Public Act 90-0211 of the 90th General Assembly

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Public Act 90-0211

HB1218 Enrolled                                LRB9004545NTsb

    AN ACT to amend the Illinois  Vehicle  Code  by  changing
Section 15-316.

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

    Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
changing Section 15-316 as follows:

    (625 ILCS 5/15-316) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-316)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-687)
    Sec. 15-316. When the Department, local authority or road
district  highway  commissioner  may  restrict  right  to use
highways.
    (a)  Local  authorities   and   road   district   highway
commissioners   with   respect   to   highways   under  their
jurisdiction may by  ordinance  or  resolution  prohibit  the
operation  of  vehicles  upon  any  such  highway  or  impose
restrictions as to the weight of vehicles to be operated upon
any such highway, for a total period of not to exceed 90 days
in any one calendar year, whenever any said highway by reason
of  deterioration,  rain,  snow,  or other climate conditions
will be seriously damaged or  destroyed  unless  the  use  of
vehicles  thereon  is  prohibited  or the permissible weights
thereof reduced.
    (b)  The  local  authority  or  road   district   highway
commissioner  enacting any such ordinance or resolution shall
erect or cause to be erected and maintained signs designating
the provision of the ordinance or resolution at each  end  of
that  portion  of  any  highway  affected  thereby,  and  the
ordinance  or  resolution  shall  not be effective unless and
until such signs are erected and maintained.
    (c)  Local  authorities   and   road   district   highway
commissioners   with   respect   to   highways   under  their
jurisdiction may also, by ordinance or  resolution,  prohibit
the  operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles, or may
impose limitations  as  the  weight  thereof,  on  designated
highways,   which   prohibitions  and  limitations  shall  be
designated by appropriate signs placed on such highways.
    (c-1)  The weight provisions of subsections (a)  and  (b)
take  precedence over the provisions of subsections (d-1) and
(d-2).
    (d)  The Department  shall  likewise  have  authority  as
hereinbefore  granted  to local authorities and road district
highway commissioners  to  determine  by  resolution  and  to
impose  restrictions  as  to  the weight of vehicles operated
upon any highway under the jurisdiction of  said  department,
and  such  restrictions  shall be effective when signs giving
notice thereof are erected upon the highway or portion of any
highway affected by such resolution.
    (d-1)  Motor vehicles and motor vehicles  in  combination
with  gross  weights not exceeding 73,280 pounds and up to 65
feet in overall length and 102 inches in width  operating  on
highways  under  the  control  of  a  county or township road
district highway commissioner may have access for a  distance
of 5 miles from a State designated highway for the purpose of
loading,  unloading,  services,  and  home base. No exemption
shall be granted authorizing  travel  on  local  roads  as  a
thoroughfare between State designated highways.
    (d-2)  Motor  vehicles  and motor vehicles in combination
with gross weights not exceeding 73,280 pounds and up  to  65
feet  in  overall length and 102 inches in width operating on
highways under the control of municipal authorities may  have
access  for  5  miles from a State designated highway for the
purpose of loading and unloading and one mile for food, fuel,
repairs, and rest on those municipally  controlled  highways.
No exemption shall be granted authorizing travel on municipal
roads as a thoroughfare between State designated highways.
    (e)  When  any  vehicle  is operated in violation of this
Section, the owner or driver of the vehicle shall  be  deemed
guilty  of  a violation and either the owner or the driver of
the vehicle may be prosecuted for the violation.  Any person,
firm, or corporation  convicted  of  violating  this  Section
shall  be fined $50 for any weight exceeding the posted limit
up to the axle or gross weight limit  allowed  a  vehicle  as
provided  for in subsections (a) or (b) of Section 15-111 and
$75 per every 500 pounds or fraction thereof for  any  weight
exceeding  that  which  is provided for in subsections (a) or
(b) of Section 15-111.
(Source: P.A. 88-384; 89-117, eff. 7-7-95.)

    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-687)
    Sec. 15-316. When the Department, local authority or road
district highway  commissioner  may  restrict  right  to  use
highways.
    (a)  Local   authorities   and   road   district  highway
commissioners  with   respect   to   highways   under   their
jurisdiction  may  by  ordinance  or  resolution prohibit the
operation  of  vehicles  upon  any  such  highway  or  impose
restrictions as to the weight of vehicles to be operated upon
any such highway, for a total period of not to exceed 90 days
in any one calendar year, whenever any said highway by reason
of deterioration, rain, snow,  or  other  climate  conditions
will  be  seriously  damaged  or  destroyed unless the use of
vehicles thereon is prohibited  or  the  permissible  weights
thereof reduced.
    (b)  The   local   authority  or  road  district  highway
commissioner enacting any such ordinance or resolution  shall
erect or cause to be erected and maintained signs designating
the  provision  of the ordinance or resolution at each end of
that  portion  of  any  highway  affected  thereby,  and  the
ordinance or resolution shall not  be  effective  unless  and
until such signs are erected and maintained.
    (c)  Local   authorities   and   road   district  highway
commissioners  with   respect   to   highways   under   their
jurisdiction  may  also, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit
the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles, or  may
impose  limitations  as  the  weight  thereof,  on designated
highways,  which  prohibitions  and  limitations   shall   be
designated by appropriate signs placed on such highways.
    (c-1)  The weight provisions of subsections (a), (b), and
(c)  take precedence over the provisions of subsections (d-1)
and (d-2).
    (d)  The Department  shall  likewise  have  authority  as
hereinbefore  granted  to local authorities and road district
highway commissioners  to  determine  by  resolution  and  to
impose  restrictions  as  to  the weight of vehicles operated
upon any highway under the jurisdiction of  said  department,
and  such  restrictions  shall be effective when signs giving
notice thereof are erected upon the highway or portion of any
highway affected by such resolution.
    (d-1)  Motor vehicles and motor vehicles  in  combination
with  gross  weights not exceeding 73,280 pounds and up to 65
feet in overall length and 102 inches in width  operating  on
highways  under  the  control  of  a  county or township road
district highway commissioner may have access for a  distance
of 5 miles from a State designated highway for the purpose of
loading,  unloading,  services,  and  home base. No exemption
shall be granted authorizing  travel  on  local  roads  as  a
thoroughfare between State designated highways.
    (d-2)  Motor  vehicles  and motor vehicles in combination
with gross weights not exceeding 73,280 pounds and up  to  65
feet  in  overall length and 102 inches in width operating on
highways under the control of municipal authorities may  have
access  for  5  miles from a State designated highway for the
purpose of loading and unloading and one mile for food, fuel,
repairs, and rest on those municipally  controlled  highways.
No exemption shall be granted authorizing travel on municipal
roads as a thoroughfare between State designated highways.
    (e)  When  any  vehicle  is operated in violation of this
Section, the owner or driver of the vehicle shall  be  deemed
guilty  of  a violation and either the owner or the driver of
the vehicle may be prosecuted for the violation.  Any person,
firm, or corporation  convicted  of  violating  this  Section
shall  be fined $50 for any weight exceeding the posted limit
up to the axle or gross weight limit  allowed  a  vehicle  as
provided  for in subsections (a) or (b) of Section 15-111 and
$75 per every 500 pounds or fraction thereof for  any  weight
exceeding  that  which  is provided for in subsections (a) or
(b) of Section 15-111.
    (f)  A municipality is authorized  to  enforce  a  county
weight limit ordinance applying to county highways within its
corporate limits and is entitled to the proceeds of any fines
collected from the enforcement.
(Source: P.A.  88-384;  89-117,  eff.  7-7-95;  89-687,  eff.
6-1-97.)

    Section  95.   No  acceleration or delay.  Where this Act
makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for  example,  a
Section  represented  by  multiple versions), the use of that
text does not accelerate or delay the taking  effect  of  (i)
the  changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
any other Public Act.

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