Full Text of SB3282 96th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 15-316 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/15-316) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-316)
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| Sec. 15-316. When the Department or local authority may | 8 |
| restrict right to use highways.
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| (a) Except as provided in subsection (g), local Local | 10 |
| authorities with
respect to highways under their jurisdiction | 11 |
| may by ordinance or resolution
prohibit the operation of | 12 |
| vehicles upon any such highway or impose
restrictions as to the | 13 |
| weight of vehicles to be operated upon any such
highway, for a | 14 |
| total period of not to exceed 90 days in any one calendar
year, | 15 |
| whenever any said highway by reason of deterioration, rain, | 16 |
| snow, or
other climate conditions will be seriously damaged or | 17 |
| destroyed unless the
use of vehicles thereon is prohibited or | 18 |
| the permissible weights thereof
reduced.
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| (b) The local authority
enacting any such ordinance or | 20 |
| resolution shall erect or cause to be erected
and maintained | 21 |
| signs designating the provision of the ordinance or resolution
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| at each end of that portion of any highway affected thereby, | 23 |
| and the ordinance
or resolution shall not be effective unless |
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| and until such signs are erected
and maintained.
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| (c) Local authorities with
respect to highways under their | 3 |
| jurisdiction may also, by ordinance or
resolution, prohibit the | 4 |
| operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles,
or may impose | 5 |
| limitations as the weight thereof, on designated highways, | 6 |
| which
prohibitions and limitations shall be designated by | 7 |
| appropriate signs placed on
such highways.
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| (c-1) (Blank).
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| (d) The Department shall likewise have authority as | 10 |
| hereinbefore
granted to local authorities to
determine by | 11 |
| resolution and to impose restrictions as to the weight of | 12 |
| vehicles
operated upon any highway under the jurisdiction of | 13 |
| said department, and such
restrictions shall be effective when | 14 |
| signs giving notice thereof are erected
upon the highway or | 15 |
| portion of any highway affected by such resolution.
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| (d-1) (Blank).
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| (d-2) (Blank).
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| (e) When any vehicle is operated in violation of this | 19 |
| Section, the owner
or driver of the vehicle shall be deemed | 20 |
| guilty of a violation and either the
owner or the driver of the | 21 |
| vehicle may be prosecuted for the violation. Any
person, firm, | 22 |
| or corporation convicted of violating this Section shall be | 23 |
| fined
$50 for any weight exceeding the posted limit up to the | 24 |
| axle or gross weight
limit allowed a vehicle as provided for in | 25 |
| subsections (a) or (b) of Section
15-111 and $75 per every 500 | 26 |
| pounds or fraction thereof for any weight
exceeding that which |
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| is provided for in subsections (a) or
(b) of Section 15-111.
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| (f) A municipality is authorized to enforce a county weight | 3 |
| limit
ordinance applying to county highways within its | 4 |
| corporate limits and is
entitled to the proceeds of any fines | 5 |
| collected from the enforcement.
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| (g) An ordinance or resolution enacted by a county or | 7 |
| township pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section shall not | 8 |
| apply to cargo tank vehicles with two or three permanent axles | 9 |
| when delivering propane for emergency heating purposes if the | 10 |
| cargo tank is loaded at no more than 50 percent capacity, the | 11 |
| gross vehicle weight of the vehicle does not exceed 32,000 | 12 |
| pounds, and the driver of the cargo tank vehicle notifies the | 13 |
| appropriate agency or agencies with jurisdiction over the | 14 |
| highway before driving the vehicle on the highway pursuant to | 15 |
| this subsection. The cargo tank vehicle must have an operating | 16 |
| gauge on the cargo tank which indicates the amount of propane | 17 |
| as a percent of capacity of the cargo tank. The cargo tank must | 18 |
| have the capacity displayed on the cargo tank, or documentation | 19 |
| of the capacity of the cargo tank must be available in the | 20 |
| vehicle. For the purposes of this subsection, propane weighs | 21 |
| 4.2 pounds per gallon. This subsection does not apply to | 22 |
| municipalities. Nothing in this subsection shall allow cargo | 23 |
| tank
vehicles
to cross bridges with posted weight restrictions | 24 |
| if the vehicle exceeds the posted weight limit. | 25 |
| (Source: P.A. 92-417, eff. 1-1-02; 93-177, eff. 7-11-03.)
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