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92_HB2252

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section   5.   The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code is amended by
 5    changing Section 15-111 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/15-111) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-111)
 7        Sec. 15-111.  Wheel and axle loads and gross weights.
 8        (a)  No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped  with
 9    pneumatic tires shall be operated, unladen or with load, upon
10    the  highways of this State when the gross weight on the road
11    surface  through  any  single  axle  thereof  exceeds  18,000
12    pounds, except when a  different  limit  is  established  and
13    posted  in  accordance  with  Section  15-316  and except any
14    single axle of a 2 axle motor vehicle weighing 36,000  pounds
15    or  less  and  not a part of a combination of vehicles, shall
16    not exceed 20,000 pounds. Provided, however, that any  single
17    axle of a 2 axle motor vehicle equipped with a personnel lift
18    or  digger derrick, weighing 36,000 pounds or less, owned and
19    operated by a public utility, shall not exceed 20,000 pounds.
20    No vehicle or combination of  vehicles  equipped  with  other
21    than pneumatic tires shall be operated, unladen or with load,
22    upon  the highways of this State when the gross weight on the
23    road surface through any wheel thereof exceeds 800 pounds per
24    inch width of tire tread or when the gross weight on the road
25    surface through any axle thereof exceeds 16,000 pounds.   The
26    gross  weight  transmitted to the road surface through tandem
27    axles shall not exceed 32,000  pounds  and  no  axle  of  the
28    series  shall  exceed the maximum weight permitted under this
29    Section for a single axle. Provided that on a 4 axle  vehicle
30    or  on a 5 or more axle combination of vehicles the weight on
31    a series of 3 axles whose centers are  more  than  96  inches
 
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 1    apart,  measured  between  extreme axles in the series, shall
 2    not exceed those allowed on 3 axles in the table contained in
 3    subsection (f) of this Section and no axle or tandem axle  of
 4    the  series  shall  exceed the maximum weight permitted under
 5    this Section for a single or tandem axle. Provided also  that
 6    a  3  axle  vehicle  or  3  axle  truck mixer registered as a
 7    Special Hauling Vehicle, used exclusively for the mixing  and
 8    transportation  of  concrete,  specially equipped with a road
 9    surface engaging  mixer   trailing   4th  axle,  manufactured
10    prior to or in the model year of 2004 and first registered in
11    Illinois  prior  to  January 1, 2005, with a distance greater
12    than 72 inches but not more than 96 inches between any series
13    of 2 axles may transmit to the road surface a maximum  weight
14    of  18,000  pounds on each of these axles with a gross weight
15    on these 2 axles not  to  exceed  36,000  pounds.   Any  such
16    vehicle  manufactured in the model year of 2004 or thereafter
17    or first registered in Illinois after December 31,  2004  may
18    transmit  to  the  road  surface  a  maximum of 32,000 pounds
19    through these 2 axles and none  of  the  axles  shall  exceed
20    18,000 pounds.
21        A truck, not in combination and specially equipped with a
22    selfcompactor,  or  an industrial roll-off hoist and roll-off
23    container, used exclusively for garbage or refuse operations,
24    and a truck used exclusively for the collection of  rendering
25    materials  may,  however,  when laden, transmit upon the road
26    surface of any highway  except  when  part  of  the  National
27    System  of  Interstate  and  Defense Highways, a gross weight
28    upon a single axle not more than 22,000 pounds,  and  upon  a
29    tandem  axle  not  more  than  40,000 pounds. During the high
30    precipitation months of December, April, May, June, July, and
31    August, the gross weight upon a single axle or upon a  tandem
32    axle  may  not exceed 35% above these weights.  When unladen,
33    however, those trucks shall comply with the axle  limitations
34    applicable to all other trucks.
 
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 1        A  2  axle  truck specially equipped with a front loading
 2    compactor used exclusively for garbage, refuse, or  recycling
 3    may  transmit  20,000 pounds per axle provided that the gross
 4    weight of the vehicle does not exceed 40,000 pounds.
 5        (b)  The gross weight  of  vehicles  and  combination  of
 6    vehicles  including  the weight of the vehicle or combination
 7    and its maximum  load  shall  be  subject  to  the  foregoing
 8    limitations  and further shall not exceed the following gross
 9    weights dependent upon  the  number  of  axles  and  distance
10    between  extreme axles of the vehicle or combination measured
11    longitudinally to the nearest foot.

12    VEHICLES HAVING 2 AXLES ....................... 36,000 pounds

13                      VEHICLES OR COMBINATIONS
14                           HAVING 3 AXLES
15    With Tandem                     With or
16       Axles                        Without
17                                    Tandem Axles
18    Minimum                         Minimum
19    distance to        Maximum      distance to         Maximum
20    nearest foot       Gross        nearest foot        Gross
21    between            Weight       between             Weight
22    extreme axles      (pounds)     extreme axles       (pounds)
23    10 feet            41,000       16 feet             46,000
24    11                 42,000       17                  47,000
25    12                 43,000       18                  47,500
26    13                 44,000       19                  48,000
27    14                 44,500       20                  49,000
28    15                 45,000       21 feet or more     50,000
29                      VEHICLES OR COMBINATIONS
30                           HAVING 4 AXLES
31    Minimum                         Minimum
32    distance to        Maximum      distance to         Maximum
33    nearest foot       Gross        nearest foot        Gross
 
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 1    between            Weight       between             Weight
 2    extreme axles      (pounds)     extreme axles       (pounds)
 3    15 feet            50,000       26 feet             57,500
 4    16                 50,500       27                  58,000
 5    17                 51,500       28                  58,500
 6    18                 52,000       29                  59,500
 7    19                 52,500       30                  60,000
 8    20                 53,500       31                  60,500
 9    21                 54,000       32                  61,500
10    22                 54,500       33                  62,000
11    23                 55,500       34                  62,500
12    24                 56,000       35                  63,500
13    25                 56,500       36 feet or more     64,000
14        In applying the above table to a vehicle having more than
15    4 axles that is not in combination, only  4  axles  shall  be
16    considered in determining the maximum gross weights.
17                 COMBINATIONS HAVING 5 OR MORE AXLES
18    Minimum distance to           Maximum
19    nearest foot between          Gross Weight
20    extreme axles                 (pounds)
21    42 feet or less               72,000
22    43                            73,000
23    44 feet or more               73,280

24    VEHICLES OPERATING ON CRAWLER TYPE TRACKS ..... 40,000 pounds

25                 TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH SELFCOMPACTORS
26       OR ROLL-OFF HOISTS AND ROLL-OFF CONTAINERS FOR GARBAGE
27              OR REFUSE HAULS ONLY AND TRUCKS USED FOR
28                THE COLLECTION OF RENDERING MATERIALS
29               On Highway Not Part of National System
30                 of Interstate and Defense Highways
31    with 2 axles                                    36,000 pounds
32    with 3 axles                                    54,000 pounds

33                    TWO AXLE TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH
 
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 1             A FRONT LOADING COMPACTOR USED EXCLUSIVELY
 2         FOR THE COLLECTION OF GARBAGE, REFUSE, OR RECYCLING
 3    with 2 axles                                    40,000 pounds

 4        (c)  Cities  having  a population of more than 50,000 may
 5    permit by ordinance axle loads on 2 axle  motor  vehicles  33
 6    1/2%  above those provided for herein, but the increase shall
 7    not become effective until the city has  officially  notified
 8    the  Department of the passage of the ordinance and shall not
 9    apply to those vehicles when outside of  the  limits  of  the
10    city,  nor shall the gross weight of any 2 axle motor vehicle
11    operating over any street of the city exceed 40,000 pounds.
12        (d)  Weight  limitations  shall  not  apply  to  vehicles
13    (including  loads)  operated  by  a   public   utility   when
14    transporting  equipment  required  for  emergency  repair  of
15    public utility facilities or properties or water wells.
16        A  combination  of  vehicles, including a tow truck and a
17    disabled vehicle or disabled combination  of  vehicles,  that
18    exceeds  the  weight restriction imposed by this Code, may be
19    operated on a public highway  in  this  State  provided  that
20    neither  the disabled vehicle nor any vehicle being towed nor
21    the tow truck itself  shall  exceed  the  weight  limitations
22    permitted  under  this  Chapter. During the towing operation,
23    neither the tow  truck  nor  the  vehicle  combination  shall
24    exceed the following axle weight limitations:
25             A.  24,000 pounds - Single rear axle;
26             B.  44,000 pounds - Tandem rear axle;
27        Gross weight limits shall not apply to the combination of
28    the  tow  truck  and  vehicles  being  towed.   The tow truck
29    license plate must cover the operating empty  weight  of  the
30    tow  truck only. The weight of each vehicle being towed shall
31    be covered by a valid license plate issued to  the  owner  or
32    operator  of  the  vehicle  being towed and displayed on that
33    vehicle. If no valid plate issued to the owner or operator of
34    that vehicle is displayed  on  that  vehicle,  or  the  plate
 
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 1    displayed  on  that  vehicle does not cover the weight of the
 2    vehicle, the weight of the vehicle shall be  covered  by  the
 3    third  tow truck plate issued to the owner or operator of the
 4    tow truck and temporarily affixed to the vehicle being towed.
 5    In addition, the following conditions must be met:
 6             (1)  the towing vehicle must be:
 7                  a.  specifically designed as a tow truck having
 8             a gross vehicle weight rating  of  at  least  18,000
 9             lbs.  and equipped with air brakes provided that air
10             brakes shall be required only if the towing  vehicle
11             is towing a vehicle, semitrailer, or tractor-trailer
12             combination that is equipped with airbrakes;
13                  b.  equipped   with   flashing,   rotating   or
14             oscillating  amber  lights, visible for at least 500
15             feet in all directions; and
16                  c.  capable  of  utilizing  the  lighting   and
17             braking   systems   of   the   disabled  vehicle  or
18             combination of vehicles.
19             (2)  The towing of the vehicles on the  highways  of
20        this  State  shall  not  exceed 20 miles from the initial
21        point of wreck or disablement. Any additional movement of
22        the  vehicles  shall  only   occur   upon   issuance   of
23        authorization  for  that movement under the provisions of
24        Sections 15-301 through 15-319 of this Chapter.
25        The  Department  may  by  rule  or  regulation  prescribe
26    additional requirements. However, nothing in this Code  shall
27    prohibit  a  tow truck under instructions of a police officer
28    from legally clearing a disabled  vehicle,  that  may  be  in
29    violation  of  weight  limitations  of this Chapter, from the
30    roadway to the berm or shoulder of the highway.
31        For the purpose of this subsection, gross vehicle  weight
32    rating,  or  GVWR,  shall  mean  the  value  specified by the
33    manufacturer as the loaded weight of the tow truck.
34        (e)  No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped  with
 
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 1    pneumatic tires shall be operated, unladen or with load, upon
 2    the  highways of this State in violation of the provisions of
 3    any permit issued under the  provisions  of  Sections  15-301
 4    through 15-319 of this Chapter.
 5        (f)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision in this Code,
 6    except for those provisions of subsection (d) of this Section
 7    relating to emergency operations of public utilities and  tow
 8    trucks  while  actually  engaged  in the towing of a disabled
 9    vehicle, and those vehicles for which the  Department  issues
10    overweight  permits under authority of Section 15-301 of this
11    Code, the weight limitations  contained  in  this  subsection
12    shall  apply to the National System of Interstate and Defense
13    Highways and other highways in the system of  State  highways
14    that  have  been designated by the Department as Class I, II,
15    or III. No vehicle shall be operated on the highways  with  a
16    weight  in excess of 20,000 pounds carried on any one axle or
17    with a tandem axle weight in excess of 34,000  pounds,  or  a
18    gross   weight   in  excess  of  80,000  pounds  for  vehicle
19    combinations of 5 axles or more, or a gross weight on a group
20    of 2 or more consecutive  axles  in  excess  of  that  weight
21    produced by the application of the following formula:
22        W = 500 times the sum of (LN divided by N-1) + 12N + 36
23    Where  "W"  equals  overall gross weight on any group of 2 or
24    more consecutive axles to the nearest 500 pounds; "L"  equals
25    the distance measured to the nearest foot between extremes of
26    any  group of 2 or more consecutive axles; and "N" equals the
27    number of axles in the group under consideration, except that
28    2 consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load  of
29    34,000 pounds each, provided the overall distance between the
30    first  and last axles of the consecutive sets of tandem axles
31    is 36 feet or more.  Provided  also  that  a  3-axle  vehicle
32    registered as a Special Hauling Vehicle manufactured prior to
33    or  in  the  model  year  of  2004,  and  first registered in
34    Illinois prior to January 1, 2005, with  a  distance  greater
 
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 1    than 72 inches but not more than 96 inches between the 2 rear
 2    axles  may  transmit  to the road surface a maximum weight of
 3    18,000 pounds on each of the 2 rear axles with a gross weight
 4    on these 2 axles not to exceed  36,000  pounds.  Any  vehicle
 5    registered as a Special Hauling Vehicle manufactured prior to
 6    or  in  the  model  year  of  2004  or  thereafter  or  first
 7    registered  in Illinois after December 31, 2004, may transmit
 8    to the road surface a maximum of 34,000 pounds through the  2
 9    rear  axles and neither of the rear axles shall exceed 20,000
10    pounds.
11        The above formula when expressed in tabular form  results
12    in allowable loads as follows:

13    Distance measured
14    to the nearest
15    foot between the
16    extremes of any         Maximum load in pounds
17    group of 2 or           carried on any group of
18    more consecutive        2 or more consecutive axles
19    axles
20          feet        2 axles  3 axles  4 axles  5 axles  6 axles
21            4         34,000
22            5         34,000
23            6         34,000
24            7         34,000
25            8         38,000*   42,000
26            9         39,000    42,500
27           10         40,000    43,500
28           11                   44,000
29           12                   45,000   50,000
30           13                   45,500   50,500
31           14                   46,500   51,500
32           15                   47,000   52,000
33           16                   48,000   52,500   58,000
34           17                   48,500   53,500   58,500
 
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 1           18                   49,500   54,000   59,000
 2           19                   50,000   54,500   60,000
 3           20                   51,000   55,500   60,500   66,000
 4           21                   51,500   56,000   61,000   66,500
 5           22                   52,500   56,500   61,500   67,000
 6           23                   53,000   57,500   62,500   68,000
 7           24                   54,000   58,000   63,000   68,500
 8           25                   54,500   58,500   63,500   69,000
 9           26                   55,500   59,500   64,000   69,500
10           27                   56,000   60,000   65,000   70,000
11           28                   57,000   60,500   65,500   71,000
12           29                   57,500   61,500   66,000   71,500
13           30                   58,500   62,000   66,500   72,000
14           31                   59,000   62,500   67,500   72,500
15           32                   60,000   63,500   68,000   73,000
16           33                            64,000   68,500   74,000
17           34                            64,500   69,000   74,500
18           35                            65,500   70,000   75,000
19           36                            66,000   70,500   75,500
20           37                            66,500   71,000   76,000
21           38                            67,500   72,000   77,000
22           39                            68,000   72,500   77,500
23           40                            68,500   73,000   78,000
24           41                            69,500   73,500   78,500
25           42                            70,000   74,000   79,000
26           43                            70,500   75,000   80,000
27           44                            71,500   75,500
28           45                            72,000   76,000
29           46                            72,500   76,500
30           47                            73,500   77,500
31           48                            74,000   78,000
32           49                            74,500   78,500
33           50                            75,500   79,000
34           51                            76,000   80,000
 
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 1           52                            76,500
 2           53                            77,500
 3           54                            78,000
 4           55                            78,500
 5           56                            79,500
 6           57                            80,000
 7    *If  the distance between 2 axles is 96 inches or less, the 2
 8    axles are tandem axles and  the  maximum  load  permitted  is
 9    34,000  pounds,  notwithstanding  the  higher limit resulting
10    from the application of the formula.
11        In applying the above formula to a  vehicle  having  more
12    than 4 axles that is not a combination, only 4 axles shall be
13    considered in determining the maximum gross weight, and for a
14    combination  of  vehicles  having  more  than 6 axles, only 6
15    axles shall be considered in determining  the  maximum  gross
16    weight.
17        Notwithstanding  the  above  table, 2 consecutive sets of
18    tandem axles may carry a gross weight of 34,000  pounds  each
19    if  the  overall distance between the first and last axles of
20    the consecutive sets of tandem axles is 36 feet or more.
21        Local   authorities    and    road    district    highway
22    commissioners,  with  respect  to  streets and highways under
23    their jurisdiction, without  additional  fees,  may  also  by
24    ordinance  or resolution allow the weight limitations of this
25    subsection, provided the maximum gross weight on any one axle
26    shall not exceed 20,000 pounds and the maximum  gross  weight
27    on  any  tandem  axle  shall  not  exceed  34,000  pounds, on
28    designated highways when appropriate regulatory signs  giving
29    notice  are  erected upon the street or highway or portion of
30    any  street  or  highway  affected  by   the   ordinance   or
31    resolution.
32        Combinations  of  vehicles, registered as Special Hauling
33    Vehicles that include a semitrailer manufactured prior to  or
34    in  the  model year of 2004, and first registered in Illinois
 
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 1    prior to January 1, 2005, having 5 axles with a  distance  of
 2    42 feet or less between extreme axles shall be limited to the
 3    weights prescribed in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section
 4    and  not subject to the bridge formula on the National System
 5    of Interstate and Defense Highways and other highways in  the
 6    system  of  State  highways designated by the Department. For
 7    all  those  combinations  of   vehicles,   that   include   a
 8    semitrailer  manufactured  after  the  effective date of this
 9    amendatory Act of 1986,  the  overall  distance  between  the
10    first and last axles of the 2 sets of tandems must be 18 feet
11    6  inches or more. All combinations of vehicles registered as
12    Special  Hauling  Vehicles   that   include   a   semitrailer
13    manufactured  prior  to  or  in  the  model  year  of 2004 or
14    thereafter or first registered in Illinois after December 31,
15    2004, or that has had its cargo  container  replaced  in  its
16    entirety  after  December  31, 2004, are limited to the gross
17    weight allowed by the above formula.
18        A  truck  not  in  combination,  equipped  with  a   self
19    compactor  or  an  industrial  roll-off  hoist  and  roll-off
20    container, used exclusively for garbage or refuse operations,
21    shall be allowed the weights as prescribed in subsections (a)
22    and  (b)  of  this  Section  and  not  subject  to the bridge
23    formula, provided they are not operated on a highway that  is
24    part of the Interstate and Defense Highway System.
25        Vehicles  operating  under  this  subsection  shall  have
26    access  for a distance of one highway mile to or from a Class
27    I highway on any street or highway, unless there  is  a  sign
28    prohibiting  the access, or 5 highway miles to or from either
29    a Class I, II, or III highway on a street or highway included
30    in the system of  State  highways  and  upon  any  street  or
31    highway  designated  by  local  authorities  or road district
32    commissioners to points  of  loading  and  unloading  and  to
33    facilities for food, fuel, repairs and rest.
34        Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
 
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 1    relating  to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the
 2    designation of highways under this subsection.
 3        (g)  No person shall operate a vehicle or combination  of
 4    vehicles   over   a   bridge   or  other  elevated  structure
 5    constituting part of a highway with a gross  weight  that  is
 6    greater  than the maximum weight permitted by the Department,
 7    when the  structure  is  sign  posted  as  provided  in  this
 8    Section.
 9        (h)  The Department upon request from any local authority
10    shall,   or   upon   its   own  initiative  may,  conduct  an
11    investigation of  any  bridge  or  other  elevated  structure
12    constituting  a  part  of a highway, and if it finds that the
13    structure cannot with safety to itself withstand  the  weight
14    of   vehicles  otherwise  permissible  under  this  Code  the
15    Department shall determine and declare the maximum weight  of
16    vehicles  that  the structures can withstand, and shall cause
17    or permit suitable signs stating maximum weight to be erected
18    and maintained before each end of the structure.   No  person
19    shall  operate  a vehicle or combination of vehicles over any
20    structure with a gross weight that is greater than the posted
21    maximum weight.
22        (i)  Upon  the  trial  of  any  person  charged  with   a
23    violation of subsections (g) or (h) of this Section, proof of
24    the  determination  of  the  maximum  allowable weight by the
25    Department  and  the  existence  of  the  signs,  constitutes
26    conclusive  evidence  of  the  maximum  weight  that  can  be
27    maintained with safety to the bridge or structure.
28    (Source: P.A. 89-117, eff.  7-7-95;  89-433,  eff.  12-15-95;
29    90-89,   eff.  1-1-98;  90-330,  eff.  8-8-97;  90-655,  eff.
30    7-30-98.)

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