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90_HB0762

      625 ILCS 5/2-123          from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-123
      625 ILCS 5/4-201          from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-201
      625 ILCS 5/4-204          from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-204
      625 ILCS 5/4-208          from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-208
      625 ILCS 5/12-215         from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-215
      625 ILCS 5/15-111         from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-111
          Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that notations
      of accident involvement  that  may  be  disclosed  shall  not
      include  notations  relating  to damage to a vehicle or other
      property being transported by a tow truck.  Provides  that  a
      towing  service  may begin to process an unclaimed vehicle as
      abandoned by requesting a record search by the  Secretary  of
      State up to 10 days after the date of the tow or a later date
      acceptable  to the Secretary. Provides that a law enforcement
      agency shall set forth and provide to the public  in  writing
      its  policies,  standards,  and  procedures  to  be  used  in
      determining which towing services shall be authorized to tow.
      Provides  that the notice sent to a vehicle owner after a law
      enforcement agency or towing service has impounded a  vehicle
      shall contain certain information. Provides that oscillating,
      rotating,  or  flashing  lights  on a second division vehicle
      that tows or hoists vehicles shall not be lighted unless  the
      vehicles  are traveling slower than the flow of traffic or if
      use of these lights  is  otherwise  necessary  to  prevent  a
      traffic  hazard.   Provides that axle weight limits shall not
      apply if the towing of vehicles does  not  exceed  25  miles.
      Provides  that  the  towing of vehicles on highways shall not
      exceed 25  (instead  of  15)  miles.   Makes  other  changes.
      Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
 2    Sections 2-123, 4-201, 4-204, 4-208, 12-215, and 15-111.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended by
 6    changing Sections 2-123, 4-201,  4-204,  4-208,  12-215,  and
 7    15-111 as follows:
 8        (625 ILCS 5/2-123) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-123)
 9        Sec. 2-123.  Sale and Distribution of Information.
10        (a)  Except  as  otherwise  provided in this Section, the
11    Secretary may make the driver's license,  vehicle  and  title
12    registration  lists, in part or in whole, and any statistical
13    information derived  from  these  lists  available  to  local
14    governments,   elected  state  officials,  state  educational
15    institutions, public libraries  and  all  other  governmental
16    units of the State and Federal Government requesting them for
17    governmental  purposes.  The Secretary shall require any such
18    applicant for services to pay for  the  costs  of  furnishing
19    such  services  and the use of the equipment involved, and in
20    addition is empowered to establish prices and charges for the
21    services so furnished and  for  the  use  of  the  electronic
22    equipment utilized.
23        (b)  The Secretary is further empowered to and he may, in
24    his  discretion,  furnish to any applicant, other than listed
25    in subsection (a) of this Section, vehicle or driver data  on
26    a  computer tape, disk, or printout at a fixed fee of $200 in
27    advance and require in addition a further sufficient  deposit
28    based  upon  the  Secretary  of State's estimate of the total
29    cost of the information requested and a  charge  of  $20  per
30    1,000  units  or  part thereof identified or the actual cost,
31    whichever is greater. The Secretary is authorized  to  refund
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 1    any  difference between the additional deposit and the actual
 2    cost of the request.  This service shall not be in lieu of an
 3    abstract of a driver's record nor of a title or  registration
 4    search.   The  information  sold  pursuant to this subsection
 5    shall be the entire vehicle or  driver  data  list,  or  part
 6    thereof.
 7        (c)  Secretary  of  State  may  issue registration lists.
 8    The Secretary of State shall compile and  publish,  at  least
 9    annually,  a  list  of all registered vehicles.  Each list of
10    registered vehicles shall be arranged serially  according  to
11    the  registration numbers assigned to registered vehicles and
12    shall  contain  in  addition  the  names  and  addresses   of
13    registered  owners  and  a  brief description of each vehicle
14    including the serial or  other  identifying  number  thereof.
15    Such  compilation may be in such form as in the discretion of
16    the Secretary  of  State  may  seem  best  for  the  purposes
17    intended.
18        (d)  The  Secretary of State shall furnish no more than 2
19    current available lists of such registrations to the sheriffs
20    of all counties and to the chiefs of police of all cities and
21    villages and towns of 2,000 population and over in this State
22    at no cost.  Additional copies may be purchased at the fee of
23    $400 each or at the cost of producing the list as  determined
24    by the Secretary of State.
25        (e)  The  Secretary  of  State shall upon written request
26    and the payment of  the  fee  of  $400  furnish  the  current
27    available  list  of  such  motor vehicle registrations to any
28    person so long as the supply of available registration  lists
29    shall last.
30        (e-1)  Commercial purchasers of driver and vehicle record
31    databases  shall  enter  into  a  written  agreement with the
32    Secretary of State that includes disclosure of the commercial
33    use of the  intended  purchase.   Affected  drivers,  vehicle
34    owners,  or  registrants  may  request  that their personally
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 1    identifiable  information  not   be   used   for   commercial
 2    solicitation purposes.
 3        (f)  Title   or  registration  search  and  certification
 4    thereof - Fee. The Secretary of State shall make a  title  or
 5    registration  search  of  the  records  of  his  office and a
 6    written report on the  same  for  any  person,  upon  written
 7    application  of  such  person, accompanied by a fee of $4 for
 8    each registration or title search.  No fee shall  be  charged
 9    for  a title or registration search, or for the certification
10    thereof requested by a government agency.
11        The  Secretary  of  State  shall  certify  a   title   or
12    registration   record  upon  written  request.  The  fee  for
13    certification shall be $4 in addition to the fee required for
14    a title or registration search. Certification shall  be  made
15    under  the  signature of the Secretary of State  and shall be
16    authenticated by Seal of the Secretary of State.
17        The Secretary of State may notify the  vehicle  owner  or
18    registrant  of  the  request  for  purchase  of  his title or
19    registration information as the Secretary deems appropriate.
20        The vehicle owner or  registrant  residence  address  and
21    other personally identifiable information on the record shall
22    not  be  disclosed.   This  nondisclosure  shall not apply to
23    requests  made  by  law  enforcement  officials,   government
24    agencies,   financial   institutions,   attorneys,  insurers,
25    employers, automobile associated businesses,  other  business
26    entities  for  purposes  consistent with the Illinois Vehicle
27    Code, the vehicle owner or registrant, or other  entities  as
28    the  Secretary  may  exempt  by  rule  and  regulation.  This
29    information may be withheld from the entities  listed  above,
30    except   law   enforcement   and   government  agencies  upon
31    presentation of a valid court order  of  protection  for  the
32    duration of the order.
33        No  information  shall be released to the requestor until
34    expiration of a 10 day period.  This 10 day period shall  not
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 1    apply  to  requests  for  information made by law enforcement
 2    officials,  government  agencies,   financial   institutions,
 3    attorneys,   insurers,   employers,   automobile   associated
 4    businesses,  persons licensed as a private detective or firms
 5    licensed as a private  detective  agency  under  the  Private
 6    Detective,  Private  Alarm, and Private Security Act of 1983,
 7    who  are  employed  by  or  are  acting  on  behalf  of   law
 8    enforcement   officials,   government   agencies,   financial
 9    institutions,   attorneys,  insurers,  employers,  automobile
10    associated  businesses,  and  other  business  entities   for
11    purposes  consistent  with  the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code, the
12    vehicle  owner  or  registrant  or  other  entities  as   the
13    Secretary may exempt by rule and regulation.
14        Any  misrepresentation  made  by  a requestor of title or
15    vehicle information shall be punishable as a  petty  offense,
16    except in the case of persons licensed as a private detective
17    or  firms  licensed as a private detective agency which shall
18    be subject to disciplinary sanctions under Section 22  or  25
19    of the Private Detective, Private Alarm, and Private Security
20    Act of 1983.
21        (g) 1.  The  Secretary  of  State  may, upon receipt of a
22        written request and a fee of $5, furnish to the person or
23        agency so requesting a driver's  record.   Such  document
24        may   include  a  record  of:  current  driver's  license
25        issuance information,  except  that  the  information  on
26        judicial  driving  permits  shall  be  available  only as
27        otherwise provided  by  this  Code;  convictions;  orders
28        entered  revoking,  suspending  or  cancelling a driver's
29        license  or  privilege;   and   notations   of   accident
30        involvement.   All  other  information,  unless otherwise
31        permitted by this Code, shall remain confidential.
32             2.  The Secretary of State may certify  an  abstract
33        of  a  driver's  record  upon  written  request therefor.
34        Such certification shall be made under the  signature  of
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 1        the  Secretary of State and shall be authenticated by the
 2        Seal of his office.
 3             3.  All  requests  for  driving  record  information
 4        shall be made in a manner prescribed by the Secretary.
 5             The Secretary  of  State  may  notify  the  affected
 6        driver of the request for purchase of his driver's record
 7        as the Secretary deems appropriate.
 8             The  affected  driver  residence  address  and other
 9        personally identifiable information on the  record  shall
10        not  be disclosed.  This nondisclosure shall not apply to
11        requests made by law  enforcement  officials,  government
12        agencies,  financial  institutions,  attorneys, insurers,
13        employers,  automobile   associated   businesses,   other
14        business   entities  for  purposes  consistent  with  the
15        Illinois Vehicle Code,  the  affected  driver,  or  other
16        entities   as  the  Secretary  may  exempt  by  rule  and
17        regulation.  This information may be  withheld  from  the
18        entities   listed   above,  except  law  enforcement  and
19        government agencies, upon presentation of a  valid  court
20        order of protection for the duration of the order.
21             No  information  shall  be released to the requester
22        until expiration of a 10 day period.  This 10 day  period
23        shall  not  apply to requests for information made by law
24        enforcement  officials,  government  agencies,  financial
25        institutions, attorneys, insurers, employers,  automobile
26        associated  businesses,  persons  licensed  as  a private
27        detective or firms licensed as a private detective agency
28        under the Private Detective, Private Alarm,  and  Private
29        Security  Act  of 1983, who are employed by or are acting
30        on  behalf  of  law  enforcement  officials,   government
31        agencies,  financial  institutions,  attorneys, insurers,
32        employers, automobile associated  businesses,  and  other
33        business   entities  for  purposes  consistent  with  the
34        Illinois Vehicle  Code,  the  affected  driver  or  other
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 1        entities   as  the  Secretary  may  exempt  by  rule  and
 2        regulation.
 3             Any misrepresentation made by a requestor of  driver
 4        information  shall  be  punishable  as  a  petty offense,
 5        except in the case  of  persons  licensed  as  a  private
 6        detective or firms licensed as a private detective agency
 7        which  shall  be  subject to disciplinary sanctions under
 8        Section 22 or 25 of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
 9        and Private Security Act of 1983.
10             4.  The Secretary of State may furnish without  fee,
11        upon the written request of a law enforcement agency, any
12        information  from  a  driver's  record  on  file with the
13        Secretary of State when such information is  required  in
14        the enforcement of this Code or any other law relating to
15        the  operation  of  motor  vehicles, including records of
16        dispositions; documented information involving the use of
17        a  motor  vehicle;  whether  such  individual   has,   or
18        previously  had,  a driver's license; and the address and
19        personal  description  as  reflected  on  said   driver's
20        record.
21             5.  Except  as  otherwise  provided in this Section,
22        the  Secretary  of  State  may  furnish,   without   fee,
23        information  from  an individual driver's record on file,
24        if a written request therefor is submitted by any  public
25        transit   system   or  authority,  public  defender,  law
26        enforcement agency, a state  or  federal  agency,  or  an
27        Illinois  local  intergovernmental  association,  if  the
28        request  is  for  the  purpose  of  a background check of
29        applicants for employment with the requesting agency,  or
30        for the purpose of an official investigation conducted by
31        the  agency,  or  to  determine a current address for the
32        driver so public funds can be recovered or  paid  to  the
33        driver, or for any other lawful purpose.
34             The  Secretary may also furnish the courts a copy of
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 1        an abstract of a driver's record, without fee, subsequent
 2        to an arrest for a  violation  of  Section  11-501  or  a
 3        similar  provision  of  a local ordinance.  Such abstract
 4        may   include   records   of   dispositions;   documented
 5        information involving the  use  of  a  motor  vehicle  as
 6        contained  in  the  current file; whether such individual
 7        has, or previously  had,  a  driver's  license;  and  the
 8        address  and  personal  description  as reflected on said
 9        driver's record.
10             6.  Any abstract issued by the  Secretary  of  State
11        pursuant  to  this Section, to a court or on request of a
12        law enforcement agency, for the record of a named  person
13        as  to  the status of the person's driver's license shall
14        be prima facie evidence of the facts therein  stated  and
15        if  the  name  appearing  in such abstract is the same as
16        that of a person named in an information or warrant, such
17        abstract shall be prima facie evidence  that  the  person
18        named  in  such information or warrant is the same person
19        as the person named in such abstract.
20             7.  Subject to any  restrictions  contained  in  the
21        Juvenile  Court Act of 1987, and upon receipt of a proper
22        request and a fee of $5, the  Secretary  of  State  shall
23        provide  a driver's record to the affected driver, or the
24        affected  driver's  attorney,  upon  verification.   Such
25        record shall contain all the information referred  to  in
26        paragraph  1  of  this  subsection (g) plus: any recorded
27        accident involvement as a  driver;  information  recorded
28        pursuant to subsection (e) of Section 6-117 and paragraph
29        4  of  subsection (a) of Section 6-204 of this Code.  All
30        other information, unless  otherwise  permitted  by  this
31        Code, shall remain confidential.
32        (h)  The  Secretary  shall  not  disclose social security
33    numbers except pursuant to a written request by, or with  the
34    prior  written  consent  of,  the  individual  except to: (1)
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 1    officers and employees of the Secretary who have  a  need  to
 2    know  the  social  security  numbers  in performance of their
 3    official duties, (2) law enforcement officials for a  lawful,
 4    civil  or  criminal law enforcement investigation, and if the
 5    head of the law enforcement agency has made a written request
 6    to the Secretary specifying the law enforcement investigation
 7    for which the social security numbers are being  sought,  (3)
 8    the  United States Department of Transportation, or any other
 9    State, pursuant to the administration and enforcement of  the
10    Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, (4)  pursuant to
11    the  order  of  a court of competent jurisdiction, or (5) the
12    Department of Public Aid for utilization in the child support
13    enforcement  duties  assigned  to   that   Department   under
14    provisions  of  the  Public Aid Code after the individual has
15    received   advanced   meaningful   notification    of    what
16    redisclosure  is  sought  by the Secretary in accordance with
17    the federal Privacy Act; provided, the redisclosure shall not
18    be authorized by the Secretary prior to September 30, 1992.
19        (i)  The Secretary of State is  empowered  to  promulgate
20    rules and regulations to effectuate this Section.
21        (j)  Medical  statements  or  medical reports received in
22    the Secretary of State's Office shall  be  confidential.   No
23    confidential  information may be open to public inspection or
24    the  contents  disclosed  to  anyone,  except  officers   and
25    employees  of  the  Secretary  who  have  a  need to know the
26    information contained in the medical reports and  the  Driver
27    License  Medical  Advisory  Board,  unless  so directed by an
28    order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
29        (k)  All fees collected under this Section shall be  paid
30    into  the  Road Fund of the State Treasury, except that $3 of
31    the $5 fee for a driver's  record  shall  be  paid  into  the
32    Secretary of State Special Services Fund.
33        (l)  The    Secretary   of   State   shall   report   his
34    recommendations to the General Assembly by January  1,  1993,
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 1    regarding  the  sale  and  dissemination  of  the information
 2    maintained by the Secretary, including the sale of  lists  of
 3    driver and vehicle records.
 4        (m)  Notations   of  accident  involvement  that  may  be
 5    disclosed under this  Section  shall  not  include  notations
 6    relating  to  damage  to  a  vehicle  or other property being
 7    transported by a tow truck.  This  information  shall  remain
 8    confidential.
 9    (Source: P.A.  88-208;  88-363; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-503,
10    eff. 7-1-96.)
11        (625 ILCS 5/4-201) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-201)
12        Sec. 4-201. Abandonment of vehicles prohibited.
13        (a) The abandonment of a vehicle or any part  thereof  on
14    any  highway  in  this  State  is  unlawful  and  subject  to
15    penalties  as  set  forth under Penalty Section 4-214 of this
16    Chapter.
17        (b)  The abandonment of a vehicle or any part thereof  on
18    private  or public property, other than a highway, in view of
19    the general public, anywhere in this State is unlawful except
20    on property of the owner or bailee of such abandoned vehicle.
21    A vehicle  or  any  part  thereof  so  abandoned  on  private
22    property   shall   be   authorized  for  removal,  by  a  law
23    enforcement  agency  having  jurisdiction,  after  a  waiting
24    period of 7 days or more, or may be  removed  immediately  if
25    determined  to be a hazardous dilapidated motor vehicle under
26    Section 11-40-3.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code. A violation
27    of subsections (a) or (b)  of  this  Section  is  subject  to
28    penalties as set forth under Section 4-214 of this Chapter.
29        (c)  A  towing  service may begin to process an unclaimed
30    vehicle as abandoned by requesting a  record  search  by  the
31    Secretary  of  State up to 10 days after the date of the tow,
32    or any later date acceptable to the Secretary of State.  This
33    subsection  (c) shall not apply to vehicles towed by order or
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 1    authorization of a law enforcement agency.
 2    (Source: P.A. 86-460.)
 3        (625 ILCS 5/4-204) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-204)
 4        Sec. 4-204.  Police tows; reports, release  of  vehicles,
 5    payment.   When  a  vehicle is authorized to be towed away as
 6    provided in Section 4-202 or 4-203:
 7        (a)  The authorization, any hold order, and  any  release
 8    shall  be  in  writing,  or confirmed in writing, with a copy
 9    given to the towing service.
10        (b)  The police headquarters or office of the law officer
11    authorizing the towing shall keep and maintain  a  record  of
12    the  vehicle  towed,  listing the color, year of manufacture,
13    manufacturer's trade name, manufacturer's series  name,  body
14    style,  Vehicle Identification Number, license plate year and
15    number and registration sticker year and number displayed  on
16    the vehicle.  The record shall also include the date and hour
17    of  tow,  location  towed from, location towed to, reason for
18    towing and the name of the officer authorizing the tow.
19        (c)  The  owner,  operator,  or  other  legally  entitled
20    person shall be responsible to the towing service for payment
21    of  applicable  removal,  towing,  storage,  and   processing
22    charges  and collection costs associated with a vehicle towed
23    or held under order or authorization  of  a  law  enforcement
24    agency.    If   a  vehicle  towed  or  held  under  order  or
25    authorization of a law enforcement agency is  seized  by  the
26    ordering  or  authorizing agency or any other law enforcement
27    or governmental agency and sold, any unpaid removal,  towing,
28    storage, and processing charges and collection costs shall be
29    paid to the towing service from the proceeds of the sale.  If
30    applicable law provides that the proceeds are to be paid into
31    the  treasury of the appropriate civil jurisdiction, then any
32    unpaid removal, towing, storage, and processing  charges  and
33    collection costs shall be paid to the towing service from the
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 1    treasury  of the civil jurisdiction.  That payment shall not,
 2    however, exceed the amount of proceeds from  the  sale,  with
 3    the  balance  to  be  paid  by  the owner, operator, or other
 4    legally entitled person.
 5        (d)  Upon delivery of a  written  release  order  to  the
 6    towing  service,  a  vehicle subject to a hold order shall be
 7    released to the owner, operator, or  other  legally  entitled
 8    person  upon proof of ownership or other entitlement and upon
 9    payment  of  applicable   removal,   towing,   storage,   and
10    processing charges and collection costs.
11        (e)  The  law  enforcement  agency  shall  set  forth  in
12    writing the policies, standards, and procedures to be used in
13    determining  which towing services shall be authorized to tow
14    and shall provide a copy of these  policies,  standards,  and
15    procedures  to  any member of the public on request and for a
16    reasonable fee.  These policies,  standards,  and  procedures
17    shall have the force and effect of law in the jurisdiction to
18    which they apply.
19    (Source: P.A. 89-433, eff. 12-15-95.)
20        (625 ILCS 5/4-208) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-208)
21        Sec. 4-208.  Disposal of unclaimed vehicles.
22        (a)  In  cities having a population of more than 500,000,
23    whenever an abandoned, lost, stolen or unclaimed vehicle,  or
24    vehicle  determined  to  be  a  hazardous  dilapidated  motor
25    vehicle   pursuant  to  Section  11-40-3.1  of  the  Illinois
26    Municipal Code, remains unclaimed by  the  registered  owner,
27    lienholder  or other legally  entitled person for a period of
28    15 days after notice has been given under Sections 4-205  and
29    4-206  of  this Code, the vehicle shall be disposed, pursuant
30    to the provisions of the "Municipal purchasing act for cities
31    of 500,000 or more population", to a person  licensed  as  an
32    automotive parts recycler, rebuilder or scrap processor under
33    Chapter 5 of this Code.
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 1        (b)  Except  as provided in Section 4-208 for cities with
 2    more than  500,000  inhabitants,  when  an  abandoned,  lost,
 3    stolen  or  unclaimed vehicle 7 years of age or newer remains
 4    unclaimed  by  the  registered  owner,  lienholder  or  other
 5    legally entitled persons for a period of 30 days after notice
 6    has been given as provided in Sections  4-205  and  4-206  of
 7    this  Code,  the  law  enforcement  agency  or towing service
 8    having possession of the vehicle shall cause it to be sold at
 9    public auction to a person licensed as  an  automotive  parts
10    recycler,  rebuilder  or  scrap  processor under Chapter 5 of
11    this Code or the towing operator  which  towed  the  vehicle.
12    Notice of the time and place of the sale shall be posted in a
13    conspicuous  place  for at least 10 days prior to the sale on
14    the premises where the vehicle has been impounded.  At  least
15    10  days  prior to the sale, the law enforcement agency where
16    the vehicle is impounded, or the  towing  service  where  the
17    vehicle  is  impounded,  shall cause a notice of the time and
18    place of the sale  to  be  sent  by  certified  mail  to  the
19    registered  owner,  lienholder,  or  other  legally  entitled
20    persons.  Such Notice as provided in Sections 4-205 and 4-206
21    of this Code and as provided in  this  subsection  (b)  shall
22    state the time and place of sale and shall contain a complete
23    description  of the vehicle to be sold and what steps must be
24    taken by any legally entitled person to reclaim the vehicle.
25        (c)  If an abandoned, lost, stolen, or unclaimed  vehicle
26    displays dealer plates, notice under this Section and Section
27    4-209  of  this Code shall be sent to both the dealer and the
28    registered  owner,  lienholder,  or  other  legally  entitled
29    persons.
30        (d)  In those instances where the certified  notification
31    specified  in  Sections 4-205 and 4-206 of this Code has been
32    returned by the postal authorities  to  the  law  enforcement
33    agency  or  towing service due to the addressee having moved,
34    or  being  unknown  at  the   address   obtained   from   the
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 1    registration  records  of this State, the sending of a second
 2    certified notice will not be required.
 3    (Source: P.A. 89-433, eff. 12-15-95.)
 4        (625 ILCS 5/12-215) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-215)
 5        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
 6        Sec. 12-215.  Oscillating, rotating or flashing lights on
 7    motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code:
 8        (a)  The use of red or  white  oscillating,  rotating  or
 9    flashing  lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited
10    except on:
11             1.  Law enforcement vehicles of  State,  Federal  or
12        local authorities;
13             2.  A vehicle operated by a police officer or county
14        coroner   and   designated   or   authorized   by   local
15        authorities,  in  writing,  as a law enforcement vehicle;
16        however,  such  designation  or  authorization  must   be
17        carried in the vehicle;
18             3.  Vehicles  of local fire departments and State or
19        federal firefighting vehicles;
20             4.  Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively
21        as  ambulances  or  rescue  vehicles;  furthermore,  such
22        lights shall not be lighted except when responding to  an
23        emergency  call for and while actually conveying the sick
24        or injured; and
25             5.  Tow trucks licensed in  a  state  that  requires
26        such  lights;  furthermore,  such  lights  shall  not  be
27        lighted  on  any  such  tow  truck while the tow truck is
28        operating in the State of Illinois.
29        (b)  The use of amber oscillating, rotating  or  flashing
30    lights,  whether  lighted  or unlighted, is prohibited except
31    on:
32             1.  Second division vehicles designed and  used  for
33        towing  or  hoisting  vehicles;  furthermore, such lights
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 1        shall not be lighted except as required in this paragraph
 2        1; such lights shall be lighted when  such  vehicles  are
 3        actually  being  used   at  the  scene  of an accident or
 4        disablement and while such vehicles are engaged in towing
 5        on a highway if the vehicles are  traveling  slower  than
 6        the  flow  of  traffic  or  if  use  of  these  lights is
 7        otherwise necessary to prevent a traffic hazard;
 8             2.  Motor vehicles or  equipment  of  the  State  of
 9        Illinois, local authorities and contractors; furthermore,
10        such  lights  shall  not  be  lighted  except  while such
11        vehicles  are  engaged  in  maintenance  or  construction
12        operations within the limits of construction projects;
13             3.  Vehicles or equipment  used  by  engineering  or
14        survey  crews;  furthermore,  such  lights  shall  not be
15        lighted except while such vehicles are  actually  engaged
16        in work on a highway;
17             4.  Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or
18        other  construction,  maintenance  or  automotive service
19        vehicles except that such lights shall be lighted only as
20        a means  for  indicating  the  presence  of  a  vehicular
21        traffic  hazard  requiring  unusual  care in approaching,
22        overtaking or passing while such vehicles are engaged  in
23        maintenance, service or construction on a highway;
24             5.  Oversized  vehicle or load; however, such lights
25        shall only be lighted when moving under permit issued  by
26        the Department under Section 15-301 of this Code;
27             6.  The  front and rear of motorized equipment owned
28        and operated by the State of Illinois  or  any  political
29        subdivision  thereof,  which  is  designed  and  used for
30        removal of snow and ice from highways;
31             7.  Fleet  safety  vehicles  registered  in  another
32        state, furthermore, such  lights  shall  not  be  lighted
33        except as provided for in Section 12-212 of this Code;
34             8.  Such  other  vehicles  as  may  be authorized by
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 1        local authorities;
 2             9.  Law  enforcement  vehicles  of  State  or  local
 3        authorities   when   used   in   combination   with   red
 4        oscillating, rotating or flashing lights;
 5             10.  Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail
 6        for the United States Postal Service provided  that  such
 7        lights shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are
 8        actually being used for such purposes;
 9             11.  Any  vehicle  displaying  a slow-moving vehicle
10        emblem as provided in Section 12-205.1;
11             12.  All trucks  equipped  with  self-compactors  or
12        roll-off  hoists  and  roll-on  containers for garbage or
13        refuse hauling.  Such lights shall not be lighted  except
14        when  such  vehicles  are  actually  being  used for such
15        purposes;
16             13.  Vehicles used  by  a  security  company,  alarm
17        responder,  or  control  agency, if the security company,
18        alarm responder, or control agency is bound by a contract
19        with a federal, State, or local government entity to  use
20        the lights; and
21             14.  Security  vehicles  of the Department of Mental
22        Health  and  Developmental  Disabilities;  however,   the
23        lights  shall  not  be lighted except when being used for
24        security related purposes  under  the  direction  of  the
25        superintendent  of  the  facility  where  the  vehicle is
26        located.
27        (c)  The use of blue oscillating,  rotating  or  flashing
28    lights, whether lighted or unlighted is prohibited except:
29             1.  On vehicles owned or fully operated by a:
30                  voluntary firefighter;
31                  paid firefighter;
32                  part-paid firefighter;
33                  call firefighter;
34                  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of a fire
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 1             protection district;
 2                  paid or unpaid member of a rescue squad;
 3                  paid or unpaid member of a voluntary  ambulance
 4             unit;
 5                  rescue  squad  vehicles  not  owned  by  a fire
 6             department.
 7             However, such lights are not to  be  lighted  except
 8        when responding to a bona fide emergency.
 9             2.  Police  department  vehicles  in cities having a
10        population of 500,000 or more inhabitants.
11             3.  Law  enforcement  vehicles  of  State  or  local
12        authorities   when   used   in   combination   with   red
13        oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
14             4.  Vehicles of local fire departments and State  or
15        federal  firefighting  vehicles  when used in combination
16        with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
17             5.  Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively
18        as ambulances or rescue vehicles when used in combination
19        with  red  oscillating,  rotating  or  flashing   lights;
20        furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except when
21        responding to an emergency call.
22        (d)  The   use  of  a  combination  of  amber  and  white
23    oscillating, rotating or flashing lights, whether lighted  or
24    unlighted,  is prohibited, except motor vehicles or equipment
25    of the State of Illinois, local authorities  and  contractors
26    may  be  so  equipped;  furthermore, such lights shall not be
27    lighted except while such vehicles  are  engaged  in  highway
28    maintenance  or  construction operations within the limits of
29    highway construction projects.
30        (e)  All  oscillating,  rotating   or   flashing   lights
31    referred to in this Section shall be of sufficient intensity,
32    when  illuminated,  to  be  visible  at  500  feet  in normal
33    sunlight.
34        (f)  Nothing   in   this   Section   shall   prohibit   a
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 1    manufacturer of oscillating, rotating or flashing  lights  or
 2    his representative from temporarily mounting such lights on a
 3    vehicle for demonstration purposes only.
 4        (g)  Any  person  violating the provisions of subsections
 5    (a), (b), (c) or (d)  of  this  Section  who  without  lawful
 6    authority  stops  or  detains  or  attempts to stop or detain
 7    another person shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
 8        (h)  Except as provided  in  subsection  (g)  above,  any
 9    person  violating the provisions of subsections (a) or (c) of
10    this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
11    (Source: P.A. 88-58; 88-341; 88-670,  eff.  12-2-94;  89-433,
12    eff. 12-15-95.)
13        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
14        Sec. 12-215.  Oscillating, rotating or flashing lights on
15    motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code:
16        (a)  The  use  of  red  or white oscillating, rotating or
17    flashing lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is  prohibited
18    except on:
19             1.  Law  enforcement  vehicles  of State, Federal or
20        local authorities;
21             2.  A vehicle operated by a police officer or county
22        coroner   and   designated   or   authorized   by   local
23        authorities, in writing, as a  law  enforcement  vehicle;
24        however,   such  designation  or  authorization  must  be
25        carried in the vehicle;
26             3.  Vehicles of local fire departments and State  or
27        federal firefighting vehicles;
28             4.  Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively
29        as  ambulances  or  rescue  vehicles;  furthermore,  such
30        lights  shall not be lighted except when responding to an
31        emergency call for and while actually conveying the  sick
32        or injured; and
33             5.  Tow  trucks  licensed  in  a state that requires
34        such  lights;  furthermore,  such  lights  shall  not  be
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 1        lighted on any such tow truck  while  the  tow  truck  is
 2        operating in the State of Illinois.
 3        (b)  The  use  of amber oscillating, rotating or flashing
 4    lights, whether lighted or unlighted,  is  prohibited  except
 5    on:
 6             1.  Second  division  vehicles designed and used for
 7        towing or hoisting  vehicles;  furthermore,  such  lights
 8        shall not be lighted except as required in this paragraph
 9        1;  such  lights  shall be lighted when such vehicles are
10        actually being used  at  the  scene  of  an  accident  or
11        disablement and while such vehicles are engaged in towing
12        on  a  highway  if the vehicles are traveling slower than
13        the flow  of  traffic  or  if  use  of  these  lights  is
14        otherwise necessary to prevent a traffic hazard;
15             2.  Motor  vehicles  or  equipment  of  the State of
16        Illinois, local authorities and contractors; furthermore,
17        such lights  shall  not  be  lighted  except  while  such
18        vehicles  are  engaged  in  maintenance  or  construction
19        operations within the limits of construction projects;
20             3.  Vehicles  or  equipment  used  by engineering or
21        survey crews;  furthermore,  such  lights  shall  not  be
22        lighted  except  while such vehicles are actually engaged
23        in work on a highway;
24             4.  Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or
25        other construction,  maintenance  or  automotive  service
26        vehicles except that such lights shall be lighted only as
27        a  means  for  indicating  the  presence  of  a vehicular
28        traffic hazard requiring  unusual  care  in  approaching,
29        overtaking  or passing while such vehicles are engaged in
30        maintenance, service or construction on a highway;
31             5.  Oversized vehicle or load; however, such  lights
32        shall  only be lighted when moving under permit issued by
33        the Department under Section 15-301 of this Code;
34             6.  The front and rear of motorized equipment  owned
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 1        and  operated  by  the State of Illinois or any political
 2        subdivision thereof,  which  is  designed  and  used  for
 3        removal of snow and ice from highways;
 4             7.  Fleet  safety  vehicles  registered  in  another
 5        state,  furthermore,  such  lights  shall  not be lighted
 6        except as provided for in Section 12-212 of this Code;
 7             8.  Such other vehicles  as  may  be  authorized  by
 8        local authorities;
 9             9.  Law  enforcement  vehicles  of  State  or  local
10        authorities   when   used   in   combination   with   red
11        oscillating, rotating or flashing lights;
12             10.  Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail
13        for  the  United States Postal Service provided that such
14        lights shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are
15        actually being used for such purposes;
16             11.  Any vehicle displaying  a  slow-moving  vehicle
17        emblem as provided in Section 12-205.1;
18             12.  All  trucks  equipped  with  self-compactors or
19        roll-off hoists and roll-on  containers  for  garbage  or
20        refuse  hauling.  Such lights shall not be lighted except
21        when such vehicles  are  actually  being  used  for  such
22        purposes;
23             13.  Vehicles  used  by  a  security  company, alarm
24        responder, or control agency, if  the  security  company,
25        alarm responder, or control agency is bound by a contract
26        with  a federal, State, or local government entity to use
27        the lights; and
28             14.  Security vehicles of the  Department  of  Human
29        Services; however, the lights shall not be lighted except
30        when  being  used for security related purposes under the
31        direction of the superintendent of the facility where the
32        vehicle is located.
33        (c)  The use of blue oscillating,  rotating  or  flashing
34    lights, whether lighted or unlighted is prohibited except:
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 1             1.  On vehicles owned or fully operated by a:
 2                  voluntary firefighter;
 3                  paid firefighter;
 4                  part-paid firefighter;
 5                  call firefighter;
 6                  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of a fire
 7             protection district;
 8                  paid or unpaid member of a rescue squad;
 9                  paid or unpaid member of a voluntary  ambulance
10             unit;
11                  rescue  squad  vehicles  not  owned  by  a fire
12             department.
13             However, such lights are not to  be  lighted  except
14        when responding to a bona fide emergency.
15             2.  Police  department  vehicles  in cities having a
16        population of 500,000 or more inhabitants.
17             3.  Law  enforcement  vehicles  of  State  or  local
18        authorities   when   used   in   combination   with   red
19        oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
20             4.  Vehicles of local fire departments and State  or
21        federal  firefighting  vehicles  when used in combination
22        with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
23             5.  Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively
24        as ambulances or rescue vehicles when used in combination
25        with  red  oscillating,  rotating  or  flashing   lights;
26        furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except when
27        responding to an emergency call.
28        (d)  The   use  of  a  combination  of  amber  and  white
29    oscillating, rotating or flashing lights, whether lighted  or
30    unlighted,  is prohibited, except motor vehicles or equipment
31    of the State of Illinois, local authorities  and  contractors
32    may  be  so  equipped;  furthermore, such lights shall not be
33    lighted except while such vehicles  are  engaged  in  highway
34    maintenance  or  construction operations within the limits of
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 1    highway construction projects.
 2        (e)  All  oscillating,  rotating   or   flashing   lights
 3    referred to in this Section shall be of sufficient intensity,
 4    when  illuminated,  to  be  visible  at  500  feet  in normal
 5    sunlight.
 6        (f)  Nothing   in   this   Section   shall   prohibit   a
 7    manufacturer of oscillating, rotating or flashing  lights  or
 8    his representative from temporarily mounting such lights on a
 9    vehicle for demonstration purposes only.
10        (g)  Any  person  violating the provisions of subsections
11    (a), (b), (c) or (d)  of  this  Section  who  without  lawful
12    authority  stops  or  detains  or  attempts to stop or detain
13    another person shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
14        (h)  Except as provided  in  subsection  (g)  above,  any
15    person  violating the provisions of subsections (a) or (c) of
16    this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
17    (Source: P.A. 88-58; 88-341; 88-670,  eff.  12-2-94;  89-433,
18    eff. 12-15-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
19        (625 ILCS 5/15-111) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-111)
20        Sec. 15-111.  Wheel and axle loads and gross weights.
21        (a)  No  vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with
22    pneumatic tires shall be operated, unladen or with load, upon
23    the highways of this State when the gross weight on the  road
24    surface  through  any  single  axle  thereof  exceeds  18,000
25    pounds,  except  when  a  different  limit is established and
26    posted in accordance  with  Section  15-316  and  except  any
27    single  axle of a 2 axle motor vehicle weighing 36,000 pounds
28    or less and not a part of a combination  of  vehicles,  shall
29    not  exceed 20,000 pounds. Provided, however, that any single
30    axle of a 2 axle motor vehicle equipped with a personnel lift
31    or digger derrick, weighing 36,000 pounds or less, owned  and
32    operated by a public utility, shall not exceed 20,000 pounds.
33    No  vehicle  or  combination  of vehicles equipped with other
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 1    than pneumatic tires shall be operated, unladen or with load,
 2    upon the highways of this State when the gross weight on  the
 3    road surface through any wheel thereof exceeds 800 pounds per
 4    inch width of tire tread or when the gross weight on the road
 5    surface  through  any axle thereof exceeds 16,000 pounds.  An
 6    axle load shall be defined as the total load  transmitted  to
 7    the  road by all wheels whose centers may be included between
 8    2  parallel  transverse  vertical  planes  40  inches   apart
 9    extending across the full width of the vehicle.
10        Any 2 or more single axles whose centers are more than 40
11    inches  and  not  more  than 96 inches apart, measured to the
12    nearest inch between extreme axles in the  series,  shall  be
13    defined  as tandem axles, and the gross weight transmitted to
14    the road surface through the series shall not  exceed  32,000
15    pounds  and  no  axle  of the series shall exceed the maximum
16    weight permitted  under  this  Section  for  a  single  axle.
17    Provided  that  on  a  4  axle vehicle or on a 5 or more axle
18    combination of vehicles the weight on a  series  of  3  axles
19    whose centers are more than 96 inches apart, measured between
20    extreme  axles  in the series, shall not exceed those allowed
21    on 3 axles in the table contained in subsection (f)  of  this
22    Section and no axle or tandem axle of the series shall exceed
23    the  maximum weight permitted under this Section for a single
24    or tandem axle. Provided also that a 3 axle vehicle or 3 axle
25    truck mixer registered as a  Special  Hauling  Vehicle,  used
26    exclusively  for  the  mixing and transportation of concrete,
27    specially  equipped  with  a  road  surface  engaging   mixer
28    trailing   4th  axle,  manufactured  prior to or in the model
29    year of 2004  and  first  registered  in  Illinois  prior  to
30    January  1,  2005, with a distance greater than 72 inches but
31    not more than 96 inches between any series  of  2  axles  may
32    transmit  to  the  road  surface  a  maximum weight of 18,000
33    pounds on each of these axles with a gross weight on these  2
34    axles   not  to  exceed  36,000  pounds.   Any  such  vehicle
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 1    manufactured in the model year of 2004 or thereafter or first
 2    registered in Illinois after December 31, 2004  may  transmit
 3    to  the road surface a maximum of 32,000 pounds through these
 4    2 axles and none of the axles shall exceed 18,000 pounds.
 5        A truck, not in combination and specially equipped with a
 6    selfcompactor, or an industrial roll-off hoist  and  roll-off
 7    container, used exclusively for garbage or refuse operations,
 8    and  a truck used exclusively for the collection of rendering
 9    materials may, however, when laden, transmit  upon  the  road
10    surface  of  any  highway  except  when  part of the National
11    System of Interstate and Defense  Highways,  a  gross  weight
12    upon  a  single  axle not more than 22,000 pounds, and upon a
13    tandem axle not  more  than  40,000  pounds.   When  unladen,
14    however,  those trucks shall comply with the axle limitations
15    applicable to all other trucks.
16        A 2 axle truck specially equipped with  a  front  loading
17    compactor  used exclusively for garbage, refuse, or recycling
18    may transmit 20,000 pounds per axle provided that  the  gross
19    weight of the vehicle does not exceed 40,000 pounds.
20        (b)  The  gross  weight  of  vehicles  and combination of
21    vehicles including the weight of the vehicle  or  combination
22    and  its  maximum  load  shall  be  subject  to the foregoing
23    limitations and further shall not exceed the following  gross
24    weights  dependent  upon  the  number  of  axles and distance
25    between extreme axles of the vehicle or combination  measured
26    longitudinally to the nearest foot.
27    VEHICLES HAVING 2 AXLES ....................... 36,000 pounds
28                      VEHICLES OR COMBINATIONS
29                           HAVING 3 AXLES
30    With Tandem                     With or
31       Axles                        Without
32                                    Tandem Axles
33    Minimum                         Minimum
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 1    distance to        Maximum      distance to         Maximum
 2    nearest foot       Gross        nearest foot        Gross
 3    between            Weight       between             Weight
 4    extreme axles      (pounds)     extreme axles       (pounds)
 5    10 feet            41,000       16 feet             46,000
 6    11                 42,000       17                  47,000
 7    12                 43,000       18                  47,500
 8    13                 44,000       19                  48,000
 9    14                 44,500       20                  49,000
10    15                 45,000       21 feet or more     50,000
11                      VEHICLES OR COMBINATIONS
12                           HAVING 4 AXLES
13    Minimum                         Minimum
14    distance to        Maximum      distance to         Maximum
15    nearest foot       Gross        nearest foot        Gross
16    between            Weight       between             Weight
17    extreme axles      (pounds)     extreme axles       (pounds)
18    15 feet            50,000       26 feet             57,500
19    16                 50,500       27                  58,000
20    17                 51,500       28                  58,500
21    18                 52,000       29                  59,500
22    19                 52,500       30                  60,000
23    20                 53,500       31                  60,500
24    21                 54,000       32                  61,500
25    22                 54,500       33                  62,000
26    23                 55,500       34                  62,500
27    24                 56,000       35                  63,500
28    25                 56,500       36 feet or more     64,000
29        In applying the above table to a vehicle having more than
30    4  axles  that  is  not in combination, only 4 axles shall be
31    considered in determining the maximum gross weights.
32                 COMBINATIONS HAVING 5 OR MORE AXLES
33    Minimum distance to           Maximum
34    nearest foot between          Gross Weight
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 1    extreme axles                 (pounds)
 2    42 feet or less               72,000
 3    43                            73,000
 4    44 feet or more               73,280
 5    VEHICLES OPERATING ON CRAWLER TYPE TRACKS ..... 40,000 pounds
 6                 TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH SELFCOMPACTORS
 7       OR ROLL-OFF HOISTS AND ROLL-OFF CONTAINERS FOR GARBAGE
 8              OR REFUSE HAULS ONLY AND TRUCKS USED FOR
 9                THE COLLECTION OF RENDERING MATERIALS
10               On Highway Not Part of National System
11                 of Interstate and Defense Highways
12    with 2 axles                                    36,000 pounds
13    with 3 axles                                    54,000 pounds
14                    TWO AXLE TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH
15             A FRONT LOADING COMPACTOR USED EXCLUSIVELY
16         FOR THE COLLECTION OF GARBAGE, REFUSE, OR RECYCLING
17    with 2 axles                                    40,000 pounds
18        (c)  Cities having a population of more than  50,000  may
19    permit  by  ordinance  axle loads on 2 axle motor vehicles 33
20    1/2% above those provided for herein, but the increase  shall
21    not  become  effective until the city has officially notified
22    the Department of the passage of the ordinance and shall  not
23    apply  to  those  vehicles  when outside of the limits of the
24    city, nor shall the gross weight of any 2 axle motor  vehicle
25    operating over any street of the city exceed 40,000 pounds.
26        (d)  Weight  limitations  shall  not  apply  to  vehicles
27    (including   loads)   operated   by  a  public  utility  when
28    transporting  equipment  required  for  emergency  repair  of
29    public utility facilities or properties or water wells.
30        A combination of vehicles, including a tow  truck  and  a
31    disabled  vehicle  or  disabled combination of vehicles, that
32    exceeds the weight restriction imposed by this Code,  may  be
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 1    operated  on  a  public  highway  in this State provided that
 2    neither the disabled vehicle nor any vehicle being towed  nor
 3    the  tow  truck  itself  shall  exceed the weight limitations
 4    permitted under this Chapter. Axle weight  limits  shall  not
 5    apply  during  the  towing  operation  if  the  towing of the
 6    vehicles does not exceed 25 miles from the initial  point  of
 7    wreck or disablement; provided that, if the towing exceeds 25
 8    miles,  neither  the  tow  truck  nor the vehicle combination
 9    shall exceed the following axle weight limitations:
10             A.  24,000 pounds - Single rear axle;
11             B.  44,000 pounds - Tandem rear axle;
12        Gross weight limits shall not apply to the combination of
13    the tow truck  and  vehicles  being  towed.   The  tow  truck
14    license  plate  must  cover the operating empty weight of the
15    tow truck only. The weight of each vehicle being towed  shall
16    be  covered  by  a valid license plate issued to the owner or
17    operator of the vehicle being towed  and  displayed  on  that
18    vehicle. If no valid plate issued to the owner or operator of
19    that  vehicle  is  displayed  on  that  vehicle, or the plate
20    displayed on that vehicle does not cover the  weight  of  the
21    vehicle,  the  weight  of the vehicle shall be covered by the
22    third tow truck plate issued to the owner or operator of  the
23    tow truck and temporarily affixed to the vehicle being towed.
24    In addition, the following conditions must be met:
25             (1)  the towing vehicle must be:
26                  a.  specifically designed as a tow truck having
27             a  gross  vehicle  weight  rating of at least 18,000
28             lbs. and equipped with air brakes provided that  air
29             brakes  shall be required only if the towing vehicle
30             is towing a vehicle, semitrailer, or tractor-trailer
31             combination that is equipped with airbrakes;
32                  b.  equipped   with   flashing,   rotating   or
33             oscillating amber lights, visible for at  least  500
34             feet in all directions; and
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 1                  c.  capable   of  utilizing  the  lighting  and
 2             braking  systems  of   the   disabled   vehicle   or
 3             combination of vehicles.
 4             (2)  The  towing  of the vehicles on the highways of
 5        this State shall not exceed 25 15 miles from the  initial
 6        point of wreck or disablement. Any additional movement of
 7        the   vehicles   shall   only   occur  upon  issuance  of
 8        authorization for that movement under the  provisions  of
 9        Sections 15-301 through 15-319 of this Chapter.
10        The  Department  may  by  rule  or  regulation  prescribe
11    additional  requirements. However, nothing in this Code shall
12    prohibit a tow truck under instructions of a  police  officer
13    from  legally  clearing  a  disabled  vehicle, that may be in
14    violation of weight limitations of  this  Chapter,  from  the
15    roadway to the berm or shoulder of the highway.
16        For  the purpose of this subsection, gross vehicle weight
17    rating, or GVWR,  shall  mean  the  value  specified  by  the
18    manufacturer as the loaded weight of the tow truck.
19        (e)  No  vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with
20    pneumatic tires shall be operated, unladen or with load, upon
21    the highways of this State in violation of the provisions  of
22    any  permit  issued  under  the provisions of Sections 15-301
23    through 15-319 of this Chapter.
24        (f)  Notwithstanding any other provision  in  this  Code,
25    except for those provisions of subsection (d) of this Section
26    relating  to emergency operations of public utilities and tow
27    trucks while actually engaged in the  towing  of  a  disabled
28    vehicle,  and  those vehicles for which the Department issues
29    overweight permits under authority of Section 15-301 of  this
30    Code,  the  weight  limitations  contained in this subsection
31    shall apply to the National System of Interstate and  Defense
32    Highways  and  other highways in the system of State highways
33    that have been designated by the Department as Class  I,  II,
34    or  III.  No vehicle shall be operated on the highways with a
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 1    weight in excess of 20,000 pounds carried on any one axle  or
 2    with  a  tandem  axle weight in excess of 34,000 pounds, or a
 3    gross  weight  in  excess  of  80,000  pounds   for   vehicle
 4    combinations of 5 axles or more, or a gross weight on a group
 5    of  2  or  more  consecutive  axles  in excess of that weight
 6    produced by the application of the following formula:
 7        W = 500 times the sum of (LN divided by N-1) + 12N + 36
 8    Where "W" equals overall gross weight on any group  of  2  or
 9    more  consecutive axles to the nearest 500 pounds; "L" equals
10    the distance measured to the nearest foot between extremes of
11    any group of 2 or more consecutive axles; and "N" equals  the
12    number of axles in the group under consideration, except that
13    2  consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load of
14    34,000 pounds each, provided the overall distance between the
15    first and last axles of the consecutive sets of tandem  axles
16    is  36  feet  or  more.  Provided  also that a 3-axle vehicle
17    registered as a Special Hauling Vehicle manufactured prior to
18    or in the  model  year  of  2004,  and  first  registered  in
19    Illinois  prior  to  January 1, 2005, with a distance greater
20    than 72 inches but not more than 96 inches between the 2 rear
21    axles may transmit to the road surface a  maximum  weight  of
22    18,000 pounds on each of the 2 rear axles with a gross weight
23    on  these  2  axles  not to exceed 36,000 pounds. Any vehicle
24    registered as a Special Hauling Vehicle manufactured prior to
25    or  in  the  model  year  of  2004  or  thereafter  or  first
26    registered in Illinois after December 31, 2004, may  transmit
27    to  the road surface a maximum of 34,000 pounds through the 2
28    rear axles and neither of the rear axles shall exceed  20,000
29    pounds.  For  purposes of this subsection, tandem axles shall
30    be defined as any 2 or more single axles  whose  centers  are
31    more  than  40  inches  and  not  more  than 96 inches apart,
32    measured to the nearest inch between  extreme  axles  in  the
33    series.
34        The  above formula when expressed in tabular form results
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 1    in allowable loads as follows:
 2    Distance measured
 3    to the nearest
 4    foot between the
 5    extremes of any         Maximum load in pounds
 6    group of 2 or           carried on any group of
 7    more consecutive        2 or more consecutive axles
 8    axles
 9          feet        2 axles  3 axles  4 axles  5 axles  6 axles
10            4         34,000
11            5         34,000
12            6         34,000
13            7         34,000
14            8         38,000*   42,000
15            9         39,000    42,500
16           10         40,000    43,500
17           11                   44,000
18           12                   45,000   50,000
19           13                   45,500   50,500
20           14                   46,500   51,500
21           15                   47,000   52,000
22           16                   48,000   52,500   58,000
23           17                   48,500   53,500   58,500
24           18                   49,500   54,000   59,000
25           19                   50,000   54,500   60,000
26           20                   51,000   55,500   60,500   66,000
27           21                   51,500   56,000   61,000   66,500
28           22                   52,500   56,500   61,500   67,000
29           23                   53,000   57,500   62,500   68,000
30           24                   54,000   58,000   63,000   68,500
31           25                   54,500   58,500   63,500   69,000
32           26                   55,500   59,500   64,000   69,500
33           27                   56,000   60,000   65,000   70,000
34           28                   57,000   60,500   65,500   71,000
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 1           29                   57,500   61,500   66,000   71,500
 2           30                   58,500   62,000   66,500   72,000
 3           31                   59,000   62,500   67,500   72,500
 4           32                   60,000   63,500   68,000   73,000
 5           33                            64,000   68,500   74,000
 6           34                            64,500   69,000   74,500
 7           35                            65,500   70,000   75,000
 8           36                            66,000   70,500   75,500
 9           37                            66,500   71,000   76,000
10           38                            67,500   72,000   77,000
11           39                            68,000   72,500   77,500
12           40                            68,500   73,000   78,000
13           41                            69,500   73,500   78,500
14           42                            70,000   74,000   79,000
15           43                            70,500   75,000   80,000
16           44                            71,500   75,500
17           45                            72,000   76,000
18           46                            72,500   76,500
19           47                            73,500   77,500
20           48                            74,000   78,000
21           49                            74,500   78,500
22           50                            75,500   79,000
23           51                            76,000   80,000
24           52                            76,500
25           53                            77,500
26           54                            78,000
27           55                            78,500
28           56                            79,500
29           57                            80,000
30    *If the distance between 2 axles is 96 inches or less, the  2
31    axles  are  tandem  axles  and  the maximum load permitted is
32    34,000 pounds, notwithstanding  the  higher  limit  resulting
33    from the application of the formula.
34        In  applying  the  above formula to a vehicle having more
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 1    than 4 axles that is not a combination, only 4 axles shall be
 2    considered in determining the maximum gross weight, and for a
 3    combination of vehicles having more  than  6  axles,  only  6
 4    axles  shall  be  considered in determining the maximum gross
 5    weight.
 6        Notwithstanding the above table, 2  consecutive  sets  of
 7    tandem  axles  may carry a gross weight of 34,000 pounds each
 8    if the overall distance between the first and last  axles  of
 9    the consecutive sets of tandem axles is 36 feet or more.
10        Local    authorities    and    road    district   highway
11    commissioners, with respect to  streets  and  highways  under
12    their  jurisdiction,  without  additional  fees,  may also by
13    ordinance or resolution allow the weight limitations of  this
14    subsection, provided the maximum gross weight on any one axle
15    shall  not  exceed 20,000 pounds and the maximum gross weight
16    on any  tandem  axle  shall  not  exceed  34,000  pounds,  on
17    designated  highways when appropriate regulatory signs giving
18    notice are erected upon the street or highway or  portion  of
19    any   street   or   highway  affected  by  the  ordinance  or
20    resolution.
21        Combinations of vehicles, registered as  Special  Hauling
22    Vehicles  that include a semitrailer manufactured prior to or
23    in the model year of 2004, and first registered  in  Illinois
24    prior  to  January 1, 2005, having 5 axles with a distance of
25    42 feet or less between extreme axles shall be limited to the
26    weights prescribed in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section
27    and not subject to the bridge formula on the National  System
28    of  Interstate and Defense Highways and other highways in the
29    system of State highways designated by  the  Department.  For
30    all   those   combinations   of   vehicles,  that  include  a
31    semitrailer manufactured after the  effective  date  of  this
32    amendatory  Act  of  1986,  the  overall distance between the
33    first and last axles of the 2 sets of tandems must be 18 feet
34    6 inches or more. All combinations of vehicles registered  as
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 1    Special   Hauling   Vehicles   that   include  a  semitrailer
 2    manufactured prior to  or  in  the  model  year  of  2004  or
 3    thereafter or first registered in Illinois after December 31,
 4    2004,  or  that  has  had its cargo container replaced in its
 5    entirety after December 31, 2004, are limited  to  the  gross
 6    weight allowed by the above formula.
 7        A   truck  not  in  combination,  equipped  with  a  self
 8    compactor  or  an  industrial  roll-off  hoist  and  roll-off
 9    container, used exclusively for garbage or refuse operations,
10    shall be allowed the weights as prescribed in subsections (a)
11    and (b) of  this  Section  and  not  subject  to  the  bridge
12    formula,  provided they are not operated on a highway that is
13    part of the Interstate and Defense Highway System.
14        Vehicles  operating  under  this  subsection  shall  have
15    access for a distance of one highway mile to or from a  Class
16    I  highway  on  any street or highway, unless there is a sign
17    prohibiting the access, or 5 highway miles to or from  either
18    a Class I, II, or III highway on a street or highway included
19    in  the  system  of  State  highways  and  upon any street or
20    highway designated by  local  authorities  or  road  district
21    commissioners  to  points  of  loading  and  unloading and to
22    facilities for food, fuel, repairs and rest.
23        Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
24    relating to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to  the
25    designation of highways under this subsection.
26        (g)  No  person shall operate a vehicle or combination of
27    vehicles  over  a  bridge   or   other   elevated   structure
28    constituting  part  of  a highway with a gross weight that is
29    greater than the maximum weight permitted by the  Department,
30    when  the  structure  is  sign  posted  as  provided  in this
31    Section.
32        (h)  The Department upon request from any local authority
33    shall,  or  upon  its  own   initiative   may,   conduct   an
34    investigation  of  any  bridge  or  other  elevated structure
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 1    constituting a part of a highway, and if it  finds  that  the
 2    structure  cannot  with safety to itself withstand the weight
 3    of  vehicles  otherwise  permissible  under  this  Code   the
 4    Department  shall determine and declare the maximum weight of
 5    vehicles that the structures can withstand, and  shall  cause
 6    or permit suitable signs stating maximum weight to be erected
 7    and  maintained  before each end of the structure.  No person
 8    shall operate a vehicle or combination of vehicles  over  any
 9    structure with a gross weight that is greater than the posted
10    maximum weight.
11        (i)  Upon   the  trial  of  any  person  charged  with  a
12    violation of subsections (g) or (h) of this Section, proof of
13    the determination of the  maximum  allowable  weight  by  the
14    Department  and  the  existence  of  the  signs,  constitutes
15    conclusive  evidence  of  the  maximum  weight  that  can  be
16    maintained with safety to the bridge or structure.
17    (Source: P.A.  88-45;  88-385;  88-403;  88-476; 88-670, eff.
18    12-2-94; 89-117, eff. 7-7-95; 89-433, eff. 12-15-95.)
19        Section 95.  No acceleration or delay.   Where  this  Act
20    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
21    text  that  is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
22    Section represented by multiple versions), the  use  of  that
23    text  does  not  accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
24    the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived  from
25    any other Public Act.
26        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
27    becoming law.

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