Public Act 93-0312

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    AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

    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 3-809 as follows:

    (625 ILCS 5/3-809) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-809)
    Sec.  3-809.  Farm   machinery,   exempt   vehicles   and
fertilizer spreaders - registration fee.
    (a)  Vehicles  of  the  second  division  having  a  corn
sheller, a well driller, hay press, clover huller, feed mixer
and  unloader,  or  other  farm machinery permanently mounted
thereon and used solely for transporting the same, farm wagon
type  trailers  having  a  fertilizer   spreader   attachment
permanently  mounted thereon, having a gross weight of not to
exceed 36,000 pounds and used only for the transportation  of
bulk  fertilizer, and farm wagon type tank trailers of not to
exceed  3,000  gallons  capacity,  used  during  the   liquid
fertilizer  season  as  field-storage "nurse tanks" supplying
the fertilizer to a field applicator and  moved  on  highways
only  for  bringing  the  fertilizer  from  a local source of
supply to farm or field or from one farm or field to another,
or used during the lime season and moved on the highways only
for bringing from a local source of supply to farm  or  field
or  from  one  farm  or field to another, shall be registered
upon the filing of a proper application and the payment of  a
registration fee of $13 per 2-year registration period.  This
registration  fee of $13  shall be paid in full and shall not
be reduced even though such registration is  made  after  the
beginning of the registration period.
    (b)  Vehicles   exempt   from   registration   under  the
provisions of Section 3-402.A of this Act, as amended, except
those vehicles required to be registered under paragraph  (c)
of  this  Section,  may,  at  the  option  of  the  owner, be
identified as  exempt  vehicles  by  displaying  registration
plates  issued  by the Secretary of State.  The owner thereof
may apply for such permanent,  non-transferable  registration
plates  upon  the  filing  of  a  proper  application and the
payment of a registration fee of $13, and  this  registration
shall  be  valid  for a 2 year registration period.  This $13
fee shall be paid in full  and  shall  not  be  reduced  even
though  the  application  is  made after the beginning of the
registration period.  The application for and display of such
registration plates for identification purposes  by  vehicles
exempt  from  registration shall not be deemed as a waiver or
recision of its exempt status, nor make such vehicle  subject
to registration.
    (c)  Any    single   unit   self-propelled   agricultural
fertilizer implement, designed for both on and off road  use,
equipped with flotation tires and otherwise specially adapted
for  the  application of plant food materials or agricultural
chemicals, desiring to be operated upon the highways  ladened
with  load  shall  be  registered upon the filing of a proper
application and payment of a registration fee  of  $250.  The
registration  fee  shall  be  paid  in  full and shall not be
reduced even though such  registration  is  made  during  the
second  half  of the registration year. These vehicles shall,
whether loaded or unloaded, be limited  to  a  maximum  gross
weight of 36,000 pounds, restricted to a highway speed of not
more  than  30  miles  per hour and a legal width of not more
than  12  feet.  Such  vehicles  shall  be  limited  to   the
furthering  of  agricultural or horticultural pursuits and in
furtherance of these pursuits, such vehicles may be  operated
upon  the  highway, within a 50 mile radius of their point of
loading as indicated on  the  written  or  printed  statement
required  by  the  "Illinois  Fertilizer  Act  of  1961",  as
amended,  for  the  purpose of moving plant food materials or
agricultural chemicals to the field, or from field to  field,
for the sole purpose of application.
    No  single  unit  self-propelled  agricultural fertilizer
implement, designed for both on and off  road  use,  equipped
with  flotation tires and otherwise specially adapted for the
application  of  plant   food   materials   or   agricultural
chemicals,  having  a  width  of more than 12 feet or a gross
weight in excess of 36,000  pounds,  shall  be  permitted  to
operate upon the highways ladened with load.
    Whenever  any vehicle is operated in violation of Section
3-809 (c) of this Act,  the  owner  or  the  driver  of  such
vehicle  shall be deemed guilty of a petty offense and either
may be prosecuted for such violation.
(Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99; 92-15, eff. 7-1-01.)

    Section 99.   Effective  date.   This  Act  takes  effect
January 1, 2004.