of
13Human Services Act) or other public assistance authorities;
14except that no road or portion thereof shall be permanently
15closed, permanently vacated, or permanently posted at a reduced
16weight limit without written approval of the highway
17commissioner, the county superintendent of highways, and the
18elected board associated with that road district.
19(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
20    (605 ILCS 5/6-301)  (from Ch. 121, par. 6-301)
21    Sec. 6-301. All township and district roads established
22under this Division of this Code shall be not less than 40 feet

 

 

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1in width, except as provided in Section 6-327.
2    Highway commissioners in single township road districts
3may annually determine that certain roads in the district are
4vital to the general benefit of the district and designate them
5all or in part as arterial district roads. The designation must
6be approved by the county superintendent of highways, after
7notice and hearing, prior to the commissioners' recording the
8roads with the county superintendent of highways. No road or
9portion thereof designated as arterial shall be permanently
10closed, or permanently vacated, or permanently posted at
11reduced weight limit without written approval of the county
12highway commissioner, county superintendent of highways, and
13the elected board associated with that road district despite
14the road's inclusion in any annexation or incorporation
15proceedings provided for in the Illinois Municipal Code. This
16paragraph does not apply to roads in home rule units of
17government nor the roads included in our annexation proceeding
18by home rule units of governments.
19    This Division of this Code shall not apply to proceedings
20for laying out, widening, altering or vacating streets in
21municipalities, except as provided in this Section.
22(Source: P.A. 86-1229.)
 
23    Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
24changing Section 15-316 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (625 ILCS 5/15-316)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-316)
2    Sec. 15-316. When the Department or local authority may
3restrict right to use highways.
4    (a) Except as provided in subsection (g), local authorities
5with respect to highways under their jurisdiction may by
6ordinance or resolution prohibit the operation of vehicles upon
7any such highway or impose restrictions as to the weight of
8vehicles to be operated upon any such highway, for a total
9period of not to exceed 90 days in any one calendar year,
10whenever any said highway by reason of deterioration, rain,
11snow, or other climate conditions will be seriously damaged or
12destroyed unless the use of vehicles thereon is prohibited or
13the permissible weights thereof reduced.
14    (b) The local authority enacting any such ordinance or
15resolution shall erect or cause to be erected and maintained
16signs designating the provision of the ordinance or resolution
17at each end of that portion of any highway affected thereby,
18and the ordinance or resolution shall not be effective unless
19and until such signs are erected and maintained.
20    (c) Local authorities with respect to highways under their
21jurisdiction may also, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit the
22operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles, or may impose
23limitations as the weight thereof, on designated highways,
24which prohibitions and limitations shall be designated by
25appropriate signs placed on such highways.
26    (c-1) (Blank).

 

 

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1    (c-5) Highway commissioners, with respect to roads under
2their authority, shall not permanently post a road or portion
3thereof at a reduced weight limit without written approval of
4the highway commissioner, the county superintendent of
5highways, and the elected board associated with that road
6district.
7    (d) The Department shall likewise have authority as
8hereinbefore granted to local authorities to determine by
9resolution and to impose restrictions as to the weight of
10vehicles operated upon any highway under the jurisdiction of
11said department, and such restrictions shall be effective when
12signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the highway or
13portion of any highway affected by such resolution.
14    (d-1) (Blank).
15    (d-2) (Blank).
16    (e) When any vehicle is operated in violation of this
17Section, the owner or driver of the vehicle shall be deemed
18guilty of a violation and either the owner or the driver of the
19vehicle may be prosecuted for the violation. Any person, firm,
20or corporation convicted of violating this Section shall be
21fined $50 for any weight exceeding the posted limit up to the
22axle or gross weight limit allowed a vehicle as provided for in
23subsections (a) or (b) of Section 15-111 and $75 per every 500
24pounds or fraction thereof for any weight exceeding that which
25is provided for in subsections (a) or (b) of Section 15-111.
26    (f) A municipality is authorized to enforce a county weight

 

 

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1limit ordinance applying to county highways within its
2corporate limits and is entitled to the proceeds of any fines
3collected from the enforcement.
4    (g) An ordinance or resolution enacted by a county or
5township pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section shall not
6apply to cargo tank vehicles with two or three permanent axles
7when delivering propane for emergency heating purposes if the
8cargo tank is loaded at no more than 50 percent capacity, the
9gross vehicle weight of the vehicle does not exceed 32,000
10pounds, and the driver of the cargo tank vehicle notifies the
11appropriate agency or agencies with jurisdiction over the
12highway before driving the vehicle on the highway pursuant to
13this subsection. The cargo tank vehicle must have an operating
14gauge on the cargo tank which indicates the amount of propane
15as a percent of capacity of the cargo tank. The cargo tank must
16have the capacity displayed on the cargo tank, or documentation
17of the capacity of the cargo tank must be available in the
18vehicle. For the purposes of this subsection, propane weighs
194.2 pounds per gallon. This subsection does not apply to
20municipalities. Nothing in this subsection shall allow cargo
21tank vehicles to cross bridges with posted weight restrictions
22if the vehicle exceeds the posted weight limit.
23(Source: P.A. 96-1337, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.