Rep. Jim Sacia

Filed: 3/17/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2836

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2836 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing Section 15-107 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/15-107)   (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-107)
7    Sec. 15-107. Length of vehicles.
8    (a) The maximum length of a single vehicle on any highway
9of this State may not exceed 42 feet except the following:
10        (1) Semitrailers.
11        (2) Charter or regulated route buses may be up to 45
12    feet in length, not including energy absorbing bumpers.
13    (a-1) A motor home as defined in Section 1-145.01 may be up
14to 45 feet in length, not including energy absorbing bumpers.
15The length limitations described in this subsection (a-1) shall
16be exclusive of energy-absorbing bumpers and rear view mirrors.

 

 

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1    (b) On all non-State highways, the maximum length of
2vehicles in combinations is as follows:
3        (1) A truck tractor in combination with a semitrailer
4    may not exceed 55 feet overall dimension.
5        (2) A truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer may not exceed
6    60 feet overall dimension.
7        (3) Combinations specially designed to transport motor
8    vehicles or boats may not exceed 60 feet overall dimension.
9    Vehicles operating during daylight hours when transporting
10poles, pipes, machinery, or other objects of a structural
11nature that cannot readily be dismembered are exempt from
12length limitations, provided that no object may exceed 80 feet
13in length and the overall dimension of the vehicle including
14the load may not exceed 100 feet. This exemption does not apply
15to operation on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Legal
16holidays referred to in this Section are the days on which the
17following traditional holidays are celebrated: New Year's Day;
18Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day;
19and Christmas Day.
20    Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en
21route to make emergency repairs to public service facilities or
22properties are exempt from length limitations, provided that
23during night operations every vehicle and its load must be
24equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both
25sides and marker lamps on the extreme ends of any projecting
26load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.

 

 

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1    A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or
2combination of disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph (6)
3of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from length
4limitations.
5    All other combinations not listed in this subsection (b)
6may not exceed 60 feet overall dimension.
7    (c) Except as provided in subsections (c-1) and (c-2),
8combinations of vehicles may not exceed a total of 2 vehicles
9except the following:
10        (1) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one trailer.
11        (2) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one converter
12    dolly or one semitrailer.
13        (3) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one vehicle
14    that is defined in Chapter 1 as special mobile equipment,
15    provided the overall dimension does not exceed 60 feet.
16        (4) A truck in transit may draw 3 trucks in transit
17    coupled together by the triple saddlemount method.
18        (5) Recreational vehicles consisting of 3 vehicles,
19    provided the following:
20            (A) The total overall dimension does not exceed 60
21        feet.
22            (B) The towing vehicle is a properly registered
23        vehicle capable of towing another vehicle using a
24        fifth-wheel type assembly.
25            (C) The second vehicle in the combination of
26        vehicles is a recreational vehicle that is towed by a

 

 

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1        fifth-wheel assembly. This vehicle must be properly
2        registered and must be equipped with brakes,
3        regardless of weight.
4            (D) The third vehicle must be the lightest of the 3
5        vehicles and be a trailer or semitrailer designed or
6        used for transporting a boat, all-terrain vehicle,
7        personal watercraft, or motorcycle.
8            (E) The towed vehicles may be only for the use of
9        the operator of the towing vehicle.
10            (F) All vehicles must be properly equipped with
11        operating brakes and safety equipment required by this
12        Code, except the additional brake requirement in
13        subdivision (C) of this subparagraph (5).
14        (6) A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle
15    or combination of disabled vehicles, provided the towing
16    vehicle:
17            (A) Is specifically designed as a tow truck having
18        a gross vehicle weight rating of at least 18,000 pounds
19        and equipped with air brakes, provided that air brakes
20        are required only if the towing vehicle is towing a
21        vehicle, semitrailer, or tractor-trailer combination
22        that is equipped with air brakes. For the purpose of
23        this subsection, gross vehicle weight rating, or GVWR,
24        means the value specified by the manufacturer as the
25        loaded weight of the tow truck.
26            (B) Is equipped with flashing, rotating, or

 

 

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1        oscillating amber lights, visible for at least 500 feet
2        in all directions.
3            (C) Is capable of utilizing the lighting and
4        braking systems of the disabled vehicle or combination
5        of vehicles.
6            (D) Does not engage a tow exceeding 50 highway
7        miles from the initial point of wreck or disablement to
8        a place of repair. Any additional movement of the
9        vehicles may occur only upon issuance of authorization
10        for that movement under the provisions of Sections
11        15-301 through 15-319 of this Code.
12        The Department may by rule or regulation prescribe
13    additional requirements regarding length limitations for a
14    tow truck towing another vehicle.
15        For purposes of this Section, a tow-dolly that merely
16    serves as substitute wheels for another legally licensed
17    vehicle is considered part of the licensed vehicle and not
18    a separate vehicle.
19        (7) Commercial vehicles consisting of 3 vehicles,
20    provided the following:
21            (A) The total overall dimension does not exceed 65
22        feet.
23            (B) The towing vehicle is a properly registered
24        vehicle capable of towing another vehicle using a
25        fifth-wheel type assembly or a goose-neck hitch ball.
26            (C) The third vehicle must be the lightest of the 3

 

 

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1        vehicles and be a trailer or semitrailer.
2            (D) All vehicles must be properly equipped with
3        operating brakes and safety equipment required by this
4        Code.
5            (E) The combination of vehicles must be operated by
6        a person who holds a commercial driver's license (CDL).
7            (F) The combination of vehicles must be en route to
8        a location where new or used trailers are sold by an
9        Illinois or out-of-state licensed new or used trailer
10        dealer.
11    (c-1) A combination of 3 vehicles is allowed access to any
12State designated highway if:
13        (1) the length of neither towed vehicle exceeds 28.5
14    feet;
15        (2) the overall wheel base of the combination of
16    vehicles does not exceed 62 feet; and
17        (3) the combination of vehicles is en route to a
18    location where new or used trailers are sold by an Illinois
19    or out-of-state licensed new or used trailer dealer.
20    (c-2) A combination of 3 vehicles is allowed access from
21any State designated highway onto any county, township, or
22municipal highway for a distance of 5 highway miles for the
23purpose of delivery or collection of one or both of the towed
24vehicles if:
25        (1) the length of neither towed vehicle exceeds 28.5
26    feet;

 

 

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1        (2) the combination of vehicles does not exceed 40,000
2    pounds in gross weight and 8 feet 6 inches in width;
3        (3) there is no sign prohibiting that access;
4        (4) the route is not being used as a thoroughfare
5    between State designated highways; and
6        (5) the combination of vehicles is en route to a
7    location where new or used trailers are sold by an Illinois
8    or out-of-state licensed new or used trailer dealer.
9    (d) On Class I highways there are no overall length
10limitations on motor vehicles operating in combinations
11provided:
12        (1) The length of a semitrailer, unladen or with load,
13    in combination with a truck tractor may not exceed 53 feet.
14        (2) The distance between the kingpin and the center of
15    the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in
16    combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45 feet 6
17    inches.
18        (3) The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen or
19    with load, operated in a truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer
20    combination, may not exceed 28 feet 6 inches.
21        (4) Maxi-cube combinations, as defined in Chapter 1,
22    may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.
23        (5) Combinations of vehicles specifically designed to
24    transport motor vehicles or boats may not exceed 65 feet
25    overall dimension. The length limitation is inclusive of
26    front and rear bumpers but exclusive of the overhang of the

 

 

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1    transported vehicles, as provided in paragraph (i) of this
2    Section.
3        (6) Stinger steered semitrailer vehicles as defined in
4    Chapter 1, specifically designed to transport motor
5    vehicles or boats, may not exceed 75 feet overall
6    dimension. The length limitation is inclusive of front and
7    rear bumpers but exclusive of the overhang of the
8    transported vehicles, as provided in paragraph (i) of this
9    Section.
10        (7) A truck in transit transporting 3 trucks coupled
11    together by the triple saddlemount method may not exceed 75
12    feet overall dimension.
13    Vehicles operating during daylight hours when transporting
14poles, pipes, machinery, or other objects of a structural
15nature that cannot readily be dismembered are exempt from
16length limitations, provided that no object may exceed 80 feet
17in length and the overall dimension of the vehicle including
18the load may not exceed 100 feet. This exemption does not apply
19to operation on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Legal
20holidays referred to in this Section are the days on which the
21following traditional holidays are celebrated: New Year's Day;
22Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day;
23and Christmas Day.
24    Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en
25route to make emergency repairs to public service facilities or
26properties are exempt from length limitations, provided that

 

 

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1during night operations every vehicle and its load must be
2equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both
3sides and marker lamps on the extreme ends of any projecting
4load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
5    A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or
6combination of disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph (6)
7of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from length
8limitations.
9    The length limitations described in this paragraph (d)
10shall be exclusive of safety and energy conservation devices,
11such as bumpers, refrigeration units or air compressors and
12other devices, that the Department may interpret as necessary
13for safe and efficient operation; except that no device
14excluded under this paragraph shall have by its design or use
15the capability to carry cargo.
16    Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
17relating to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the
18designation of highways under this paragraph (d).
19    (e) On Class II highways there are no overall length
20limitations on motor vehicles operating in combinations,
21provided:
22        (1) The length of a semitrailer, unladen or with load,
23    in combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 53 feet
24    overall dimension.
25        (2) The distance between the kingpin and the center of
26    the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in

 

 

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1    combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45 feet 6
2    inches.
3        (3) A truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination
4    may not exceed 65 feet in dimension from front axle to rear
5    axle.
6        (4) The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen or
7    with load, operated in a truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer
8    combination, may not exceed 28 feet 6 inches.
9        (5) Maxi-cube combinations, as defined in Chapter 1,
10    may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.
11        (6) A combination of vehicles, specifically designed
12    to transport motor vehicles or boats, may not exceed 65
13    feet overall dimension. The length limitation is inclusive
14    of front and rear bumpers but exclusive of the overhang of
15    the transported vehicles, as provided in paragraph (i) of
16    this Section.
17        (7) Stinger steered semitrailer vehicles, as defined
18    in Chapter 1, specifically designed to transport motor
19    vehicles or boats, may not exceed 75 feet overall
20    dimension. The length limitation is inclusive of front and
21    rear bumpers but exclusive of the overhang of the
22    transported vehicles, as provided in paragraph (i) of this
23    Section.
24        (8) A truck in transit transporting 3 trucks coupled
25    together by the triple saddlemount method may not exceed 75
26    feet overall dimension.

 

 

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1    Vehicles operating during daylight hours when transporting
2poles, pipes, machinery, or other objects of a structural
3nature that cannot readily be dismembered are exempt from
4length limitations, provided that no object may exceed 80 feet
5in length and the overall dimension of the vehicle including
6the load may not exceed 100 feet. This exemption does not apply
7to operation on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Legal
8holidays referred to in this Section are the days on which the
9following traditional holidays are celebrated: New Year's Day;
10Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day;
11and Christmas Day.
12    Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en
13route to make emergency repairs to public service facilities or
14properties are exempt from length limitations, provided that
15during night operations every vehicle and its load must be
16equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both
17sides and marker lamps on the extreme ends of any projecting
18load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
19    A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or
20combination of disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph (6)
21of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from length
22limitations.
23    Local authorities, with respect to streets and highways
24under their jurisdiction, may also by ordinance or resolution
25allow length limitations of this subsection (e).
26    The length limitations described in this paragraph (e)

 

 

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1shall be exclusive of safety and energy conservation devices,
2such as bumpers, refrigeration units or air compressors and
3other devices, that the Department may interpret as necessary
4for safe and efficient operation; except that no device
5excluded under this paragraph shall have by its design or use
6the capability to carry cargo.
7    Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
8relating to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the
9designation of highways under this paragraph (e).
10    (e-1) Combinations of vehicles not exceeding 65 feet
11overall length are allowed access as follows:
12        (1) From any State designated highway onto any county,
13    township, or municipal highway for a distance of 5 highway
14    miles for the purpose of loading and unloading, provided:
15            (A) The vehicle does not exceed 80,000 pounds in
16        gross weight and 8 feet 6 inches in width.
17            (B) There is no sign prohibiting that access.
18            (C) The route is not being used as a thoroughfare
19        between State designated highways.
20        (2) From any State designated highway onto any county
21    or township highway for a distance of 5 highway miles or
22    onto any municipal highway for a distance of one highway
23    mile for the purpose of food, fuel, repairs, and rest,
24    provided:
25            (A) The vehicle does not exceed 80,000 pounds in
26        gross weight and 8 feet 6 inches in width.

 

 

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1            (B) There is no sign prohibiting that access.
2            (C) The route is not being used as a thoroughfare
3        between State designated highways.
4    (e-2) Except as provided in subsection (e-3), combinations
5of vehicles over 65 feet in length, with no overall length
6limitation except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of
7this Section, are allowed access as follows:
8        (1) From a Class I highway onto any street or highway
9    for a distance of one highway mile for the purpose of
10    loading, unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and rest,
11    provided there is no sign prohibiting that access.
12        (2) From a Class I or Class II highway onto any State
13    highway or any locally designated highway for a distance of
14    5 highway miles for the purpose of loading, unloading,
15    food, fuel, repairs, and rest.
16    (e-3) Combinations of vehicles over 65 feet in length
17operated by household goods carriers, with no overall length
18limitations except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of
19this Section, have unlimited access to points of loading and
20unloading.
21    (f) On Class III and other non-designated State highways,
22the length limitations for vehicles in combination are as
23follows:
24        (1) Truck tractor-semitrailer combinations, must
25    comply with either a maximum 55 feet overall wheel base or
26    a maximum 65 feet extreme overall dimension.

 

 

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1        (2) Semitrailers, unladen or with load, may not exceed
2    53 feet overall dimension.
3        (3) No truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination
4    may exceed 60 feet extreme overall dimension.
5        (4) The distance between the kingpin and the center
6    axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in combination
7    with a truck tractor, may not exceed 42 feet 6 inches.
8    (g) Length limitations in the preceding subsections of this
9Section 15-107 do not apply to the following:
10        (1) Vehicles operated in the daytime, except on
11    Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays, when transporting
12    poles, pipe, machinery, or other objects of a structural
13    nature that cannot readily be dismembered, provided the
14    overall length of vehicle and load may not exceed 100 feet
15    and no object exceeding 80 feet in length may be
16    transported unless a permit has been obtained as authorized
17    in Section 15-301.
18        (2) Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility
19    while en route to make emergency repairs to public service
20    facilities or properties, but during night operation every
21    vehicle and its load must be equipped with a sufficient
22    number of clearance lamps on both sides and marker lamps
23    upon the extreme ends of any projecting load to clearly
24    mark the dimensions of the load.
25        (3) A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle
26    or combination of disabled vehicles, provided the towing

 

 

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1    vehicle meets the following conditions:
2            (A) It is specifically designed as a tow truck
3        having a gross vehicle weight rating of at least 18,000
4        pounds and equipped with air brakes, provided that air
5        brakes are required only if the towing vehicle is
6        towing a vehicle, semitrailer, or tractor-trailer
7        combination that is equipped with air brakes.
8            (B) It is equipped with flashing, rotating, or
9        oscillating amber lights, visible for at least 500 feet
10        in all directions.
11            (C) It is capable of utilizing the lighting and
12        braking systems of the disabled vehicle or combination
13        of vehicles.
14            (D) It does not engage in a tow exceeding 50 miles
15        from the initial point of wreck or disablement.
16    The Department may by rule or regulation prescribe
17additional requirements regarding length limitations for a tow
18truck towing another vehicle. The towing vehicle, however, may
19tow any disabled vehicle from the initial point of wreck or
20disablement to a point where repairs are actually to occur.
21This movement shall be valid only on State routes. The tower
22must abide by posted bridge weight limits.
23    For the purpose of this subsection, gross vehicle weight
24rating, or GVWR, shall mean the value specified by the
25manufacturer as the loaded weight of the tow truck. Legal
26holidays referred to in this Section shall be specified as the

 

 

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1day on which the following traditional holidays are celebrated:
2    New Year's Day;
3    Memorial Day;
4    Independence Day;
5    Labor Day;
6    Thanksgiving Day; and
7    Christmas Day.
8    (h) The load upon any vehicle operated alone, or the load
9upon the front vehicle of a combination of vehicles, shall not
10extend more than 3 feet beyond the front wheels of the vehicle
11or the front bumper of the vehicle if it is equipped with a
12front bumper. The provisions of this subsection (h) shall not
13apply to any vehicle or combination of vehicles specifically
14designed for the collection and transportation of waste,
15garbage, or recyclable materials during the vehicle's
16operation in the course of collecting garbage, waste, or
17recyclable materials if the vehicle is traveling at a speed not
18in excess of 15 miles per hour during the vehicle's operation
19and in the course of collecting garbage, waste, or recyclable
20materials. However, in no instance shall the load extend more
21than 7 feet beyond the front wheels of the vehicle or the front
22bumper of the vehicle if it is equipped with a front bumper.
23    (i) The load upon the front vehicle of a combination of
24vehicles specifically designed to transport motor vehicles
25shall not extend more than 3 feet beyond the foremost part of
26the transporting vehicle and the load upon the rear

 

 

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1transporting vehicle shall not extend more than 4 feet beyond
2the rear of the bed or body of the vehicle. This paragraph
3shall only be applicable upon highways designated in paragraphs
4(d) and (e) of this Section.
5    (j) Articulated vehicles comprised of 2 sections, neither
6of which exceeds a length of 42 feet, designed for the carrying
7of more than 10 persons, may be up to 60 feet in length, not
8including energy absorbing bumpers, provided that the vehicles
9are:
10        1. operated by or for any public body or motor carrier
11    authorized by law to provide public transportation
12    services; or
13        2. operated in local public transportation service by
14    any other person and the municipality in which the service
15    is to be provided approved the operation of the vehicle.
16    (j-1) (Blank).
17    (k) Any person who is convicted of violating this Section
18is subject to the penalty as provided in paragraph (b) of
19Section 15-113.
20    (l) (Blank).
21(Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 1-1-10; 96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-1352,
22eff. 7-28-10.)
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24becoming law.".