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92_HB0537
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1 AN ACT concerning 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 road
8 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) The weight provisions of subsections (a), (b), and
5 (c) take precedence over the provisions of subsections (d-1),
6 (d-1.5), and (d-2), and (d-3).
7 (d) The Department shall likewise have authority as
8 hereinbefore granted to local authorities and road district
9 highway commissioners to determine by resolution and to
10 impose restrictions as to the weight of vehicles operated
11 upon any highway under the jurisdiction of said department,
12 and such restrictions shall be effective when signs giving
13 notice thereof are erected upon the highway or portion of any
14 highway affected by such resolution.
15 (d-1) Motor vehicles and motor vehicles in combination
16 with gross and axle weights not exceeding the weight
17 limitations specified in subsection (b) of Section 15-111
18 73,280 pounds and up to 65 feet in overall length and 102
19 inches in width operating on highways under the control of a
20 county or a township road district highway commissioner may
21 have access for a distance of 5 miles from a State designated
22 highway for the purpose of loading, unloading, food, fuel,
23 rest, repair services, and home base. No exemption shall be
24 granted authorizing travel on local roads as a thoroughfare
25 between State designated highways.
26 (d-1.5) Motor vehicles and motor vehicles in combination
27 with gross and axle weights not exceeding the weight
28 limitations specified in subsection (f) of Section 15-111 and
29 up to 65 feet in overall length and 102 inches in width and
30 vehicles registered as special haul vehicles under subsection
31 (b) of Section 15-315 operating on highways under the control
32 of a county or a road district may have access from a State
33 designated highway for the purpose of loading or unloading.
34 No exemption shall be granted authorizing travel on local
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1 roads as a thoroughfare between designated highways.
2 (d-2) Motor vehicles and motor vehicles in combination
3 with gross and axle weights not exceeding the weight
4 limitations specified in subsection (f) of Section 15-111
5 73,280 pounds and up to 65 feet in overall length and 102
6 inches in width operating on highways under the control of
7 municipal authorities may have access for 5 miles from a
8 State designated highway for the purpose of loading and
9 unloading and may have access for one mile for food, fuel,
10 repairs, and rest on those municipally controlled highways.
11 No exemption shall be granted authorizing travel on municipal
12 roads as a thoroughfare between State designated highways.
13 (d-3) Motor vehicles and motor vehicles in combination
14 with gross and axle weights not exceeding the weight
15 limitations specified in subsection (f) of Section 15-111 and
16 up to 65 feet in overall length and 102 inches in width and
17 vehicles registered as special haul vehicles under subsection
18 (b) of Section 15-315 operating on highways under the control
19 of the State may have access from a State designated highway
20 for the purpose of loading, unloading, food, fuel, rest,
21 repair, and home base. No exemption shall be granted
22 authorizing travel on State non-designated highways as a
23 thoroughfare between designated highways.
24 (e) When any vehicle is operated in violation of this
25 Section, the owner or driver of the vehicle shall be deemed
26 guilty of a violation and either the owner or the driver of
27 the vehicle may be prosecuted for the violation. Any person,
28 firm, or corporation convicted of violating this Section
29 shall be fined $50 for any weight exceeding the posted limit
30 up to the axle or gross weight limit allowed a vehicle as
31 provided for in subsections (a) or (b) of Section 15-111 and
32 $75 per every 500 pounds or fraction thereof for any weight
33 exceeding that which is provided for in subsections (a) or
34 (b) of Section 15-111.
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1 (f) A municipality is authorized to enforce a county
2 weight limit ordinance applying to county highways within its
3 corporate limits and is entitled to the proceeds of any fines
4 collected from the enforcement.
5 (Source: P.A. 89-117, eff. 7-7-95; 89-687, eff. 6-1-97;
6 90-211, eff. 1-1-98.)
7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect
8 January 1, 2002.