Full Text of HB2580 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 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 changing | 5 | | Sections 3-401 and 15-301 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-401) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-401)
| 7 | | Sec. 3-401. Effect of provisions.
| 8 | | (a) It shall be unlawful for any
person to violate any | 9 | | provision of this Chapter or to drive or move or
for an owner | 10 | | knowingly to permit to be driven or moved upon any highway
any | 11 | | vehicle of a type required to be registered hereunder which is | 12 | | not
registered or for which the appropriate fee has not been | 13 | | paid when and
as required hereunder, except that when | 14 | | application accompanied by
proper fee has been made for | 15 | | registration of a vehicle it may be
operated temporarily | 16 | | pending complete registration upon displaying a
duplicate | 17 | | application duly verified or other evidence of such
application | 18 | | or otherwise under rules and regulations promulgated by the
| 19 | | Secretary of State.
| 20 | | (b) The appropriate fees required to be paid under the | 21 | | various
provisions of this Act for registration of vehicles | 22 | | shall mean the fee
or fees which would have been paid | 23 | | initially, if proper and timely
application had been made to |
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| 1 | | the Secretary of State for the appropriate
registration | 2 | | required, whether such registration be a flat weight
| 3 | | registration, a single trip permit, a reciprocity permit or a
| 4 | | supplemental application to an original prorate application | 5 | | together
with payment of fees due under the supplemental | 6 | | application for prorate
decals.
| 7 | | (c) Effective October 1, 1984, no vehicle required to pay a | 8 | | Federal
Highway
Users Tax shall be registered unless proof of | 9 | | payment, in a form prescribed
and approved by the Secretary of | 10 | | State, is submitted with the appropriate
registration. | 11 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, failure
of | 12 | | the applicant to comply with this paragraph shall be deemed | 13 | | grounds for
the Secretary to refuse registration.
| 14 | | (c-1) A vehicle may not be registered by the Secretary of | 15 | | State unless that vehicle:
| 16 | | (1) was originally manufactured for operation on | 17 | | highways; | 18 | | (2) is a modification of a vehicle that was originally | 19 | | manufactured for operation on highways; or | 20 | | (3) was assembled from component parts designed for use | 21 | | in vehicles to be operated on highways.
| 22 | | (d) Second division vehicles.
| 23 | | (1) A vehicle of the second division moved or operated | 24 | | within this State
shall have had paid for it the | 25 | | appropriate registration fees and flat weight
tax, as
| 26 | | evidenced by the Illinois registration issued for that |
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| 1 | | vehicle, for the gross
weight of the vehicle and load being | 2 | | operated or moved within this State.
Second division | 3 | | vehicles of foreign jurisdictions operated within this | 4 | | State
under a single trip permit, fleet reciprocity plan, | 5 | | prorate registration plan,
or apportional registration | 6 | | plan, instead of second division vehicle
registration | 7 | | under Article VIII of this Chapter, must have had paid for | 8 | | it the
appropriate
registration fees and flat weight tax in | 9 | | the base jurisdiction of that vehicle,
as evidenced by the | 10 | | maximum gross weight shown on the foreign registration
| 11 | | cards, plus any appropriate fees required under this Code.
| 12 | | (2) If a vehicle and load are operated in this State | 13 | | and the
appropriate fees and taxes have not been paid or | 14 | | the vehicle and load exceed
the registered gross weight for | 15 | | which the
required fees and taxes have been paid by 2001 | 16 | | pounds or more, the operator or
owner shall be fined as | 17 | | provided in Section 15-113 of this Code. However, an
owner | 18 | | or operator shall not be subject to arrest under this | 19 | | subsection for any
weight in excess of 80,000 pounds. | 20 | | Further, no fine shall exceed the actual
cost of what the | 21 | | appropriate registration for that vehicle and load should | 22 | | have
been as established in subsection (a) of Section 3-815 | 23 | | of
this Chapter regardless of the route
traveled. For | 24 | | purposes of this paragraph (2), "appropriate registration" | 25 | | means the full annual cost of the required registration and | 26 | | its associated fees.
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| 1 | | (3) Any person operating a legal combination of | 2 | | vehicles displaying valid
registration shall not be | 3 | | considered in violation of the registration provision
of | 4 | | this subsection unless the total gross weight of the | 5 | | combination exceeds the
total licensed weight of the | 6 | | vehicles in the combination.
The gross weight of a vehicle | 7 | | exempt from the registration requirements of
this Chapter | 8 | | shall not be included when determining the total gross | 9 | | weight of
vehicles in combination. Any vehicle operating | 10 | | under an emergency harvest permit, as described in | 11 | | subsection (e-1) of Section 15-301 of this Code, shall not | 12 | | be in violation of this paragraph (3).
| 13 | | (4) If the defendant claims that he or she had | 14 | | previously paid the
appropriate Illinois registration fees | 15 | | and taxes for this vehicle before the
alleged violation, | 16 | | the defendant shall have the burden of proving the | 17 | | existence
of the payment by competent evidence. Proof of | 18 | | proper Illinois registration
issued by the Secretary of | 19 | | State, or the appropriate registration authority
from the | 20 | | foreign state, shall be the only competent evidence of | 21 | | payment.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 97-201, eff. 1-1-12.)
| 23 | | (625 ILCS 5/15-301) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-301)
| 24 | | Sec. 15-301. Permits for excess size and weight.
| 25 | | (a) The Department with respect to highways under its |
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| 1 | | jurisdiction
and local authorities with respect to highways | 2 | | under their jurisdiction
may, in their discretion, upon | 3 | | application and good cause being shown
therefor, issue a | 4 | | special permit authorizing the applicant to operate or
move a | 5 | | vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight of | 6 | | vehicle or
load exceeding the maximum specified in this Act or | 7 | | otherwise not in
conformity with this Act upon any highway | 8 | | under the jurisdiction of the
party granting such permit and | 9 | | for the maintenance of which the party is
responsible. | 10 | | Applications and permits other than those in written or
printed | 11 | | form may only be accepted from and issued to the company or
| 12 | | individual making the movement. Except for an application to | 13 | | move directly
across a highway, it shall be the duty of the | 14 | | applicant to establish in the
application that the load to be | 15 | | moved by such vehicle or combination cannot reasonably be
| 16 | | dismantled or
disassembled, the reasonableness of which shall | 17 | | be determined by the Secretary of the Department. For the | 18 | | purpose of
over length movements,
more than one object may be | 19 | | carried side by side as long as the height, width,
and weight | 20 | | laws are not exceeded and the cause for the over length is not | 21 | | due
to multiple objects. For the purpose of over height | 22 | | movements, more than one
object may be carried as long as the | 23 | | cause for the over height is not due to
multiple objects and | 24 | | the length, width, and weight laws are not exceeded. For
the | 25 | | purpose of an over width movement, more than one object may be | 26 | | carried as
long as the cause for the over width is not due to |
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| 1 | | multiple objects and length,
height, and weight laws are not | 2 | | exceeded. Except for transporting fluid milk products, no State | 3 | | or local agency shall
authorize the issuance of excess size or | 4 | | weight permits for vehicles and loads
that are divisible and | 5 | | that can be carried, when divided, within the existing
size or | 6 | | weight maximums specified in this Chapter. Any excess size or | 7 | | weight
permit issued in violation of the provisions of this | 8 | | Section shall be void at
issue and any movement made thereunder | 9 | | shall not be authorized under the terms
of the void permit. In | 10 | | any prosecution for a violation of this Chapter when
the | 11 | | authorization of an excess size or weight permit is at issue, | 12 | | it is the
burden of the defendant to establish that the permit | 13 | | was valid because the load
to be moved could not reasonably be | 14 | | dismantled or disassembled, or was
otherwise nondivisible.
| 15 | | (b) The application for any such permit shall: (1) state | 16 | | whether
such permit is requested for a single trip or for | 17 | | limited continuous
operation; (2) state if the applicant is an | 18 | | authorized carrier under the
Illinois Motor Carrier of Property | 19 | | Law, if so, his certificate,
registration or permit number | 20 | | issued by the Illinois Commerce
Commission; (3) specifically | 21 | | describe and identify the vehicle or
vehicles and load to be | 22 | | operated or moved except that for vehicles or
vehicle | 23 | | combinations registered by the Department as provided in | 24 | | Section
15-319 of this Chapter, only the Illinois Department of | 25 | | Transportation's
(IDT) registration number or classification | 26 | | need be given; (4) state the
routing requested including the |
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| 1 | | points of origin and destination, and may
identify and include | 2 | | a request for routing to the nearest certified scale
in | 3 | | accordance with the Department's rules and regulations, | 4 | | provided the
applicant has approval to travel on local roads; | 5 | | and (5) state if the
vehicles or loads are being transported | 6 | | for hire. No permits for the
movement of a vehicle or load for | 7 | | hire shall be issued to any applicant who
is required under the | 8 | | Illinois Motor Carrier of Property Law to have a
certificate, | 9 | | registration or permit and does not have such certificate,
| 10 | | registration or permit.
| 11 | | (c) The Department or local authority when not inconsistent | 12 | | with
traffic safety is authorized to issue or withhold such | 13 | | permit at its
discretion; or, if such permit is issued at its | 14 | | discretion to prescribe
the route or routes to be traveled, to | 15 | | limit the number of trips, to
establish seasonal or other time | 16 | | limitations within which the vehicles
described may be operated | 17 | | on the highways indicated, or otherwise to
limit or prescribe | 18 | | conditions of operations of such vehicle or vehicles,
when | 19 | | necessary to assure against undue damage to the road | 20 | | foundations,
surfaces or structures, and may require such | 21 | | undertaking or other
security as may be deemed necessary to | 22 | | compensate for any injury to any
roadway or road structure. The | 23 | | Department shall maintain a daily record of
each permit issued | 24 | | along with the fee and the stipulated dimensions,
weights, | 25 | | conditions and restrictions authorized and this record shall be
| 26 | | presumed correct in any case of questions or dispute. The |
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| 1 | | Department shall
install an automatic device for recording | 2 | | applications received and permits
issued by telephone. In | 3 | | making application by telephone, the Department and
applicant | 4 | | waive all objections to the recording of the conversation.
| 5 | | (d) The Department shall, upon application in writing from | 6 | | any local
authority, issue an annual permit authorizing the | 7 | | local authority to
move oversize highway construction, | 8 | | transportation, utility and maintenance
equipment over roads | 9 | | under the jurisdiction of the Department. The permit
shall be | 10 | | applicable only to equipment and vehicles owned by or | 11 | | registered
in the name of the local authority, and no fee shall | 12 | | be charged for the
issuance of such permits.
| 13 | | (e) As an exception to paragraph (a) of this Section, the | 14 | | Department
and local authorities, with respect to highways | 15 | | under their respective
jurisdictions, in their discretion and | 16 | | upon application in writing may
issue a special permit for | 17 | | limited continuous operation, authorizing the
applicant to | 18 | | move loads of agricultural commodities on a 2 axle single
| 19 | | vehicle registered by the Secretary of State with axle loads | 20 | | not to exceed
35%, on a 3 or 4 axle
vehicle registered by the | 21 | | Secretary of State with axle loads
not to exceed 20%, and on a | 22 | | 5 axle vehicle registered by the
Secretary of State not to | 23 | | exceed 10% above those provided in Section 15-111. The total | 24 | | gross weight of the vehicle, however,
may not exceed the | 25 | | maximum gross weight of the registration class of the vehicle | 26 | | allowed under Section 3-815 or 3-818 of this Code. |
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| 1 | | As used in this Section, "agricultural commodities"
means: | 2 | | (1) cultivated plants or agricultural produce grown
| 3 | | including, but is not limited to, corn, soybeans, wheat, | 4 | | oats, grain sorghum, canola, and rice; | 5 | | (2) livestock, including but not limited to hogs, | 6 | | equine, sheep, and poultry; | 7 | | (3) ensilage; and | 8 | | (4) fruits and vegetables.
| 9 | | Permits may be issued for a
period not to exceed 40 days | 10 | | and moves may be made of a distance not to
exceed 50 miles from | 11 | | a field, an on-farm grain storage facility, a warehouse as | 12 | | defined in the Illinois Grain Code, or a livestock management | 13 | | facility as defined in the Livestock Management Facilities Act | 14 | | over any
highway except the National System of Interstate and | 15 | | Defense Highways. The operator of the vehicle,
however, must | 16 | | abide by posted bridge and posted highway weight limits. All | 17 | | implements of husbandry operating under this Section between | 18 | | sunset and sunrise shall be equipped as prescribed in Section | 19 | | 12-205.1.
| 20 | | (e-1) Upon a declaration by the Governor that an emergency | 21 | | harvest situation
exists, a special permit issued by the | 22 | | Department under this Section shall not
be required from | 23 | | September 1 through December 31 during harvest season
| 24 | | emergencies for a vehicle that exceeds the maximum axle weight | 25 | | and gross weight limits under Section 15-111 of this Code or | 26 | | exceeds the vehicle's registered gross weight , provided that |
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| 1 | | the vehicle's axle weight and gross weight do not exceed 10% | 2 | | above the maximum limits under Section 15-111 of this Code and | 3 | | does not exceed the vehicle's registered gross weight by 10%. | 4 | | All other restrictions that apply to permits issued under this | 5 | | Section shall apply during the declared time period and no fee | 6 | | shall be charged for the issuance of those permits. Permits | 7 | | issued by the Department under this subsection (e-1) are only | 8 | | valid on federal and State highways under the jurisdiction of | 9 | | the Department, except interstate highways. the weight does not | 10 | | exceed 20% above the limits
provided in Section 15-111. All | 11 | | other restrictions that apply to permits
issued under this | 12 | | Section shall apply during the declared time period. With
| 13 | | respect to highways under the jurisdiction of local | 14 | | authorities, the local
authorities may, at their discretion, | 15 | | waive special permit requirements during
harvest season | 16 | | emergencies , and set a divisible load weight limit not to | 17 | | exceed 10% above a vehicle's registered gross weight, provided | 18 | | that the vehicle's axle weight and gross weight do not exceed | 19 | | 10% above the maximum limits specified in Section 15-111 . | 20 | | Permits issued under this subsection (e-1) This permit | 21 | | exemption shall apply to all registered vehicles
eligible to | 22 | | obtain permits under this Section, including commercial | 23 | | vehicles used in private or for-hire movement of divisible load | 24 | | agricultural commodities in
use during the declared time | 25 | | period.
| 26 | | (f) The form and content of the permit shall be determined |
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| 1 | | by the
Department with respect to highways under its | 2 | | jurisdiction and by local
authorities with respect to highways | 3 | | under their jurisdiction. Every permit
shall be in written form | 4 | | and carried in the vehicle or combination of
vehicles to which | 5 | | it refers and shall be open to inspection by any
police officer | 6 | | or authorized agent of any authority granting the permit
and no | 7 | | person shall violate any of the terms or conditions of such
| 8 | | special permit. Violation of the terms and conditions of the | 9 | | permit
shall not be deemed a revocation of the permit; however, | 10 | | any vehicle and load
found to be off the route prescribed in | 11 | | the permit shall be held to be
operating without a permit. Any | 12 | | off route vehicle and load shall be required
to obtain a new | 13 | | permit or permits, as necessary, to authorize the movement back
| 14 | | onto the original permit routing. No rule or regulation, nor | 15 | | anything herein
shall be construed to authorize any police | 16 | | officer, court, or authorized agent
of any authority granting | 17 | | the permit to remove the permit from the possession
of the | 18 | | permittee unless the permittee is charged with a fraudulent | 19 | | permit
violation as provided in paragraph (i). However, upon | 20 | | arrest for an offense of
violation of permit, operating without | 21 | | a permit when the vehicle is off route,
or any size or weight | 22 | | offense under this Chapter when the permittee plans to
raise | 23 | | the issuance of the permit as a defense, the permittee, or his | 24 | | agent,
must produce the permit at any court hearing concerning | 25 | | the alleged offense.
| 26 | | If the permit designates and includes a routing to a |
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| 1 | | certified scale, the permittee, while enroute to the designated | 2 | | scale, shall be deemed in compliance
with the weight provisions | 3 | | of the permit provided the axle or gross weights
do not exceed | 4 | | any of the permitted limits by more 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 in | 17 | | 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
requirements | 21 | | of the policy for flagmen and escort vehicles shall be the
same | 22 | | for all moves of comparable size and weight. When escort | 23 | | vehicles are
required, they shall meet the following | 24 | | requirements:
| 25 | | (1) All operators shall be 18 years of age or over and | 26 | | properly
licensed to operate the vehicle.
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| 1 | | (2) Vehicles escorting oversized loads more than | 2 | | 12-feet wide must
be equipped with a rotating or flashing | 3 | | amber light mounted on top as specified
under Section | 4 | | 12-215.
| 5 | | The Department shall establish reasonable rules and | 6 | | regulations
regarding liability insurance or self insurance | 7 | | for vehicles with
oversized loads promulgated under the | 8 | | Illinois Administrative Procedure
Act. Police vehicles may be | 9 | | required for escort under circumstances as
required by rules | 10 | | and regulations of the Department.
| 11 | | (h) Violation of any rule, limitation or condition or | 12 | | provision of
any permit issued in accordance with the | 13 | | provisions of this Section
shall not render the entire permit | 14 | | null and void but the violator shall
be deemed guilty of | 15 | | violation of permit and guilty of exceeding any size,
weight or | 16 | | load limitations in excess of those authorized by the permit.
| 17 | | The prescribed route or routes on the permit are not mere | 18 | | rules, limitations,
conditions, or provisions of the permit, | 19 | | but are also the sole extent of the
authorization granted by | 20 | | the permit. If a vehicle and load are found to be
off the route | 21 | | or routes prescribed by any permit authorizing movement,
the | 22 | | vehicle and load are operating without a permit. Any off route | 23 | | movement
shall be subject to the size and weight maximums, | 24 | | under the applicable
provisions of this Chapter, as determined | 25 | | by the type or class highway upon
which the vehicle and load | 26 | | are being operated.
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| 1 | | (i) Whenever any vehicle is operated or movement made under | 2 | | a
fraudulent permit the permit shall be void, and the person, | 3 | | firm, or
corporation to whom such permit was granted, the | 4 | | driver of such vehicle
in addition to the person who issued | 5 | | such permit and any accessory,
shall be guilty of fraud and | 6 | | either one or all persons may be prosecuted
for such violation. | 7 | | Any person, firm, or corporation committing such
violation | 8 | | shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony and the Department shall
| 9 | | not issue permits to the person, firm or corporation convicted | 10 | | of such
violation for a period of one year after the date of | 11 | | conviction.
Penalties for violations of this Section shall be | 12 | | in addition to any
penalties imposed for violation of other | 13 | | Sections of this Act.
| 14 | | (j) Whenever any vehicle is operated or movement made in | 15 | | violation
of a permit issued in accordance with this Section, | 16 | | the person to whom
such permit was granted, or the driver of | 17 | | such vehicle, is guilty of
such violation and either, but not | 18 | | both, persons may be prosecuted for
such violation as stated in | 19 | | this subsection (j). Any person, firm or
corporation convicted | 20 | | of such violation shall be guilty of a petty
offense and shall | 21 | | be fined for the first offense, not less than $50 nor
more than | 22 | | $200 and, for the second offense by the same person, firm or
| 23 | | corporation within a period of one year, not less than $200 nor | 24 | | more
than $300 and, for the third offense by the same person, | 25 | | firm or
corporation within a period of one year after the date | 26 | | of the first
offense, not less than $300 nor more than $500 and |
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| 1 | | the Department shall
not issue permits to the person, firm or | 2 | | corporation convicted of a
third offense during a period of one | 3 | | year after the date of conviction
for such third offense.
| 4 | | (k) Whenever any vehicle is operated on local roads under | 5 | | permits
for excess width or length issued by local authorities, | 6 | | such vehicle may
be moved upon a State highway for a distance | 7 | | not to exceed one-half mile
without a permit for the purpose of | 8 | | crossing the State highway.
| 9 | | (l) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, | 10 | | the Department,
with respect to highways under its | 11 | | jurisdiction, and local authorities, with
respect to highways | 12 | | under their jurisdiction, may at their discretion authorize
the | 13 | | movement of a vehicle in violation of any size or weight | 14 | | requirement, or
both, that would not ordinarily be eligible for | 15 | | a permit, when there is a
showing of extreme necessity that the | 16 | | vehicle and load should be moved without
unnecessary delay.
| 17 | | For the purpose of this subsection, showing of extreme | 18 | | necessity shall be
limited to the following: shipments of | 19 | | livestock, hazardous materials, liquid
concrete being hauled | 20 | | in a mobile cement mixer, or hot asphalt.
| 21 | | (m) Penalties for violations of this Section shall be in | 22 | | addition to any
penalties imposed for violating any other | 23 | | Section of this Code.
| 24 | | (n) The Department with respect to highways under its | 25 | | jurisdiction and
local
authorities with respect to highways | 26 | | under their jurisdiction, in their
discretion and upon
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| 1 | | application in writing, may issue a special permit for | 2 | | continuous limited
operation,
authorizing the applicant to | 3 | | operate a tow-truck that exceeds the weight limits
provided
for | 4 | | in subsection (a) of Section 15-111, provided:
| 5 | | (1) no rear single axle of the tow-truck exceeds 26,000 | 6 | | pounds;
| 7 | | (2) no rear tandem axle of the tow-truck exceeds 50,000 | 8 | | pounds;
| 9 | | (2.1) no triple rear axle on a manufactured recovery | 10 | | unit exceeds 60,000
pounds; | 11 | | (3) neither the disabled vehicle nor the disabled | 12 | | combination of vehicles
exceed the
weight restrictions | 13 | | imposed by this Chapter 15, or the weight limits imposed
| 14 | | under a
permit issued by the Department prior to hookup;
| 15 | | (4) the tow-truck prior to hookup does not exceed the | 16 | | weight restrictions
imposed
by this Chapter 15;
| 17 | | (5) during the tow operation the tow-truck does not | 18 | | violate any weight
restriction
sign;
| 19 | | (6) the tow-truck is equipped with flashing, rotating, | 20 | | or oscillating
amber
lights,
visible for at least 500 feet | 21 | | in all directions;
| 22 | | (7) the tow-truck is specifically designed and | 23 | | licensed as a tow-truck;
| 24 | | (8) the tow-truck has a gross vehicle weight rating of | 25 | | sufficient
capacity to safely
handle the load;
| 26 | | (9) the tow-truck is equipped with air brakes;
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| 1 | | (10) the tow-truck is capable of utilizing the lighting | 2 | | and braking
systems of the
disabled vehicle or combination | 3 | | of vehicles;
| 4 | | (11) the tow commences at the initial point of wreck or | 5 | | disablement and terminates at a point where the repairs are | 6 | | actually to occur;
| 7 | | (12) the permit issued to the tow-truck is carried in | 8 | | the tow-truck
and
exhibited on demand by a police officer; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | (13) the movement shall be valid only on state routes | 11 | | approved by the
Department.
| 12 | | (o) (Blank).
| 13 | | (p) In determining whether a load may be reasonably | 14 | | dismantled or disassembled for the purpose of paragraph (a), | 15 | | the Department shall consider whether there is a significant | 16 | | negative impact on the condition of the pavement and structures | 17 | | along the proposed route, whether the load or vehicle as | 18 | | proposed causes a safety hazard to the traveling public, | 19 | | whether dismantling or disassembling the load promotes or | 20 | | stifles economic development and whether the proposed route | 21 | | travels less than 5 miles. A load is not required to be | 22 | | dismantled or disassembled for the purposes of paragraph (a) if | 23 | | the Secretary of the Department determines there will be no | 24 | | significant negative impact to pavement or structures along the | 25 | | proposed route, the proposed load or vehicle causes no safety | 26 | | hazard to the traveling public, dismantling or disassembling |
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| 1 | | the load does not promote economic development and the proposed | 2 | | route travels less than 5 miles.
The Department may promulgate | 3 | | rules for the purpose of establishing the divisibility of a | 4 | | load pursuant to paragraph (a). Any load determined by the | 5 | | Secretary to be nondivisible shall otherwise comply with the | 6 | | existing size or weight maximums specified in this Chapter. | 7 | | (Source: P.A. 99-717, eff. 8-5-16.)
| 8 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 9 | | becoming law. |
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