Full Text of HB6093 99th General Assembly
HB6093 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB6093 Introduced 2/11/2016, by Rep. Joe Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 625 ILCS 5/1-105.2a new | | 625 ILCS 5/1-105.7 new | | 625 ILCS 5/1-198 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-198 | 625 ILCS 5/1-212 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-212 | 625 ILCS 5/15-107 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-107 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides a definition for "automobile transporter" and "backhaul." Amends the definition for "stinger-steered semitrailer" and "truck tractor." Provides that the length of a stinger-steered semitrailer specifically designed to transport motor vehicles or an automobile transporter cannot exceed 80 feet (as opposed to 75 feet), with an overhang of less than 4 feet (as opposed to 3 feet) and a rear overhang of less than 6 feet (as opposed to 4 feet). Provides an automobile transporter of these lengths can also be used when transporting other cargo or general freight on a backhaul. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 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 changing | 5 | | Sections 1-198, 1-212, and 15-107 and by adding Sections | 6 | | 1-105.2a and 1-105.7 as follows: | 7 | | (625 ILCS 5/1-105.2a new) | 8 | | Sec. 1-105.2a. Automobile transporter. Any vehicle | 9 | | combination designed and used for the transport of assembled | 10 | | vehicles, including truck camper units, and includes its use | 11 | | when transporting other cargo or general freight on a backhaul | 12 | | while in compliance with the weight limitations for a truck | 13 | | tractor and semitrailer combination. | 14 | | (625 ILCS 5/1-105.7 new) | 15 | | Sec. 1-105.7. Backhaul. The return trip of a vehicle | 16 | | transporting cargo or general freight, especially when | 17 | | carrying goods back over all or part of the same route.
| 18 | | (625 ILCS 5/1-198) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-198)
| 19 | | Sec. 1-198. Stinger-steered semitrailer.
| 20 | | Every semitrailer , including automobile transporters, | 21 | | which has its kingpin on a projection to the front of
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| 1 | | structure of such semitrailer and is combined with the 5th | 2 | | wheel of the
truck tractor at a point not less than two feet to | 3 | | the rear of the center
of the rearmost axle of such tractor.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 76-1586.)
| 5 | | (625 ILCS 5/1-212) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-212)
| 6 | | Sec. 1-212. Truck tractor.
| 7 | | Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing | 8 | | other
vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other | 9 | | than a part of the
weight of the vehicle and load so drawn , or a | 10 | | power unit that carries as property motor vehicles when | 11 | | operating in combination with a semitrailer in transporting | 12 | | motor vehicles or any other commodity, including cargo or | 13 | | general freight, on a backhaul .
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 76-1586.)
| 15 | | (625 ILCS 5/15-107)
(from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-107)
| 16 | | Sec. 15-107. Length of vehicles.
| 17 | | (a) The maximum length of a single vehicle on any highway | 18 | | of this State
may not exceed 42 feet except the following:
| 19 | | (1) Semitrailers.
| 20 | | (2) Charter or regulated route buses may be up to 45 | 21 | | feet in length, not
including energy absorbing bumpers.
| 22 | | (a-1) A motor home as defined in Section 1-145.01 may be up | 23 | | to 45 feet
in length, not including energy absorbing bumpers. | 24 | | The length limitations
described in this subsection (a-1) shall |
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| 1 | | be exclusive of energy-absorbing
bumpers and rear view mirrors.
| 2 | | (b) On all non-State highways, the maximum length of | 3 | | vehicles in
combinations
is as follows:
| 4 | | (1) A truck tractor in combination with a semitrailer | 5 | | may
not exceed 55 feet overall dimension.
| 6 | | (2) A truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer or truck | 7 | | tractor semitrailer-semitrailer may not exceed 60 feet
| 8 | | overall dimension.
| 9 | | (3) Combinations specially designed to transport motor | 10 | | vehicles or
boats may not exceed 60 feet overall dimension.
| 11 | | Vehicles operating during daylight hours when transporting | 12 | | poles, pipes,
machinery, or other objects of a structural | 13 | | nature that cannot readily be
dismembered are exempt from | 14 | | length limitations, provided that no object may
exceed 80 feet | 15 | | in length and the overall dimension of the vehicle including | 16 | | the
load
may not exceed 100 feet. This exemption does not apply | 17 | | to operation on a
Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Legal | 18 | | holidays referred to in this Section
are
the days on which the | 19 | | following traditional holidays are celebrated: New
Year's
Day; | 20 | | Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; | 21 | | and
Christmas Day.
| 22 | | Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en | 23 | | route to make
emergency repairs to public service facilities or | 24 | | properties are exempt from
length
limitations, provided that | 25 | | during night operations every vehicle and its load
must
be | 26 | | equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both |
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| 1 | | sides and
marker lamps on the extreme ends of any projecting | 2 | | load to clearly mark the
dimensions of the load.
| 3 | | A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or | 4 | | combination of
disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph (6) | 5 | | of subsection (c) of this
Section, is
exempt from length | 6 | | limitations.
| 7 | | All other combinations not listed in this subsection (b) | 8 | | may not exceed 60
feet overall dimension.
| 9 | | (c) Except as provided in subsections (c-1) and (c-2), | 10 | | combinations of vehicles may not exceed a total of 2 vehicles | 11 | | except
the
following:
| 12 | | (1) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one trailer.
| 13 | | (2) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one converter | 14 | | dolly or one semitrailer.
| 15 | | (3) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one vehicle | 16 | | that is defined
in Chapter 1 as special mobile equipment, | 17 | | provided the overall dimension does
not
exceed 60 feet.
| 18 | | (4) A truck in transit may draw 3 trucks in transit | 19 | | coupled
together by the triple saddlemount method.
| 20 | | (5) Recreational vehicles consisting of 3 vehicles, | 21 | | provided
the following:
| 22 | | (A) The total overall dimension does not exceed 60
| 23 | | feet.
| 24 | | (B) The towing vehicle is a properly registered
| 25 | | vehicle capable of towing another vehicle using a | 26 | | fifth-wheel type assembly.
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| 1 | | (C) The second vehicle in the combination of | 2 | | vehicles is
a recreational vehicle that is towed by a
| 3 | | fifth-wheel assembly. This vehicle must be
properly | 4 | | registered and must be equipped with
brakes, | 5 | | regardless of weight.
| 6 | | (D) The third vehicle must be the
lightest of the 3 | 7 | | vehicles and be a trailer or
semitrailer designed or | 8 | | used for
transporting a boat, all-terrain vehicle,
| 9 | | personal watercraft, or motorcycle.
| 10 | | (E) The towed vehicles may be only for the use
of | 11 | | the operator of the towing vehicle.
| 12 | | (F) All vehicles must be properly equipped with
| 13 | | operating brakes and safety equipment required by this | 14 | | Code, except the
additional
brake requirement in | 15 | | subdivision (C) of this subparagraph (5).
| 16 | | (6) A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle | 17 | | or combination
of
disabled vehicles, provided the towing | 18 | | vehicle:
| 19 | | (A) Is specifically designed as a tow truck having | 20 | | a gross vehicle
weight rating of
at least 18,000 pounds | 21 | | and equipped with air brakes, provided that air brakes
| 22 | | are
required only if the towing vehicle is towing a | 23 | | vehicle, semitrailer, or
tractor-trailer combination | 24 | | that is equipped with air brakes. For the purpose
of | 25 | | this
subsection, gross vehicle weight rating, or GVWR, | 26 | | means the value
specified by the manufacturer as the |
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| 1 | | loaded weight of the tow truck.
| 2 | | (B) Is equipped with flashing, rotating, or | 3 | | oscillating amber lights,
visible for at
least 500 feet | 4 | | in all directions.
| 5 | | (C) Is capable of utilizing the lighting and | 6 | | braking systems of the
disabled
vehicle or combination | 7 | | of vehicles.
| 8 | | (D) Does not engage a tow exceeding 50 highway | 9 | | miles from the initial
point of
wreck or disablement to | 10 | | a place of repair. Any additional movement of the
| 11 | | vehicles may occur only upon issuance of authorization | 12 | | for that movement under
the provisions of Sections | 13 | | 15-301 through 15-319 of this Code.
| 14 | | The Department may by rule or regulation prescribe | 15 | | additional
requirements
regarding length limitations for a | 16 | | tow truck towing another vehicle.
| 17 | | For purposes of this Section, a tow-dolly that merely | 18 | | serves as
substitute
wheels for another legally licensed | 19 | | vehicle is considered part of the
licensed
vehicle and not | 20 | | a separate vehicle.
| 21 | | (7) Commercial vehicles consisting of 3 vehicles, | 22 | | provided the following: | 23 | | (A) The total overall dimension does not exceed 65 | 24 | | feet. | 25 | | (B) The towing vehicle is a properly registered | 26 | | vehicle capable of towing another vehicle using a |
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| 1 | | fifth-wheel type assembly or a goose-neck hitch ball. | 2 | | (C) The third vehicle must be the lightest of the 3 | 3 | | vehicles and be a trailer or semitrailer. | 4 | | (D) All vehicles must be properly equipped with | 5 | | operating brakes and safety equipment required by this | 6 | | Code.
| 7 | | (E) The combination of vehicles must be operated by | 8 | | a person who holds a commercial driver's license (CDL).
| 9 | | (F) The combination of vehicles must be en route to | 10 | | a location where new or used trailers are sold by an | 11 | | Illinois or out-of-state licensed new or used trailer | 12 | | dealer.
| 13 | | (c-1) A combination of 3 vehicles is allowed access to any | 14 | | State designated highway if: | 15 | | (1) the length of neither towed vehicle exceeds 28.5 | 16 | | feet; | 17 | | (2) the overall wheel base of the combination of | 18 | | vehicles does not exceed 62 feet; and
| 19 | | (3) the combination of vehicles is en route to a | 20 | | location where new or used trailers are sold by an Illinois | 21 | | or out-of-state licensed new or used trailer dealer.
| 22 | | (c-2) A combination of 3 vehicles is allowed access from | 23 | | any State designated highway onto any county, township, or | 24 | | municipal highway for a distance of 5 highway miles for the | 25 | | purpose of delivery or collection of one or both of the towed | 26 | | vehicles if: |
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| 1 | | (1) the length of neither towed vehicle exceeds 28.5 | 2 | | feet; | 3 | | (2) the combination of vehicles does not exceed 40,000 | 4 | | pounds in gross weight and 8 feet 6 inches in width; | 5 | | (3) there is no sign prohibiting that access; | 6 | | (4) the route is not being used as a thoroughfare | 7 | | between State designated highways; and
| 8 | | (5) the combination of vehicles is en route to a | 9 | | location where new or used trailers are sold by an Illinois | 10 | | or out-of-state licensed new or used trailer dealer.
| 11 | | (d) On Class I highways there are no overall length | 12 | | limitations on motor
vehicles
operating in combinations | 13 | | provided:
| 14 | | (1) The length of a semitrailer, unladen or with load,
| 15 | | in combination with a truck tractor may not exceed 53 feet.
| 16 | | (2) The distance between the kingpin and the center of
| 17 | | the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in | 18 | | combination
with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45 feet 6 | 19 | | inches. The limit contained in this paragraph (2) shall not | 20 | | apply to trailers or semi-trailers used for the transport | 21 | | of livestock as defined by Section 18b-101.
| 22 | | (3) The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen or
| 23 | | with load, operated in a truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer
| 24 | | or truck tractor semitrailer-semitrailer combination, may | 25 | | not exceed 28 feet 6 inches.
| 26 | | (4) Maxi-cube combinations, as defined in Chapter 1,
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| 1 | | may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.
| 2 | | (5) Combinations of vehicles specifically designed to
| 3 | | transport motor vehicles or boats may not exceed 65 feet
| 4 | | overall dimension. The length limitation is inclusive of
| 5 | | front and rear bumpers but exclusive of the overhang of the
| 6 | | transported vehicles, as provided in paragraph (i) of this
| 7 | | Section.
| 8 | | (6) Stinger steered semitrailer vehicles a s defined in
| 9 | | Chapter 1, specifically designed to transport motor | 10 | | vehicles or
boats and automobile transporters, as defined | 11 | | in Chapter 1 , may not exceed 80 75 feet overall dimension. | 12 | | The length
limitation is inclusive of front and rear | 13 | | bumpers but
exclusive of the overhang of the transported | 14 | | vehicles, as
provided in paragraph (i) of this Section.
| 15 | | (7) A truck in transit transporting 3 trucks coupled
| 16 | | together by the triple saddlemount method may not
exceed 75 | 17 | | feet overall dimension.
| 18 | | Vehicles operating during daylight hours when transporting | 19 | | poles, pipes,
machinery, or other objects of a structural | 20 | | nature that cannot readily be
dismembered are exempt from | 21 | | length limitations, provided that no object may
exceed 80 feet | 22 | | in length and the overall dimension of the vehicle including | 23 | | the
load
may not exceed 100 feet. This exemption does not apply | 24 | | to operation on a
Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Legal | 25 | | holidays referred to in this Section
are
the days on which the | 26 | | following traditional holidays are celebrated: New
Year's
Day; |
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| 1 | | Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; | 2 | | and
Christmas Day.
| 3 | | Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en | 4 | | route to make
emergency repairs to public service facilities or | 5 | | properties are exempt from
length
limitations, provided that | 6 | | during night operations every vehicle and its load
must
be | 7 | | equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both | 8 | | sides and
marker lamps on the extreme ends of any projecting | 9 | | load to clearly mark the
dimensions of the load.
| 10 | | A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or | 11 | | combination of
disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph (6) | 12 | | of subsection (c) of this
Section, is
exempt from length | 13 | | limitations.
| 14 | | The length limitations described in this paragraph (d) | 15 | | shall be exclusive
of safety and energy conservation devices,
| 16 | | such as bumpers, refrigeration
units or air compressors and | 17 | | other devices, that the Department may interpret
as necessary | 18 | | for safe and efficient
operation; except that no device | 19 | | excluded under this paragraph shall have by
its design or use | 20 | | the capability to carry cargo.
| 21 | | Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act | 22 | | relating to
procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the | 23 | | designation of highways under
this paragraph (d).
| 24 | | (e) On Class II highways there are no overall length | 25 | | limitations on motor
vehicles
operating in combinations, | 26 | | provided:
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| 1 | | (1) The length of a semitrailer, unladen or with load,
| 2 | | in combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 53 feet
| 3 | | overall dimension.
| 4 | | (2) The distance between the kingpin and the center of
| 5 | | the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in | 6 | | combination
with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45 feet 6 | 7 | | inches. The limit contained in this paragraph (2) shall not | 8 | | apply to trailers or semi-trailers used for the transport | 9 | | of livestock as defined by Section 18b-101.
| 10 | | (3) A truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer or truck | 11 | | tractor semitrailer-semitrailer combination may
not exceed | 12 | | 65 feet in dimension from front axle to rear
axle.
| 13 | | (4) The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen or
| 14 | | with load, operated in a truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer | 15 | | or truck tractor semitrailer-semitrailer
combination, may | 16 | | not exceed 28 feet 6 inches.
| 17 | | (5) Maxi-cube combinations, as defined in Chapter 1,
| 18 | | may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.
| 19 | | (6) A combination of vehicles, specifically designed | 20 | | to
transport motor vehicles or boats, may not exceed 65 | 21 | | feet
overall dimension. The length limitation is inclusive | 22 | | of
front and rear bumpers but exclusive of the overhang of | 23 | | the
transported vehicles, as provided in paragraph (i) of | 24 | | this
Section.
| 25 | | (7) Stinger steered semitrailer vehicles , as defined | 26 | | in
Chapter 1, specifically designed to transport motor |
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| 1 | | vehicles or
boats and automobile transporters, as defined | 2 | | in Chapter 1 , may not exceed 80 75 feet overall dimension. | 3 | | The length
limitation is inclusive of front and rear | 4 | | bumpers but
exclusive of the overhang of the transported | 5 | | vehicles, as
provided in paragraph (i) of this Section.
| 6 | | (8) A truck in transit transporting 3 trucks coupled | 7 | | together by the
triple
saddlemount method may not exceed 75 | 8 | | feet overall dimension.
| 9 | | Vehicles operating during daylight hours when transporting | 10 | | poles, pipes,
machinery, or other objects of a structural | 11 | | nature that cannot readily be
dismembered are exempt from | 12 | | length limitations, provided that no object may
exceed 80 feet | 13 | | in length and the overall dimension of the vehicle including | 14 | | the
load
may not exceed 100 feet. This exemption does not apply | 15 | | to operation on a
Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Legal | 16 | | holidays referred to in this Section
are
the days on which the | 17 | | following traditional holidays are celebrated: New Year's
Day; | 18 | | Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; | 19 | | and
Christmas Day.
| 20 | | Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en | 21 | | route to make
emergency repairs to public service facilities or | 22 | | properties are exempt from
length
limitations, provided that | 23 | | during night operations every vehicle and its load
must
be | 24 | | equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both | 25 | | sides and
marker lamps on the extreme ends of any projecting | 26 | | load to clearly mark the
dimensions of the load.
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| 1 | | A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or | 2 | | combination of
disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph (6) | 3 | | of subsection (c) of this
Section, is
exempt from length | 4 | | limitations.
| 5 | | Local authorities, with respect to
streets and highways | 6 | | under their jurisdiction, may also by ordinance or
resolution | 7 | | allow length limitations of this subsection (e).
| 8 | | The length limitations described in this paragraph (e) | 9 | | shall be exclusive
of safety and energy conservation devices, | 10 | | such as bumpers, refrigeration units
or air compressors and | 11 | | other devices, that the Department may interpret as
necessary | 12 | | for safe and efficient operation; except that no device | 13 | | excluded
under this paragraph shall have by its design or use | 14 | | the capability to carry
cargo.
| 15 | | Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act | 16 | | relating to
procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the | 17 | | designation of highways under
this paragraph (e).
| 18 | | (e-1) Combinations of vehicles
not exceeding 65 feet | 19 | | overall length are
allowed access
as follows: | 20 | | (1) From any State designated highway onto any county, | 21 | | township, or
municipal highway for a distance of 5 highway | 22 | | miles for the purpose of
loading and unloading, provided: | 23 | | (A) The vehicle does not exceed 80,000 pounds in | 24 | | gross weight
and 8 feet 6 inches in width. | 25 | | (B) There is no sign prohibiting that access. | 26 | | (C) The route is not being used as a thoroughfare |
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| 1 | | between State
designated highways. | 2 | | (2) From any State designated highway onto any county | 3 | | or township
highway for a distance of 5 highway miles or | 4 | | onto any municipal highway for
a distance of one highway | 5 | | mile for the purpose of food, fuel, repairs, and rest,
| 6 | | provided: | 7 | | (A) The vehicle does not exceed 80,000 pounds in | 8 | | gross weight
and 8 feet 6 inches in width. | 9 | | (B) There is no sign prohibiting that access. | 10 | | (C) The route is not being used as a thoroughfare | 11 | | between State
designated highways. | 12 | | (e-2) Except as provided in subsection (e-3), combinations | 13 | | of vehicles over
65
feet in length, with no overall length
| 14 | | limitation except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of | 15 | | this Section, are
allowed access as follows: | 16 | | (1) From a Class I highway onto any street or highway | 17 | | for a distance of
one highway mile for the purpose of | 18 | | loading, unloading, food, fuel, repairs,
and rest, | 19 | | provided there is no sign prohibiting that access. | 20 | | (2) From a Class I or Class II highway onto any State | 21 | | highway or any
locally designated highway for a distance of | 22 | | 5 highway miles for the purpose
of loading, unloading, | 23 | | food, fuel, repairs, and rest. | 24 | | (e-3) Combinations of vehicles over 65 feet in length | 25 | | operated by household
goods carriers, with no overall length | 26 | | limitations except as provided in
subsections (d) and (e) of |
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| 1 | | this Section, have unlimited access to points of
loading
and | 2 | | unloading. | 3 | | (f) On Class III and other non-designated State highways, | 4 | | the length
limitations
for vehicles in combination are as | 5 | | follows:
| 6 | | (1) Truck tractor-semitrailer combinations, must
| 7 | | comply with either a maximum 55 feet overall wheel base or
| 8 | | a maximum 65 feet extreme overall dimension.
| 9 | | (2) Semitrailers, unladen or with load, may not exceed
| 10 | | 53 feet overall dimension.
| 11 | | (3) No truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer or truck | 12 | | tractor semitrailer-semitrailer combination may
exceed 60 | 13 | | feet extreme overall dimension.
| 14 | | (4) The distance between the kingpin and the center | 15 | | axle of a
semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in combination | 16 | | with a truck tractor, may
not exceed 42 feet 6 inches. The | 17 | | limit contained in this paragraph (4) shall not apply to | 18 | | trailers or semi-trailers used for the transport of | 19 | | livestock as defined by Section 18b-101.
| 20 | | (g) Length limitations in the preceding subsections of this | 21 | | Section 15-107
do not apply to the following:
| 22 | | (1) Vehicles operated in the daytime, except on | 23 | | Saturdays, Sundays, or
legal holidays, when transporting | 24 | | poles, pipe, machinery, or other objects of a
structural | 25 | | nature that cannot readily be dismembered, provided the | 26 | | overall
length of vehicle and load may not exceed 100 feet |
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| 1 | | and no object exceeding 80
feet in length may be | 2 | | transported unless a permit has been obtained as
authorized | 3 | | in Section 15-301.
| 4 | | (2) Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility | 5 | | while en route to make
emergency repairs to public service | 6 | | facilities or properties, but during
night operation every | 7 | | vehicle and its load must be equipped with
a
sufficient | 8 | | number of clearance lamps on both sides and marker lamps | 9 | | upon the
extreme ends of any projecting load to clearly | 10 | | mark the dimensions of the load.
| 11 | | (3) A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle | 12 | | or combination of
disabled vehicles, provided the towing | 13 | | vehicle meets the following conditions:
| 14 | | (A) It is specifically designed as a tow truck | 15 | | having a gross vehicle
weight
rating of at least 18,000 | 16 | | pounds and equipped with air brakes, provided that
air
| 17 | | brakes are required only if the towing vehicle is | 18 | | towing a vehicle,
semitrailer, or tractor-trailer | 19 | | combination that is equipped with air brakes.
| 20 | | (B) It is equipped with flashing, rotating, or | 21 | | oscillating amber lights,
visible for at least 500 feet | 22 | | in all directions.
| 23 | | (C) It is capable of utilizing the lighting and | 24 | | braking systems of the
disabled vehicle or combination | 25 | | of vehicles.
| 26 | | (D) It does not engage in a tow exceeding 50 miles |
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| 1 | | from the initial
point
of wreck or disablement.
| 2 | | The Department may by rule or regulation prescribe | 3 | | additional requirements
regarding length limitations for a tow | 4 | | truck towing another vehicle.
The towing vehicle, however, may | 5 | | tow any disabled vehicle from the initial
point of wreck or | 6 | | disablement to a point where repairs are actually to occur.
| 7 | | This movement shall be valid only on State routes.
The tower | 8 | | must abide by posted bridge weight limits.
| 9 | | For the purpose of this subsection, gross vehicle weight | 10 | | rating, or GVWR,
shall mean the value specified by the | 11 | | manufacturer as the loaded weight of
the tow truck. Legal | 12 | | holidays referred to in this Section shall be
specified as the | 13 | | day on which the following traditional holidays are
celebrated:
| 14 | | New Year's Day;
| 15 | | Memorial Day;
| 16 | | Independence Day;
| 17 | | Labor Day;
| 18 | | Thanksgiving Day; and
| 19 | | Christmas Day.
| 20 | | (h) The load upon any vehicle operated alone, or the load | 21 | | upon the
front vehicle of a combination of vehicles, shall not | 22 | | extend more than 3
feet beyond the front wheels of the vehicle | 23 | | or the front bumper of the
vehicle if it is equipped with a | 24 | | front bumper.
The provisions of this subsection (h) shall not | 25 | | apply to any vehicle or
combination of vehicles specifically | 26 | | designed for the collection and
transportation of waste, |
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| 1 | | garbage, or recyclable materials during the vehicle's
| 2 | | operation in the course of collecting
garbage, waste, or
| 3 | | recyclable materials if the vehicle is traveling at a speed not | 4 | | in
excess of
15 miles per hour during the vehicle's operation | 5 | | and in the course of
collecting garbage, waste, or recyclable | 6 | | materials. However, in no instance
shall the load extend more | 7 | | than 7 feet beyond the front wheels of the vehicle
or the front | 8 | | bumper of the vehicle if it is equipped with a front bumper.
| 9 | | (i) The load upon the front vehicle of an automobile | 10 | | transporter or a stinger-steered vehicle a combination of | 11 | | vehicles
specifically designed to transport motor vehicles | 12 | | shall not extend more
than 4 3 feet beyond the foremost part of | 13 | | the transporting vehicle and the
load upon the rear | 14 | | transporting vehicle shall not extend more than 6 4 feet
beyond | 15 | | the rear of the bed or body of the vehicle. This paragraph | 16 | | shall
only be applicable upon highways designated in paragraphs | 17 | | (d) and (e) of
this Section.
| 18 | | (j) Articulated vehicles comprised of 2 sections, neither | 19 | | of which
exceeds a length of 42 feet, designed for the carrying | 20 | | of more than 10
persons, may be up to 60 feet in length, not | 21 | | including energy absorbing
bumpers, provided that the vehicles | 22 | | are:
| 23 | | 1. operated by or for any public body or motor carrier | 24 | | authorized by law
to provide public transportation | 25 | | services; or
| 26 | | 2. operated in local public transportation service by |
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| 1 | | any other person
and the municipality in which the service | 2 | | is to be provided approved the
operation of the vehicle.
| 3 | | (j-1) (Blank).
| 4 | | (k) Any person who is convicted of violating this Section | 5 | | is subject
to the penalty as provided in paragraph (b) of | 6 | | Section 15-113.
| 7 | | (l) (Blank).
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 1-1-10; 96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-1352, | 9 | | eff. 7-28-10; 97-200, eff. 7-27-11; 97-883, eff. 1-1-13.)
| 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 11 | | becoming law.
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