093_HB0227
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1 AN ACT in relation to vehicles.
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 15-316 as follows:
6 (625 ILCS 5/15-316) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-316)
7 Sec. 15-316. When the Department, local authority or
8 road district highway commissioner may restrict right to use
9 highways.
10 (a) Local authorities and road district highway
11 commissioners with respect to highways under their
12 jurisdiction may by ordinance or resolution prohibit the
13 operation of vehicles upon any such highway or impose
14 restrictions as to the weight of vehicles to be operated upon
15 any such highway, for a total period of not to exceed 90 days
16 in any one calendar year, whenever any said highway by reason
17 of deterioration, rain, snow, or other climate conditions
18 will be seriously damaged or destroyed unless the use of
19 vehicles thereon is prohibited or the permissible weights
20 thereof reduced.
21 (b) The local authority or road district highway
22 commissioner enacting any such ordinance or resolution shall
23 erect or cause to be erected and maintained signs designating
24 the provision of the ordinance or resolution at each end of
25 that portion of any highway affected thereby, and the
26 ordinance or resolution shall not be effective unless and
27 until such signs are erected and maintained.
28 (c) Local authorities and road district highway
29 commissioners with respect to highways under their
30 jurisdiction may also, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit
31 the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles, or may
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1 impose limitations as the weight thereof, on designated
2 highways, which prohibitions and limitations shall be
3 designated by appropriate signs placed on such highways.
4 (c-1) (Blank).
5 (d) The Department shall likewise have authority as
6 hereinbefore granted to local authorities and road district
7 highway commissioners to determine by resolution and to
8 impose restrictions as to the weight of vehicles operated
9 upon any highway under the jurisdiction of said department,
10 and such restrictions shall be effective when signs giving
11 notice thereof are erected upon the highway or portion of any
12 highway affected by such resolution.
13 (d-1) (Blank).
14 (d-2) (Blank).
15 (d-3) During the period beginning August 15 and ending
16 December 15 of any year, a motor vehicle or combination of
17 motor vehicles with a gross weight not exceeding 80,000
18 pounds and up to 65 feet in overall length and 102 inches in
19 width hauling agricultural products may use highways under
20 the jurisdiction of local authorities or a road district
21 highway commissioner to transport those agricultural products
22 from the field to grain bins or a grain elevator or from
23 grain bins to a grain elevator, provided the motor vehicle or
24 combination of motor vehicles uses the most direct route
25 available to reach its destination.
26 (e) When any vehicle is operated in violation of this
27 Section, the owner or driver of the vehicle shall be deemed
28 guilty of a violation and either the owner or the driver of
29 the vehicle may be prosecuted for the violation. Any person,
30 firm, or corporation convicted of violating this Section
31 shall be fined $50 for any weight exceeding the posted limit
32 up to the axle or gross weight limit allowed a vehicle as
33 provided for in subsections (a) or (b) of Section 15-111 and
34 $75 per every 500 pounds or fraction thereof for any weight
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1 exceeding that which is provided for in subsections (a) or
2 (b) of Section 15-111.
3 (f) A municipality is authorized to enforce a county
4 weight limit ordinance applying to county highways within its
5 corporate limits and is entitled to the proceeds of any fines
6 collected from the enforcement.
7 (Source: P.A. 92-417, eff. 1-1-02.)