Full Text of HB0683 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 Highway Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 9-113.02 as follows: | 6 | | (605 ILCS 5/9-113.02) | 7 | | Sec. 9-113.02. Damage to State-owned or local | 8 | | government-owned roadway property ; highway and highway | 9 | | property . | 10 | | (a) Any agency or instrumentality of the State of Illinois | 11 | | or unit of local government may seek recovery for the cost of | 12 | | the repair or replacement of damaged or destroyed roadway | 13 | | property. As used in this Section, "roadway property" includes | 14 | | road safety equipment and emergency equipment. Depreciation | 15 | | may not be used as a factor in determining the cost of the | 16 | | damaged or destroyed roadway property for which recovery is | 17 | | sought.
| 18 | | (b) Any agency or instrumentality of the State of Illinois | 19 | | or unit of local government may seek recovery for the cost of | 20 | | the repair of damaged or destroyed highways, highway | 21 | | structures, or traffic-control devices that result from | 22 | | operating, driving, or moving a truck tractor-semitrailer | 23 | | combination exceeding 55 feet in overall dimension authorized |
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| 1 | | under paragraph (1) of subsection (b) or paragraph (1) of | 2 | | subsection (f) of Section 15-107 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | 3 | | The measure of liability for the damage is the cost of | 4 | | repairing the highway, highway structure, or traffic-control | 5 | | device, or the depreciated replacement cost of a highway | 6 | | structure or traffic-control device. | 7 | | (Source: P.A. 97-373, eff. 1-1-12.) | 8 | | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 9 | | changing Section 15-107 as follows:
| 10 | | (625 ILCS 5/15-107)
(from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-107)
| 11 | | Sec. 15-107. Length of vehicles.
| 12 | | (a) The maximum length of a single vehicle on any highway | 13 | | of this State
may not exceed 42 feet except the following:
| 14 | | (1) Semitrailers.
| 15 | | (2) Charter or regulated route buses may be up to 45 | 16 | | feet in length, not
including energy absorbing bumpers.
| 17 | | (a-1) A motor home as defined in Section 1-145.01 may be up | 18 | | to 45 feet
in length, not including energy absorbing bumpers. | 19 | | The length limitations
described in this subsection (a-1) shall | 20 | | be exclusive of energy-absorbing
bumpers and rear view mirrors.
| 21 | | (b) On all non-State highways, the maximum length of | 22 | | vehicles in
combinations
is as follows:
| 23 | | (1) A truck tractor in combination with a semitrailer | 24 | | may
not exceed 65 55 feet overall dimension. An agency or |
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| 1 | | instrumentality of the State of Illinois or any unit of | 2 | | local government shall not be required to widen or | 3 | | otherwise alter a non-State highway constructed before the | 4 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General | 5 | | Assembly to accommodate truck tractors under this | 6 | | paragraph (1).
| 7 | | (2) A truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer or truck | 8 | | tractor semitrailer-semitrailer may not exceed 60 feet
| 9 | | overall dimension.
| 10 | | (3) Combinations specially designed to transport motor | 11 | | vehicles or
boats may not exceed 60 feet overall dimension.
| 12 | | (4) The distance between the kingpin and the center | 13 | | axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in combination | 14 | | with a truck tractor, may not exceed 42 feet 6 inches. The | 15 | | limit contained in this paragraph (4) shall not apply to | 16 | | trailers or semitrailers used for the transport of | 17 | | livestock as defined by Section 18b-101. | 18 | | Vehicles operating during daylight hours when transporting | 19 | | poles, pipes,
machinery, or other objects of a structural | 20 | | nature that cannot readily be
dismembered are exempt from | 21 | | length limitations, provided that no object may
exceed 80 feet | 22 | | in length and the overall dimension of the vehicle including | 23 | | the
load
may not exceed 100 feet. This exemption does not apply | 24 | | to operation on a
Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Legal | 25 | | holidays referred to in this Section
are
the days on which the | 26 | | following traditional holidays are celebrated: New
Year's
Day; |
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| 1 | | Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; | 2 | | and
Christmas Day.
| 3 | | Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en | 4 | | route to make
emergency repairs to public service facilities or | 5 | | properties are exempt from
length
limitations, provided that | 6 | | during night operations every vehicle and its load
must
be | 7 | | equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both | 8 | | sides and
marker lamps on the extreme ends of any projecting | 9 | | load to clearly mark the
dimensions of the load.
| 10 | | A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or | 11 | | combination of
disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph (6) | 12 | | of subsection (c) of this
Section, is
exempt from length | 13 | | limitations.
| 14 | | All other combinations not listed in this subsection (b) | 15 | | may not exceed 60
feet overall dimension.
| 16 | | (c) Except as provided in subsections (c-1) and (c-2), | 17 | | combinations of vehicles may not exceed a total of 2 vehicles | 18 | | except
the
following:
| 19 | | (1) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one trailer.
| 20 | | (2) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one converter | 21 | | dolly or one semitrailer.
| 22 | | (3) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one vehicle | 23 | | that is defined
in Chapter 1 as special mobile equipment, | 24 | | provided the overall dimension does
not
exceed 60 feet.
| 25 | | (4) A truck in transit may draw 3 trucks in transit | 26 | | coupled
together by the triple saddlemount method.
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| 1 | | (5) Recreational vehicles consisting of 3 vehicles, | 2 | | provided
the following:
| 3 | | (A) The total overall dimension does not exceed 60
| 4 | | feet.
| 5 | | (B) The towing vehicle is a properly registered
| 6 | | vehicle capable of towing another vehicle using a | 7 | | fifth-wheel type assembly.
| 8 | | (C) The second vehicle in the combination of | 9 | | vehicles is
a recreational vehicle that is towed by a
| 10 | | fifth-wheel assembly. This vehicle must be
properly | 11 | | registered and must be equipped with
brakes, | 12 | | regardless of weight.
| 13 | | (D) The third vehicle must be the
lightest of the 3 | 14 | | vehicles and be a trailer or
semitrailer designed or | 15 | | used for
transporting a boat, all-terrain vehicle,
| 16 | | personal watercraft, or motorcycle.
| 17 | | (E) The towed vehicles may be only for the use
of | 18 | | the operator of the towing vehicle.
| 19 | | (F) All vehicles must be properly equipped with
| 20 | | operating brakes and safety equipment required by this | 21 | | Code, except the
additional
brake requirement in | 22 | | subdivision (C) of this subparagraph (5).
| 23 | | (6) A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle | 24 | | or combination
of
disabled vehicles, provided the towing | 25 | | vehicle:
| 26 | | (A) Is specifically designed as a tow truck having |
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| 1 | | a gross vehicle
weight rating of
at least 18,000 pounds | 2 | | and equipped with air brakes, provided that air brakes
| 3 | | are
required only if the towing vehicle is towing a | 4 | | vehicle, semitrailer, or
tractor-trailer combination | 5 | | that is equipped with air brakes. For the purpose
of | 6 | | this
subsection, gross vehicle weight rating, or GVWR, | 7 | | means the value
specified by the manufacturer as the | 8 | | loaded weight of the tow truck.
| 9 | | (B) Is equipped with flashing, rotating, or | 10 | | oscillating amber lights,
visible for at
least 500 feet | 11 | | in all directions.
| 12 | | (C) Is capable of utilizing the lighting and | 13 | | braking systems of the
disabled
vehicle or combination | 14 | | of vehicles.
| 15 | | (D) Does not engage a tow exceeding 50 highway | 16 | | miles from the initial
point of
wreck or disablement to | 17 | | a place of repair. Any additional movement of the
| 18 | | vehicles may occur only upon issuance of authorization | 19 | | for that movement under
the provisions of Sections | 20 | | 15-301 through 15-319 of this Code.
| 21 | | The Department may by rule or regulation prescribe | 22 | | additional
requirements
regarding length limitations for a | 23 | | tow truck towing another vehicle.
| 24 | | For purposes of this Section, a tow-dolly that merely | 25 | | serves as
substitute
wheels for another legally licensed | 26 | | vehicle is considered part of the
licensed
vehicle and not |
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| 1 | | a separate vehicle.
| 2 | | (7) Commercial vehicles consisting of 3 vehicles, | 3 | | provided the following: | 4 | | (A) The total overall dimension does not exceed 65 | 5 | | feet. | 6 | | (B) The towing vehicle is a properly registered | 7 | | vehicle capable of towing another vehicle using a | 8 | | fifth-wheel type assembly or a goose-neck hitch ball. | 9 | | (C) The third vehicle must be the lightest of the 3 | 10 | | vehicles and be a trailer or semitrailer. | 11 | | (D) All vehicles must be properly equipped with | 12 | | operating brakes and safety equipment required by this | 13 | | Code.
| 14 | | (E) The combination of vehicles must be operated by | 15 | | a person who holds a commercial driver's license (CDL).
| 16 | | (F) The combination of vehicles must be en route to | 17 | | a location where new or used trailers are sold by an | 18 | | Illinois or out-of-state licensed new or used trailer | 19 | | dealer.
| 20 | | (c-1) A combination of 3 vehicles is allowed access to any | 21 | | State designated highway if: | 22 | | (1) the length of neither towed vehicle exceeds 28.5 | 23 | | feet; | 24 | | (2) the overall wheel base of the combination of | 25 | | vehicles does not exceed 62 feet; and
| 26 | | (3) the combination of vehicles is en route to a |
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| 1 | | location where new or used trailers are sold by an Illinois | 2 | | or out-of-state licensed new or used trailer dealer.
| 3 | | (c-2) A combination of 3 vehicles is allowed access from | 4 | | any State designated highway onto any county, township, or | 5 | | municipal highway for a distance of 5 highway miles for the | 6 | | purpose of delivery or collection of one or both of the towed | 7 | | vehicles if: | 8 | | (1) the length of neither towed vehicle exceeds 28.5 | 9 | | feet; | 10 | | (2) the combination of vehicles does not exceed 40,000 | 11 | | pounds in gross weight and 8 feet 6 inches in width; | 12 | | (3) there is no sign prohibiting that access; | 13 | | (4) the route is not being used as a thoroughfare | 14 | | between State designated highways; and
| 15 | | (5) the combination of vehicles is en route to a | 16 | | location where new or used trailers are sold by an Illinois | 17 | | or out-of-state licensed new or used trailer dealer.
| 18 | | (d) On Class I highways there are no overall length | 19 | | limitations on motor
vehicles
operating in combinations | 20 | | provided:
| 21 | | (1) The length of a semitrailer, unladen or with load,
| 22 | | in combination with a truck tractor may not exceed 53 feet.
| 23 | | (2) The distance between the kingpin and the center of
| 24 | | the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in | 25 | | combination
with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45 feet 6 | 26 | | inches. The limit contained in this paragraph (2) shall not |
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| 1 | | apply to trailers or semi-trailers used for the transport | 2 | | of livestock as defined by Section 18b-101.
| 3 | | (3) The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen or
| 4 | | with load, operated in a truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer
| 5 | | or truck tractor semitrailer-semitrailer combination, may | 6 | | not exceed 28 feet 6 inches.
| 7 | | (4) Maxi-cube combinations, as defined in Chapter 1,
| 8 | | may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.
| 9 | | (5) Combinations of vehicles specifically designed to
| 10 | | transport motor vehicles or boats may not exceed 65 feet
| 11 | | overall dimension. The length limitation is inclusive of
| 12 | | front and rear bumpers but exclusive of the overhang of the
| 13 | | transported vehicles, as provided in paragraph (i) of this
| 14 | | Section.
| 15 | | (6) Stinger-steered Stinger steered semitrailer | 16 | | vehicles specifically designed to transport motor vehicles | 17 | | or
boats and automobile transporters, as defined in Chapter | 18 | | 1, may not exceed 80 feet overall dimension. The length
| 19 | | limitation is inclusive of front and rear bumpers but
| 20 | | exclusive of the overhang of the transported vehicles, as
| 21 | | provided in paragraph (i) of this Section.
| 22 | | (7) A truck in transit transporting 3 trucks coupled
| 23 | | together by the triple saddlemount method may not
exceed 97 | 24 | | feet overall dimension.
| 25 | | (8) A towaway trailer transporter combination may not | 26 | | exceed 82 feet overall dimension. |
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| 1 | | Vehicles operating during daylight hours when transporting | 2 | | poles, pipes,
machinery, or other objects of a structural | 3 | | nature that cannot readily be
dismembered are exempt from | 4 | | length limitations, provided that no object may
exceed 80 feet | 5 | | in length and the overall dimension of the vehicle including | 6 | | the
load
may not exceed 100 feet. This exemption does not apply | 7 | | to operation on a
Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Legal | 8 | | holidays referred to in this Section
are
the days on which the | 9 | | following traditional holidays are celebrated: New
Year's
Day; | 10 | | Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; | 11 | | and
Christmas Day.
| 12 | | Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en | 13 | | route to make
emergency repairs to public service facilities or | 14 | | properties are exempt from
length
limitations, provided that | 15 | | during night operations every vehicle and its load
must
be | 16 | | equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both | 17 | | sides and
marker lamps on the extreme ends of any projecting | 18 | | load to clearly mark the
dimensions of the load.
| 19 | | A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or | 20 | | combination of
disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph (6) | 21 | | of subsection (c) of this
Section, is
exempt from length | 22 | | limitations.
| 23 | | The length limitations described in this paragraph (d) | 24 | | shall be exclusive
of safety and energy conservation devices,
| 25 | | such as bumpers, refrigeration
units or air compressors and | 26 | | other devices, that the Department may interpret
as necessary |
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| 1 | | for safe and efficient
operation; except that no device | 2 | | excluded under this paragraph shall have by
its design or use | 3 | | the capability to carry cargo.
| 4 | | Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act | 5 | | relating to
procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the | 6 | | designation of highways under
this paragraph (d).
| 7 | | (e) On Class II highways there are no overall length | 8 | | limitations on motor
vehicles
operating in combinations, | 9 | | provided:
| 10 | | (1) The length of a semitrailer, unladen or with load,
| 11 | | in combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 53 feet
| 12 | | overall dimension.
| 13 | | (2) The distance between the kingpin and the center of
| 14 | | the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in | 15 | | combination
with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45 feet 6 | 16 | | inches. The limit contained in this paragraph (2) shall not | 17 | | apply to trailers or semi-trailers used for the transport | 18 | | of livestock as defined by Section 18b-101.
| 19 | | (3) A truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer or truck | 20 | | tractor semitrailer-semitrailer combination may
not exceed | 21 | | 65 feet in dimension from front axle to rear
axle.
| 22 | | (4) The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen or
| 23 | | with load, operated in a truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer | 24 | | or truck tractor semitrailer-semitrailer
combination, may | 25 | | not exceed 28 feet 6 inches.
| 26 | | (5) Maxi-cube combinations, as defined in Chapter 1,
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| 1 | | may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.
| 2 | | (6) A combination of vehicles, specifically designed | 3 | | to
transport motor vehicles or boats, may not exceed 65 | 4 | | feet
overall dimension. The length limitation is inclusive | 5 | | of
front and rear bumpers but exclusive of the overhang of | 6 | | the
transported vehicles, as provided in paragraph (i) of | 7 | | this
Section.
| 8 | | (7) Stinger-steered Stinger steered semitrailer | 9 | | vehicles specifically designed to transport motor vehicles | 10 | | or
boats , may not exceed 80 feet overall dimension. The | 11 | | length
limitation is inclusive of front and rear bumpers | 12 | | but
exclusive of the overhang of the transported vehicles, | 13 | | as
provided in paragraph (i) of this Section.
| 14 | | (8) A truck in transit transporting 3 trucks coupled | 15 | | together by the
triple
saddlemount method may not exceed 97 | 16 | | feet overall dimension.
| 17 | | (9) A towaway trailer transporter combination may not | 18 | | exceed 82 feet overall dimension. | 19 | | Vehicles operating during daylight hours when transporting | 20 | | poles, pipes,
machinery, or other objects of a structural | 21 | | nature that cannot readily be
dismembered are exempt from | 22 | | length limitations, provided that no object may
exceed 80 feet | 23 | | in length and the overall dimension of the vehicle including | 24 | | the
load
may not exceed 100 feet. This exemption does not apply | 25 | | to operation on a
Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Legal | 26 | | holidays referred to in this Section
are
the days on which the |
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| 1 | | following traditional holidays are celebrated: New Year's
Day; | 2 | | Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; | 3 | | and
Christmas Day.
| 4 | | Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en | 5 | | route to make
emergency repairs to public service facilities or | 6 | | properties are exempt from
length
limitations, provided that | 7 | | during night operations every vehicle and its load
must
be | 8 | | equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both | 9 | | sides and
marker lamps on the extreme ends of any projecting | 10 | | load to clearly mark the
dimensions of the load.
| 11 | | A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or | 12 | | combination of
disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph (6) | 13 | | of subsection (c) of this
Section, is
exempt from length | 14 | | limitations.
| 15 | | Local authorities, with respect to
streets and highways | 16 | | under their jurisdiction, may also by ordinance or
resolution | 17 | | allow length limitations of this subsection (e).
| 18 | | The length limitations described in this paragraph (e) | 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 |
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| 1 | | designation of highways under
this paragraph (e).
| 2 | | (e-1) Combinations of vehicles
not exceeding 65 feet | 3 | | overall length are
allowed access
as follows: | 4 | | (1) From any State designated highway onto any county, | 5 | | township, or
municipal highway for a distance of 5 highway | 6 | | miles for the purpose of
loading and unloading, provided: | 7 | | (A) The vehicle does not exceed 80,000 pounds in | 8 | | gross weight
and 8 feet 6 inches in width. | 9 | | (B) There is no sign prohibiting that access. | 10 | | (C) The route is not being used as a thoroughfare | 11 | | between State
designated highways. | 12 | | (2) From any State designated highway onto any county | 13 | | or township
highway for a distance of 5 highway miles or | 14 | | onto any municipal highway for
a distance of one highway | 15 | | mile for the purpose of food, fuel, repairs, and rest,
| 16 | | provided: | 17 | | (A) The vehicle does not exceed 80,000 pounds in | 18 | | gross weight
and 8 feet 6 inches in width. | 19 | | (B) There is no sign prohibiting that access. | 20 | | (C) The route is not being used as a thoroughfare | 21 | | between State
designated highways. | 22 | | (e-2) Except as provided in subsection (e-3), combinations | 23 | | of vehicles over
65
feet in length, with no overall length
| 24 | | limitation except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of | 25 | | this Section, are
allowed access as follows: | 26 | | (1) From a Class I highway onto any street or highway |
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| 1 | | for a distance of
one highway mile for the purpose of | 2 | | loading, unloading, food, fuel, repairs,
and rest, | 3 | | provided there is no sign prohibiting that access. | 4 | | (2) From a Class I or Class II highway onto any State | 5 | | highway or any
locally designated highway for a distance of | 6 | | 5 highway miles for the purpose
of loading, unloading, | 7 | | food, fuel, repairs, and rest. | 8 | | (e-3) Combinations of vehicles over 65 feet in length | 9 | | operated by household
goods carriers or towaway trailer | 10 | | transporter combinations, with no overall length limitations | 11 | | except as provided in
subsections (d) and (e) of this Section, | 12 | | have unlimited access to points of
loading,
unloading, or | 13 | | delivery to or from a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer. | 14 | | (f) On Class III and other non-designated State highways, | 15 | | the length
limitations
for vehicles in combination are as | 16 | | follows:
| 17 | | (1) Truck tractor-semitrailer combinations , must
| 18 | | comply with either a maximum 55 feet overall wheel base or
| 19 | | a maximum 65 feet extreme overall dimension. An agency or | 20 | | instrumentality of the State of Illinois or any unit of | 21 | | local government shall not be required to widen or | 22 | | otherwise alter a Class III or other non-designated State | 23 | | highway constructed before the effective date of this | 24 | | amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly to accommodate | 25 | | truck tractor-semitrailer combinations under this | 26 | | paragraph (1).
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| 1 | | (2) Semitrailers, unladen or with load, may not exceed
| 2 | | 53 feet overall dimension.
| 3 | | (3) No truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer or truck | 4 | | tractor semitrailer-semitrailer combination may
exceed 60 | 5 | | feet extreme overall dimension.
| 6 | | (4) The distance between the kingpin and the center | 7 | | axle of a
semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in combination | 8 | | with a truck tractor, may
not exceed 42 feet 6 inches. The | 9 | | limit contained in this paragraph (4) shall not apply to | 10 | | trailers or semi-trailers used for the transport of | 11 | | livestock as defined by Section 18b-101.
| 12 | | (g) Length limitations in the preceding subsections of this | 13 | | Section 15-107
do not apply to the following:
| 14 | | (1) Vehicles operated in the daytime, except on | 15 | | Saturdays, Sundays, or
legal holidays, when transporting | 16 | | poles, pipe, machinery, or other objects of a
structural | 17 | | nature that cannot readily be dismembered, provided the | 18 | | overall
length of vehicle and load may not exceed 100 feet | 19 | | and no object exceeding 80
feet in length may be | 20 | | transported unless a permit has been obtained as
authorized | 21 | | in Section 15-301.
| 22 | | (2) Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility | 23 | | while en route to make
emergency repairs to public service | 24 | | facilities or properties, but during
night operation every | 25 | | vehicle and its load must be equipped with
a
sufficient | 26 | | number of clearance lamps on both sides and marker lamps |
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extreme ends of any projecting load to clearly | 2 | | mark the dimensions of the load.
| 3 | | (3) A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle | 4 | | or combination of
disabled vehicles, provided the towing | 5 | | vehicle meets the following conditions:
| 6 | | (A) It is specifically designed as a tow truck | 7 | | having a gross vehicle
weight
rating of at least 18,000 | 8 | | pounds and equipped with air brakes, provided that
air
| 9 | | brakes are required only if the towing vehicle is | 10 | | towing a vehicle,
semitrailer, or tractor-trailer | 11 | | combination that is equipped with air brakes.
| 12 | | (B) It is equipped with flashing, rotating, or | 13 | | oscillating amber lights,
visible for at least 500 feet | 14 | | in all directions.
| 15 | | (C) It is capable of utilizing the lighting and | 16 | | braking systems of the
disabled vehicle or combination | 17 | | of vehicles.
| 18 | | (D) It does not engage in a tow exceeding 50 miles | 19 | | from the initial
point
of wreck or disablement.
| 20 | | The Department may by rule or regulation prescribe | 21 | | additional requirements
regarding length limitations for a tow | 22 | | truck towing another vehicle.
The towing vehicle, however, may | 23 | | tow any disabled vehicle from the initial
point of wreck or | 24 | | disablement to a point where repairs are actually to occur.
| 25 | | This movement shall be valid only on State routes.
The tower | 26 | | must abide by posted bridge weight limits.
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| 1 | | For the purpose of this subsection, gross vehicle weight | 2 | | rating, or GVWR,
shall mean the value specified by the | 3 | | manufacturer as the loaded weight of
the tow truck. Legal | 4 | | holidays referred to in this Section shall be
specified as the | 5 | | day on which the following traditional holidays are
celebrated:
| 6 | | New Year's Day;
| 7 | | Memorial Day;
| 8 | | Independence Day;
| 9 | | Labor Day;
| 10 | | Thanksgiving Day; and
| 11 | | Christmas Day.
| 12 | | (h) The load upon any vehicle operated alone, or the load | 13 | | upon the
front vehicle of a combination of vehicles, shall not | 14 | | extend more than 3
feet beyond the front wheels of the vehicle | 15 | | or the front bumper of the
vehicle if it is equipped with a | 16 | | front bumper.
The provisions of this subsection (h) shall not | 17 | | apply to any vehicle or
combination of vehicles specifically | 18 | | designed for the collection and
transportation of waste, | 19 | | garbage, or recyclable materials during the vehicle's
| 20 | | operation in the course of collecting
garbage, waste, or
| 21 | | recyclable materials if the vehicle is traveling at a speed not | 22 | | in
excess of
15 miles per hour during the vehicle's operation | 23 | | and in the course of
collecting garbage, waste, or recyclable | 24 | | materials. However, in no instance
shall the load extend more | 25 | | than 7 feet beyond the front wheels of the vehicle
or the front | 26 | | bumper of the vehicle if it is equipped with a front bumper.
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| 1 | | (i) The load upon the front vehicle of an automobile | 2 | | transporter or a stinger-steered vehicle
specifically designed | 3 | | to transport motor vehicles shall not extend more
than 4 feet | 4 | | beyond the foremost part of the transporting vehicle and the
| 5 | | load upon the rear transporting vehicle shall not extend more | 6 | | than 6 feet
beyond the rear of the bed or body of the vehicle. | 7 | | This paragraph shall
only be applicable upon highways | 8 | | designated in paragraphs (d) and (e) of
this Section.
| 9 | | (j) Articulated vehicles comprised of 2 sections, neither | 10 | | of which
exceeds a length of 42 feet, designed for the carrying | 11 | | of more than 10
persons, may be up to 60 feet in length, not | 12 | | including energy absorbing
bumpers, provided that the vehicles | 13 | | are:
| 14 | | 1. operated by or for any public body or motor carrier | 15 | | authorized by law
to provide public transportation | 16 | | services; or
| 17 | | 2. operated in local public transportation service by | 18 | | any other person
and the municipality in which the service | 19 | | is to be provided approved the
operation of the vehicle.
| 20 | | (j-1) (Blank).
| 21 | | (k) Any person who is convicted of violating this Section | 22 | | is subject
to the penalty as provided in paragraph (b) of | 23 | | Section 15-113.
| 24 | | (l) (Blank).
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 99-717, eff. 8-5-16; revised 10-28-16.)
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