Sen. Terry Link

Filed: 5/7/2004

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 720

2     AMENDMENT NO. ____. Amend House Bill 720 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5 changing Sections 15-107, 15-111, 15-301, and 15-308.2 as
6 follows:
 
7     (625 ILCS 5/15-107)   (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-107)
8     Sec. 15-107. Length of vehicles.
9     (a) The maximum length of a single vehicle on any highway
10 of this State may not exceed 42 feet except the following:
11         (1) Semitrailers.
12         (2) Charter or regulated route buses may be up to 45
13     feet in length, not including energy absorbing bumpers.
14     (a-1) A motor home as defined in Section 1-145.01 may be up
15 to 45 feet in length, not including energy absorbing bumpers.
16 The length limitations described in this subsection (a-1) shall
17 be exclusive of energy-absorbing bumpers and rear view mirrors.
18     (b) On all non-State highways, the maximum length of
19 vehicles in combinations is as follows:
20         (1) A truck tractor in combination with a semitrailer
21     may not exceed 55 feet overall dimension.
22         (2) A truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer may not exceed
23     60 feet overall dimension.
24         (3) Combinations specially designed to transport motor

 

 

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1     vehicles or boats may not exceed 60 feet overall dimension.
2     Vehicles operating during daylight hours when transporting
3 poles, pipes, machinery, or other objects of a structural
4 nature that cannot readily be dismembered are exempt from
5 length limitations, provided that no object may exceed 80 feet
6 in length and the overall dimension of the vehicle including
7 the load may not exceed 100 feet. This exemption does not apply
8 to operation on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Legal
9 holidays referred to in this Section are the days on which the
10 following traditional holidays are celebrated: New Year's Day;
11 Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day;
12 and Christmas Day.
13     Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en
14 route to make emergency repairs to public service facilities or
15 properties are exempt from length limitations, provided that
16 during night operations every vehicle and its load must be
17 equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both
18 sides and marker lamps on the extreme ends of any projecting
19 load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
20     A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or
21 combination of disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph (6)
22 of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from length
23 limitations.
24     All other combinations not listed in this subsection (b)
25 may not exceed 60 feet overall dimension.
26     (c) Combinations of vehicles may not exceed a total of 2
27 vehicles except the following:
28         (1) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one trailer.
29         (2) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one converter
30     dolly.
31         (3) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one vehicle
32     that is defined in Chapter 1 as special mobile equipment,
33     provided the overall dimension does not exceed 60 feet.
34         (4) A truck in transit may draw 3 trucks in transit

 

 

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1     coupled together by the triple saddlemount method.
2         (5) Recreational vehicles consisting of 3 vehicles,
3     provided the following:
4             (A) The total overall dimension does not exceed 60
5         feet.
6             (B) The towing vehicle is a properly registered
7         vehicle capable of towing another vehicle using a
8         fifth-wheel type assembly.
9             (C) The second vehicle in the combination of
10         vehicles is a recreational vehicle that is towed by a
11         fifth-wheel assembly. This vehicle must be properly
12         registered and must be equipped with brakes,
13         regardless of weight.
14             (D) The third vehicle must be the lightest of the 3
15         vehicles and be a trailer or semitrailer designed or
16         used for transporting a boat, all-terrain vehicle,
17         personal watercraft, or motorcycle.
18             (E) The towed vehicles may be only for the use of
19         the operator of the towing vehicle.
20             (F) All vehicles must be properly equipped with
21         operating brakes and safety equipment required by this
22         Code, except the additional brake requirement in
23         subdivision (C) of this subparagraph (5).
24         (6) A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle
25     or combination of disabled vehicles, provided the towing
26     vehicle:
27             (A) Is specifically designed as a tow truck having
28         a gross vehicle weight rating of at least 18,000 pounds
29         and equipped with air brakes, provided that air brakes
30         are required only if the towing vehicle is towing a
31         vehicle, semitrailer, or tractor-trailer combination
32         that is equipped with air brakes. For the purpose of
33         this subsection, gross vehicle weight rating, or GVWR,
34         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 tow
16 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 a
20 separate vehicle.
21     (d) On Class I highways there are no overall length
22 limitations on motor vehicles operating in combinations
23 provided:
24         (1) The length of a semitrailer, unladen or with load,
25     in combination with a truck tractor may not exceed 53 feet.
26         (2) The distance between the kingpin and the center of
27     the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in
28     combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45 feet 6
29     inches.
30         (3) The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen or
31     with load, operated in a truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer
32     combination, may not exceed 28 feet 6 inches.
33         (4) Maxi-cube combinations, as defined in Chapter 1,
34     may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.

 

 

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1         (5) Combinations of vehicles specifically designed to
2     transport motor vehicles or boats may not exceed 65 feet
3     overall dimension. The length limitation is inclusive of
4     front and rear bumpers but exclusive of the overhang of the
5     transported vehicles, as provided in paragraph (i) of this
6     Section.
7         (6) Stinger steered semitrailer vehicles as defined in
8     Chapter 1, specifically designed to transport motor
9     vehicles or boats, may not exceed 75 feet overall
10     dimension. The length limitation is inclusive of front and
11     rear bumpers but exclusive of the overhang of the
12     transported vehicles, as provided in paragraph (i) of this
13     Section.
14         (7) A truck in transit transporting 3 trucks coupled
15     together by the triple saddlemount method may not exceed 75
16     feet overall dimension.
17     Vehicles operating during daylight hours when transporting
18 poles, pipes, machinery, or other objects of a structural
19 nature that cannot readily be dismembered are exempt from
20 length limitations, provided that no object may exceed 80 feet
21 in length and the overall dimension of the vehicle including
22 the load may not exceed 100 feet. This exemption does not apply
23 to operation on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Legal
24 holidays referred to in this Section are the days on which the
25 following traditional holidays are celebrated: New Year's Day;
26 Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day;
27 and Christmas Day.
28     Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en
29 route to make emergency repairs to public service facilities or
30 properties are exempt from length limitations, provided that
31 during night operations every vehicle and its load must be
32 equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both
33 sides and marker lamps on the extreme ends of any projecting
34 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     The length limitations described in this paragraph (d)
6 shall be exclusive of safety and energy conservation devices,
7 such as bumpers, refrigeration units or air compressors and
8 other devices, that the Department may interpret as necessary
9 for safe and efficient operation; except that no device
10 excluded under this paragraph shall have by its design or use
11 the capability to carry cargo.
12     Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
13 relating to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the
14 designation of highways under this paragraph (d).
15     (e) On Class II highways there are no overall length
16 limitations on motor vehicles operating in combinations,
17 provided:
18         (1) The length of a semitrailer, unladen or with load,
19     in combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 53 feet
20     overall dimension.
21         (2) The distance between the kingpin and the center of
22     the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in
23     combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45 feet 6
24     inches.
25         (3) A truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination
26     may not exceed 65 feet in dimension from front axle to rear
27     axle.
28         (4) The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen or
29     with load, operated in a truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer
30     combination, may not exceed 28 feet 6 inches.
31         (5) Maxi-cube combinations, as defined in Chapter 1,
32     may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.
33         (6) A combination of vehicles, specifically designed
34     to transport motor vehicles or boats, may not exceed 65

 

 

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

 

 

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1 of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from length
2 limitations.
3     Local authorities, with respect to streets and highways
4 under their jurisdiction, may also by ordinance or resolution
5 allow length limitations of this subsection (e).
6     The length limitations described in this paragraph (e)
7 shall be exclusive of safety and energy conservation devices,
8 such as bumpers, refrigeration units or air compressors and
9 other devices, that the Department may interpret as necessary
10 for safe and efficient operation; except that no device
11 excluded under this paragraph shall have by its design or use
12 the capability to carry cargo.
13     (e-1) Combinations of vehicles not exceeding 65 feet
14 overall length are allowed access as follows:
15         (1) From any State designated highway onto any county,
16     township, or municipal highway for a distance of 5 highway
17     miles for the purpose of loading and unloading, provided:
18             (A) The vehicle does not exceed 73,280 pounds in
19         gross weight and 8 feet 6 inches in width.
20             (B) There is no sign prohibiting that access.
21             (C) The route is not being used as a thoroughfare
22         between State designated highways.
23         (2) From any State designated highway onto any county
24     or township highway for a distance of 5 highway miles or
25     onto any municipal highway for a distance of one highway
26     mile for the purpose of food, fuel, repairs, and rest,
27     provided:
28             (A) The vehicle does not exceed 73,280 pounds in
29         gross weight and 8 feet 6 inches in width.
30             (B) There is no sign prohibiting that access.
31             (C) The route is not being used as a thoroughfare
32         between State designated highways.
33     (e-2) Except as provided in subsection (e-3), combinations
34 of vehicles over 65 feet in length, with no overall length

 

 

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1 limitation except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of
2 this Section, are allowed access as follows:
3         (1) From a Class I highway onto any street or highway
4     for a distance of one highway mile for the purpose of
5     loading, unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and rest,
6     provided there is no sign prohibiting that access.
7         (2) From a Class I or Class II highway onto any State
8     highway or any locally designated highway for a distance of
9     5 highway miles for the purpose of loading, unloading,
10     food, fuel, repairs, and rest.
11     (e-3) Combinations of vehicles over 65 feet in length
12 operated by household goods carriers, with no overall length
13 limitations except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of
14 this Section, have unlimited access to points of loading and
15 unloading.
16     Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
17 relating to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the
18 designation of highways under this paragraph (e).
19     (f) On Class III and other non-designated State highways,
20 the length limitations for vehicles in combination are as
21 follows:
22         (1) Truck tractor-semitrailer combinations, must
23     comply with either a maximum 55 feet overall wheel base or
24     a maximum 65 feet extreme overall dimension.
25         (2) Semitrailers, unladen or with load, may not exceed
26     53 feet overall dimension.
27         (3) No truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination
28     may exceed 60 feet extreme overall dimension.
29         (4) The distance between the kingpin and the center
30     axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in combination
31     with a truck tractor, may not exceed 42 feet 6 inches.
32     (g) Length limitations in the preceding subsections of this
33 Section 15-107 do not apply to the following:
34         (1) Vehicles operated in the daytime, except on

 

 

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1     Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays, when transporting
2     poles, pipe, machinery, or other objects of a structural
3     nature that cannot readily be dismembered, provided the
4     overall length of vehicle and load may not exceed 100 feet
5     and no object exceeding 80 feet in length may be
6     transported unless a permit has been obtained as authorized
7     in Section 15-301.
8         (2) Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility
9     while en route to make emergency repairs to public service
10     facilities or properties, but during night operation every
11     vehicle and its load must be equipped with a sufficient
12     number of clearance lamps on both sides and marker lamps
13     upon the extreme ends of any projecting load to clearly
14     mark the dimensions of the load.
15         (3) A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle
16     or combination of disabled vehicles, provided the towing
17     vehicle meets the following conditions:
18             (A) It is specifically designed as a tow truck
19         having a gross vehicle weight rating of at least 18,000
20         pounds and equipped with air brakes, provided that air
21         brakes are required only if the towing vehicle is
22         towing a vehicle, semitrailer, or tractor-trailer
23         combination that is equipped with air brakes.
24             (B) It is equipped with flashing, rotating, or
25         oscillating amber lights, visible for at least 500 feet
26         in all directions.
27             (C) It is capable of utilizing the lighting and
28         braking systems of the disabled vehicle or combination
29         of vehicles.
30             (D) It does not engage in a tow exceeding 50 miles
31         from the initial point of wreck or disablement.
32     The Department may by rule or regulation prescribe
33 additional requirements regarding length limitations for a tow
34 truck towing another vehicle. The towing vehicle, however, may

 

 

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1 tow any disabled vehicle from the initial point of wreck or
2 disablement to a point where repairs are actually to occur.
3 This movement shall be valid only on State routes. The tower
4 must abide by posted bridge weight limits.
5     For the purpose of this subsection, gross vehicle weight
6 rating, or GVWR, shall mean the value specified by the
7 manufacturer as the loaded weight of the tow truck. Legal
8 holidays referred to in this Section shall be specified as the
9 day on which the following traditional holidays are celebrated:
10     New Year's Day;
11     Memorial Day;
12     Independence Day;
13     Labor Day;
14     Thanksgiving Day; and
15     Christmas Day.
16     (h) The load upon any vehicle operated alone, or the load
17 upon the front vehicle of a combination of vehicles, shall not
18 extend more than 3 feet beyond the front wheels of the vehicle
19 or the front bumper of the vehicle if it is equipped with a
20 front bumper. The provisions of this subsection (h) shall not
21 apply to any vehicle or combination of vehicles specifically
22 designed for the collection and transportation of waste,
23 garbage, or recyclable materials during the vehicle's
24 operation in the course of collecting garbage, waste, or
25 recyclable materials if the vehicle is traveling at a speed not
26 in excess of 15 miles per hour during the vehicle's operation
27 and in the course of collecting garbage, waste, or recyclable
28 materials. However, in no instance shall the load extend more
29 than 7 feet beyond the front wheels of the vehicle or the front
30 bumper of the vehicle if it is equipped with a front bumper.
31     (i) The load upon the front vehicle of a combination of
32 vehicles specifically designed to transport motor vehicles
33 shall not extend more than 3 feet beyond the foremost part of
34 the transporting vehicle and the load upon the rear

 

 

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1 transporting vehicle shall not extend more than 4 feet beyond
2 the rear of the bed or body of the vehicle. This paragraph
3 shall only be applicable upon highways designated in paragraphs
4 (d) and (e) of this Section.
5     (j) Articulated vehicles comprised of 2 sections, neither
6 of which exceeds a length of 42 feet, designed for the carrying
7 of more than 10 persons, may be up to 60 feet in length, not
8 including energy absorbing bumpers, provided that the vehicles
9 are:
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
18 is subject to the penalty as provided in paragraph (b) of
19 Section 15-113.
20     (l) (Blank).
21 (Source: P.A. 92-417, eff. 1-1-02; 92-766, eff. 1-1-03; 92-883,
22 eff. 1-13-03; 93-177, eff. 7-11-03.)
 
23     (625 ILCS 5/15-111)   (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-111)
24     Sec. 15-111. Wheel and axle loads and gross weights.
25     (a) On non-designated highways, no vehicle or combination
26 of vehicles equipped with pneumatic tires may be operated,
27 unladen or with load, when the total weight transmitted to the
28 road surface exceeds 18,000 pounds on a single axle or 32,000
29 pounds on a tandem axle with no axle within the tandem
30 exceeding 18,000 pounds except:
31         (1) when a different limit is established and posted in
32     accordance with Section 15-316 of this Code;
33         (2) vehicles for which the Department of

 

 

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1     Transportation and local authorities issue overweight
2     permits under authority of Section 15-301 of this Code;
3         (3) tow trucks subject to the conditions provided in
4     subsection (d) may not exceed 24,000 pounds on a single
5     rear axle or 44,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle;
6         (4) any single axle of a 2-axle truck weighing 36,000
7     pounds or less and not a part of a combination of vehicles,
8     shall not exceed 20,000 pounds;
9         (5) any single axle of a 2-axle truck equipped with a
10     personnel lift or digger derrick, weighing 36,000 pounds or
11     less, owned and operated by a public utility, shall not
12     exceed 20,000 pounds;
13         (6) any single axle of a 2-axle truck specially
14     equipped with a front loading compactor used exclusively
15     for garbage, refuse, or recycling may not exceed 20,000
16     pounds per axle, provided that the gross weight of the
17     vehicle does not exceed 40,000 pounds;
18         (7) a truck, not in combination and specially equipped
19     with a selfcompactor or an industrial roll-off hoist and
20     roll-off container, used exclusively for garbage or refuse
21     operations may, when laden, transmit upon the road surface
22     the following maximum weights: 22,000 pounds on a single
23     axle; 40,000 pounds on a tandem axle;
24         (8) a truck, not in combination and used exclusively
25     for the collection of rendering materials, may, when laden,
26     transmit upon the road surface the following maximum
27     weights: 22,000 pounds on a single axle; 40,000 pounds on a
28     tandem axle;
29         (9) tandem axles on a 3-axle truck registered as a
30     Special Hauling Vehicle, manufactured prior to or in the
31     model year of 2014 and first registered in Illinois prior
32     to January 1, 2015, with a distance greater than 72 inches
33     but not more than 96 inches between any series of 2 axles,
34     is allowed a combined weight on the series not to exceed

 

 

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1     36,000 pounds and neither axle of the series may exceed
2     18,000 pounds. Any vehicle of this type manufactured after
3     the model year of 2014 or first registered in Illinois
4     after December 31, 2014 may not exceed a combined weight of
5     32,000 pounds through the series of 2 axles and neither
6     axle of the series may exceed 18,000 pounds;
7         (10) tandem axles on a 4-axle truck mixer, whose fourth
8     axle is a road surface engaging mixer trailing axle,
9     registered as a Special Hauling Vehicle, used exclusively
10     for the mixing and transportation of concrete and
11     manufactured prior to or in the model year of 2014 and
12     first registered in Illinois prior to January 1, 2015, with
13     a distance greater than 72 inches but not more than 96
14     inches between any series of 2 axles, is allowed a combined
15     weight on the series not to exceed 36,000 pounds and
16     neither axle of the series may exceed 18,000 pounds. Any
17     vehicle of this type manufactured after the model year of
18     2014 or first registered in Illinois after December 31,
19     2014 may not exceed a combined weight of 32,000 pounds
20     through the series of 2 axles and neither axle of the
21     series may exceed 18,000 pounds;
22         (11) 4-axle vehicles or a 5 or more axle combination of
23     vehicles: The weight transmitted upon the road surface
24     through any series of 3 axles whose centers are more than
25     96 inches apart, measured between extreme axles in the
26     series, may not exceed those allowed in the table contained
27     in subsection (f) of this Section. No axle or tandem axle
28     of the series may exceed the maximum weight permitted under
29     this Section for a single or tandem axle.
30     No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with other
31 than pneumatic tires may be operated, unladen or with load,
32 upon the highways of this State when the gross weight on the
33 road surface through any wheel exceeds 800 pounds per inch
34 width of tire tread or when the gross weight on the road

 

 

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1 surface through any axle exceeds 16,000 pounds.
2     (b) On non-designated highways, the gross weight of
3 vehicles and combination of vehicles including the weight of
4 the vehicle or combination and its maximum load shall be
5 subject to the foregoing limitations and further shall not
6 exceed the following gross weights dependent upon the number of
7 axles and distance between extreme axles of the vehicle or
8 combination measured longitudinally to the nearest foot.
 
9 VEHICLES HAVING 2 AXLES ....................... 36,000 pounds
 
10
VEHICLES OR COMBINATIONS
11 HAVING 3 AXLES
 
12With TandemWith or
13  AxlesWithout
14Tandem Axles
15MinimumMinimum
16distance toMaximumdistance toMaximum
17nearest footGrossnearest footGross
18betweenWeightbetweenWeight
19extreme axles(pounds)extreme axles(pounds)
2010 feet41,00016 feet46,000
211142,0001747,000
221243,0001847,500
231344,0001948,000
241444,5002049,000
251545,00021 feet or more50,000
26
27VEHICLES OR COMBINATIONS HAVING 4 AXLES
28MinimumMinimum
29distance toMaximumdistance toMaximum
30nearest footGrossnearest footGross
31betweenWeightbetweenWeight
32extreme axles(pounds)extreme axles(pounds)

 

 

 

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115 feet50,00026 feet57,500
21650,5002758,000
31751,5002858,500
41852,0002959,500
51952,5003060,000
62053,5003160,500
72154,0003261,500
82254,5003362,000
92355,5003462,500
102456,0003563,500
112556,50036 feet or more64,000
12    A vehicle not in a combination having more than 4 axles may
13not exceed the weight in the table in this subsection (b) for 4
14axles measured between the extreme axles of the vehicle.
15
16COMBINATIONS HAVING 5 OR MORE AXLES
17Minimum distance toMaximum
18nearest foot betweenGross Weight
19extreme axles(pounds)
2042 feet or less72,000
214373,000
2244 feet or more73,280
23 VEHICLES OPERATING ON CRAWLER TYPE TRACKS ..... 40,000 pounds
 
24
TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH SELFCOMPACTORS
25 OR ROLL-OFF HOISTS AND ROLL-OFF CONTAINERS FOR GARBAGE
26 OR REFUSE HAULS ONLY AND TRUCKS USED FOR
27 THE COLLECTION OF RENDERING MATERIALS
28 On Highway Not Part of National System
29 of Interstate and Defense Highways
30 with 2 axles                                    36,000 pounds
31 with 3 axles                                    54,000 pounds
 

 

 

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1
TWO AXLE TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH
2 A FRONT LOADING COMPACTOR USED EXCLUSIVELY
3 FOR THE COLLECTION OF GARBAGE, REFUSE, OR RECYCLING
4 with 2 axles                                    40,000 pounds
 
5     (c) Cities having a population of more than 50,000 may
6 permit by ordinance axle loads on 2 axle motor vehicles 33 1/2%
7 above those provided for herein, but the increase shall not
8 become effective until the city has officially notified the
9 Department of the passage of the ordinance and shall not apply
10 to those vehicles when outside of the limits of the city, nor
11 shall the gross weight of any 2 axle motor vehicle operating
12 over any street of the city exceed 40,000 pounds.
13     (d) Weight limitations shall not apply to vehicles
14 (including loads) operated by a public utility when
15 transporting equipment required for emergency repair of public
16 utility facilities or properties or water wells.
17     A combination of vehicles, including a tow truck and a
18 disabled vehicle or disabled combination of vehicles, that
19 exceeds the weight restriction imposed by this Code, may be
20 operated on a public highway in this State provided that
21 neither the disabled vehicle nor any vehicle being towed nor
22 the tow truck itself shall exceed the weight limitations
23 permitted under this Chapter. During the towing operation,
24 neither the tow truck nor the vehicle combination shall exceed
25 24,000 pounds on a single rear axle and 44,000 pounds on a
26 tandem rear axle, provided the towing vehicle:
27         (1) is specifically designed as a tow truck having a
28     gross vehicle weight rating of at least 18,000 pounds and
29     is equipped with air brakes, provided that air brakes are
30     required only if the towing vehicle is towing a vehicle,
31     semitrailer, or tractor-trailer combination that is
32     equipped with air brakes;
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1     oscillating amber lights, visible for at least 500 feet in
2     all directions;
3         (3) is capable of utilizing the lighting and braking
4     systems of the disabled vehicle or combination of vehicles;
5     and
6         (4) does not engage in a tow exceeding 20 miles from
7     the initial point of wreck or disablement. Any additional
8     movement of the vehicles may occur only upon issuance of
9     authorization for that movement under the provisions of
10     Sections 15-301 through 15-319 of this Code. The towing
11     vehicle, however, may tow any disabled vehicle from the
12     initial point of wreck or disablement to a point where
13     repairs are actually to occur. This movement shall be valid
14     only on State routes. The tower must abide by posted bridge
15     weight limits.
16     Gross weight limits shall not apply to the combination of
17 the tow truck and vehicles being towed. The tow truck license
18 plate must cover the operating empty weight of the tow truck
19 only. The weight of each vehicle being towed shall be covered
20 by a valid license plate issued to the owner or operator of the
21 vehicle being towed and displayed on that vehicle. If no valid
22 plate issued to the owner or operator of that vehicle is
23 displayed on that vehicle, or the plate displayed on that
24 vehicle does not cover the weight of the vehicle, the weight of
25 the vehicle shall be covered by the third tow truck plate
26 issued to the owner or operator of the tow truck and
27 temporarily affixed to the vehicle being towed.
28     The Department may by rule or regulation prescribe
29 additional requirements. However, nothing in this Code shall
30 prohibit a tow truck under instructions of a police officer
31 from legally clearing a disabled vehicle, that may be in
32 violation of weight limitations of this Chapter, from the
33 roadway to the berm or shoulder of the highway. If in the
34 opinion of the police officer that location is unsafe, the

 

 

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1 officer is authorized to have the disabled vehicle towed to the
2 nearest place of safety.
3     For the purpose of this subsection, gross vehicle weight
4 rating, or GVWR, shall mean the value specified by the
5 manufacturer as the loaded weight of the tow truck.
6     (e) No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with
7 pneumatic tires shall be operated, unladen or with load, upon
8 the highways of this State in violation of the provisions of
9 any permit issued under the provisions of Sections 15-301
10 through 15-319 of this Chapter.
11     (f) On designated Class I, II, or III highways and the
12 National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, no vehicle
13 or combination of vehicles with pneumatic tires may be
14 operated, unladen or with load, when the total weight on the
15 road surface exceeds the following: 20,000 pounds on a single
16 axle; 34,000 pounds on a tandem axle with no axle within the
17 tandem exceeding 20,000 pounds; 80,000 pounds gross weight for
18 vehicle combinations of 5 or more axles; or a total weight on a
19 group of 2 or more consecutive axles in excess of that weight
20 produced by the application of the following formula: W = 500
21 times the sum of (LN divided by N-1) + 12N + 36, where "W"
22 equals overall total weight on any group of 2 or more
23 consecutive axles to the nearest 500 pounds, "L" equals the
24 distance measured to the nearest foot between extremes of any
25 group of 2 or more consecutive axles, and "N" equals the number
26 of axles in the group under consideration.
27     The above formula when expressed in tabular form results in
28 allowable loads as follows:
 
29 Distance measured
30 to the nearest
31 foot between the
32 extremes of any         Maximum weight in pounds
33 group of 2 or           of any group of

 

 

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1 more consecutive        2 or more consecutive axles
2 axles
3feet2 axles3 axles4 axles5 axles6 axles
4434,000
5534,000
6634,000
7734,000
8838,000*42,000
9939,00042,500
101040,00043,500
111144,000
121245,00050,000
131345,50050,500
141446,50051,500
151547,00052,000
161648,00052,50058,000
171748,50053,50058,500
181849,50054,00059,000
191950,00054,50060,000
202051,00055,50060,50066,000
212151,50056,00061,00066,500
222252,50056,50061,50067,000
232353,00057,50062,50068,000
242454,00058,00063,00068,500
252554,50058,50063,50069,000
262655,50059,50064,00069,500
272756,00060,00065,00070,000
282857,00060,50065,50071,000
292957,50061,50066,00071,500
303058,50062,00066,50072,000
313159,00062,50067,50072,500
323260,00063,50068,00073,000
333364,00068,50074,000
343464,50069,00074,500

 

 

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13565,50070,00075,000
23666,00070,50075,500
33766,50071,00076,000
43867,50072,00077,000
53968,00072,50077,500
64068,50073,00078,000
74169,50073,50078,500
84270,00074,00079,000
94370,50075,00080,000
104471,50075,500
114572,00076,000
124672,50076,500
134773,50077,500
144874,00078,000
154974,50078,500
165075,50079,000
175176,00080,000
185276,500
195377,500
205478,000
215578,500
225679,500
235780,000
24 *If the distance between 2 axles is 96 inches or less, the 2
25 axles are tandem axles and the maximum total weight may not
26 exceed 34,000 pounds, notwithstanding the higher limit
27 resulting from the application of the formula.
28     Vehicles not in a combination having more than 4 axles may
29 not exceed the weight in the table in this subsection (f) for 4
30 axles measured between the extreme axles of the vehicle.
31     Vehicles in a combination having more than 6 axles may not
32 exceed the weight in the table in this subsection (f) for 6
33 axles measured between the extreme axles of the combination.
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1 under their jurisdiction, without additional fees, may also by
2 ordinance or resolution allow the weight limitations of this
3 subsection, provided the maximum gross weight on any one axle
4 shall not exceed 20,000 pounds and the maximum total weight on
5 any tandem axle shall not exceed 34,000 pounds, on designated
6 highways when appropriate regulatory signs giving notice are
7 erected upon the street or highway or portion of any street or
8 highway affected by the ordinance or resolution.
9     The following are exceptions to the above formula:
10         (1) Two consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a
11     total weight of 34,000 pounds each if the overall distance
12     between the first and last axles of the consecutive sets of
13     tandem axles is 36 feet or more.
14         (2) Vehicles for which a different limit is established
15     and posted in accordance with Section 15-316 of this Code.
16         (3) Vehicles for which the Department of
17     Transportation and local authorities issue overweight
18     permits under authority of Section 15-301 of this Code.
19     These vehicles are not subject to the bridge formula.
20         (4) Tow trucks subject to the conditions provided in
21     subsection (d) may not exceed 24,000 pounds on a single
22     rear axle or 44,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle.
23         (5) A tandem axle on a 3-axle truck registered as a
24     Special Hauling Vehicle, manufactured prior to or in the
25     model year of 2014, and registered in Illinois prior to
26     January 1, 2015, with a distance between 2 axles in a
27     series greater than 72 inches but not more than 96 inches
28     may not exceed a total weight of 36,000 pounds and neither
29     axle of the series may exceed 18,000 pounds.
30         (6) A truck not in combination, equipped with a self
31     compactor or an industrial roll-off hoist and roll-off
32     container, used exclusively for garbage or refuse
33     operations, may, when laden, transmit upon the road
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1     Interstate and Defense Highways, the following maximum
2     weights: 22,000 pounds on a single axle; 40,000 pounds on a
3     tandem axle; 36,000 pounds gross weight on a 2-axle
4     vehicle; 54,000 pounds gross weight on a 3-axle vehicle.
5     This vehicle is not subject to the bridge formula.
6         (7) Combinations of vehicles, registered as Special
7     Hauling Vehicles that include a semitrailer manufactured
8     prior to or in the model year of 2014, and registered in
9     Illinois prior to January 1, 2015, having 5 axles with a
10     distance of 42 feet or less between extreme axles, may not
11     exceed the following maximum weights: 18,000 pounds on a
12     single axle; 32,000 pounds on a tandem axle; and 72,000
13     pounds gross weight. This combination of vehicles is not
14     subject to the bridge formula. For all those combinations
15     of vehicles that include a semitrailer manufactured after
16     the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd
17     General Assembly, the overall distance between the first
18     and last axles of the 2 sets of tandems must be 18 feet 6
19     inches or more. Any combination of vehicles that has had
20     its cargo container replaced in its entirety after December
21     31, 2014 may not exceed the weights allowed by the bridge
22     formula.
23     No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with other
24 than pneumatic tires may be operated, unladen or with load,
25 upon the highways of this State when the gross weight on the
26 road surface through any wheel exceeds 800 pounds per inch
27 width of tire tread or when the gross weight on the road
28 surface through any axle exceeds 16,000 pounds.
29     (f-1) A vehicle and load not exceeding 73,280 pounds is
30 allowed access as follows:
31         (1) From any State designated highway onto any county,
32     township, or municipal highway for a distance of 5 highway
33     miles for the purpose of loading and unloading, provided:
34             (A) The vehicle and load does not exceed 8 feet 6

 

 

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1         inches in width and 65 feet overall length.
2             (B) There is no sign prohibiting that access.
3             (C) The route is not being used as a thoroughfare
4         between State designated highways.
5         (2) From any State designated highway onto any county
6     or township highway for a distance of 5 highway miles, or
7     any municipal highway for a distance of one highway mile
8     for the purpose of food, fuel, repairs, and rest, provided:
9             (A) The vehicle and load does not exceed 8 feet 6
10         inches in width and 65 feet overall length.
11             (B) There is no sign prohibiting that access.
12             (C) The route is not being used as a thoroughfare
13         between State designated highways.
14     (f-2) A vehicle and load greater than 73,280 pounds in
15 weight but not exceeding 80,000 pounds is allowed access as
16 follows:
17         (1) From a Class I highway onto any street or highway
18     for a distance of one highway mile for the purpose of
19     loading, unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and rest,
20     provided there is no sign prohibiting that access.
21         (2) From a Class I, II, or III highway onto any State
22     highway or any local designated highway for a distance of 5
23     highway miles for the purpose of loading, unloading, food,
24     fuel, repairs, and rest.
25     Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
26 relating to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the
27 designation of highways under this subsection.
28     (g) No person shall operate a vehicle or combination of
29 vehicles over a bridge or other elevated structure constituting
30 part of a highway with a gross weight that is greater than the
31 maximum weight permitted by the Department, when the structure
32 is sign posted as provided in this Section.
33     (h) The Department upon request from any local authority
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1 of any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part
2 of a highway, and if it finds that the structure cannot with
3 safety to itself withstand the weight of vehicles otherwise
4 permissible under this Code the Department shall determine and
5 declare the maximum weight of vehicles that the structures can
6 withstand, and shall cause or permit suitable signs stating
7 maximum weight to be erected and maintained before each end of
8 the structure. No person shall operate a vehicle or combination
9 of vehicles over any structure with a gross weight that is
10 greater than the posted maximum weight.
11     (i) Upon the trial of any person charged with a violation
12 of subsections (g) or (h) of this Section, proof of the
13 determination of the maximum allowable weight by the Department
14 and the existence of the signs, constitutes conclusive evidence
15 of the maximum weight that can be maintained with safety to the
16 bridge or structure.
17 (Source: P.A. 92-417, eff. 1-1-02; 93-177, eff. 7-11-03;
18 93-186, eff. 1-1-04; revised 8-12-03.)
 
19     (625 ILCS 5/15-301)   (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-301)
20     Sec. 15-301. Permits for excess size and weight.
21     (a) The Department with respect to highways under its
22 jurisdiction and local authorities with respect to highways
23 under their jurisdiction may, in their discretion, upon
24 application and good cause being shown therefor, issue a
25 special permit authorizing the applicant to operate or move a
26 vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight of
27 vehicle or load exceeding the maximum specified in this Act or
28 otherwise not in conformity with this Act upon any highway
29 under the jurisdiction of the party granting such permit and
30 for the maintenance of which the party is responsible.
31 Applications and permits other than those in written or printed
32 form may only be accepted from and issued to the company or
33 individual making the movement. Except for an application to

 

 

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1 move directly across a highway, it shall be the duty of the
2 applicant to establish in the application that the load to be
3 moved by such vehicle or combination is composed of a single
4 nondivisible object that cannot reasonably be dismantled or
5 disassembled. For the purpose of over length movements, more
6 than one object may be carried side by side as long as the
7 height, width, and weight laws are not exceeded and the cause
8 for the over length is not due to multiple objects. For the
9 purpose of over height movements, more than one object may be
10 carried as long as the cause for the over height is not due to
11 multiple objects and the length, width, and weight laws are not
12 exceeded. For the purpose of an over width movement, more than
13 one object may be carried as long as the cause for the over
14 width is not due to multiple objects and length, height, and
15 weight laws are not exceeded. No state or local agency shall
16 authorize the issuance of excess size or weight permits for
17 vehicles and loads that are divisible and that can be carried,
18 when divided, within the existing size or weight maximums
19 specified in this Chapter. Any excess size or weight permit
20 issued in violation of the provisions of this Section shall be
21 void at issue and any movement made thereunder shall not be
22 authorized under the terms of the void permit. In any
23 prosecution for a violation of this Chapter when the
24 authorization of an excess size or weight permit is at issue,
25 it is the burden of the defendant to establish that the permit
26 was valid because the load to be moved could not reasonably be
27 dismantled or disassembled, or was otherwise nondivisible.
28     (b) The application for any such permit shall: (1) state
29 whether such permit is requested for a single trip or for
30 limited continuous operation; (2) state if the applicant is an
31 authorized carrier under the Illinois Motor Carrier of Property
32 Law, if so, his certificate, registration or permit number
33 issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission; (3) specifically
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1 operated or moved except that for vehicles or vehicle
2 combinations registered by the Department as provided in
3 Section 15-319 of this Chapter, only the Illinois Department of
4 Transportation's (IDT) registration number or classification
5 need be given; (4) state the routing requested including the
6 points of origin and destination, and may identify and include
7 a request for routing to the nearest certified scale in
8 accordance with the Department's rules and regulations,
9 provided the applicant has approval to travel on local roads;
10 and (5) state if the vehicles or loads are being transported
11 for hire. No permits for the movement of a vehicle or load for
12 hire shall be issued to any applicant who is required under the
13 Illinois Motor Carrier of Property Law to have a certificate,
14 registration or permit and does not have such certificate,
15 registration or permit.
16     (c) The Department or local authority when not inconsistent
17 with traffic safety is authorized to issue or withhold such
18 permit at its discretion; or, if such permit is issued at its
19 discretion to prescribe the route or routes to be traveled, to
20 limit the number of trips, to establish seasonal or other time
21 limitations within which the vehicles described may be operated
22 on the highways indicated, or otherwise to limit or prescribe
23 conditions of operations of such vehicle or vehicles, when
24 necessary to assure against undue damage to the road
25 foundations, surfaces or structures, and may require such
26 undertaking or other security as may be deemed necessary to
27 compensate for any injury to any roadway or road structure. The
28 Department shall maintain a daily record of each permit issued
29 along with the fee and the stipulated dimensions, weights,
30 conditions and restrictions authorized and this record shall be
31 presumed correct in any case of questions or dispute. The
32 Department shall install an automatic device for recording
33 applications received and permits issued by telephone. In
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1 waive all objections to the recording of the conversation.
2     (d) The Department shall, upon application in writing from
3 any local authority, issue an annual permit authorizing the
4 local authority to move oversize highway construction,
5 transportation, utility and maintenance equipment over roads
6 under the jurisdiction of the Department. The permit shall be
7 applicable only to equipment and vehicles owned by or
8 registered in the name of the local authority, and no fee shall
9 be charged for the issuance of such permits.
10     (e) As an exception to paragraph (a) of this Section, the
11 Department and local authorities, with respect to highways
12 under their respective jurisdictions, in their discretion and
13 upon application in writing may issue a special permit for
14 limited continuous operation, authorizing the applicant to
15 move loads of sweet corn, soybeans, corn, wheat, milo, other
16 small grains and ensilage during the harvest season only on a 2
17 axle single vehicle registered by the Secretary of State with
18 axle loads not to exceed 35% above those provided in Section
19 15-111. Permits may be issued for a period not to exceed 40
20 days and moves may be made of a distance not to exceed 25 miles
21 from a field to a specified processing plant over any highway
22 except the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways.
23 All such vehicles shall be operated in the daytime except when
24 weather or crop conditions require emergency operation at
25 night, but with respect to such night operation, every such
26 vehicle with load shall be equipped with flashing amber lights
27 as specified under Section 12-215. Upon a declaration by the
28 Governor that an emergency harvest situation exists, a special
29 permit issued by the Department under this Section shall not be
30 required from September 1 through December 31 during harvest
31 season emergencies, provided that the weight does not exceed
32 20% above the limits provided in Section 15-111. All other
33 restrictions that apply to permits issued under this Section
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1 highways under the jurisdiction of local authorities, the local
2 authorities may, at their discretion, waive special permit
3 requirements during harvest season emergencies. This permit
4 exemption shall apply to all vehicles eligible to obtain
5 permits under this Section, including commercial vehicles in
6 use during the declared time period.
7     (f) The form and content of the permit shall be determined
8 by the Department with respect to highways under its
9 jurisdiction and by local authorities with respect to highways
10 under their jurisdiction. Every permit shall be in written form
11 and carried in the vehicle or combination of vehicles to which
12 it refers and shall be open to inspection by any police officer
13 or authorized agent of any authority granting the permit and no
14 person shall violate any of the terms or conditions of such
15 special permit. Violation of the terms and conditions of the
16 permit shall not be deemed a revocation of the permit; however,
17 any vehicle and load found to be off the route prescribed in
18 the permit shall be held to be operating without a permit. Any
19 off route vehicle and load shall be required to obtain a new
20 permit or permits, as necessary, to authorize the movement back
21 onto the original permit routing. No rule or regulation, nor
22 anything herein shall be construed to authorize any police
23 officer, court, or authorized agent of any authority granting
24 the permit to remove the permit from the possession of the
25 permittee unless the permittee is charged with a fraudulent
26 permit violation as provided in paragraph (i). However, upon
27 arrest for an offense of violation of permit, operating without
28 a permit when the vehicle is off route, or any size or weight
29 offense under this Chapter when the permittee plans to raise
30 the issuance of the permit as a defense, the permittee, or his
31 agent, must produce the permit at any court hearing concerning
32 the alleged offense.
33     If the permit designates and includes a routing to a
34 certified scale, the permitee, while enroute to the designated

 

 

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1 scale, shall be deemed in compliance with the weight provisions
2 of the permit provided the axle or gross weights do not exceed
3 any of the permitted limits by more than the following amounts:
4         Single axle               2000 pounds
5         Tandem axle               3000 pounds
6         Gross                     5000 pounds
7     (g) The Department is authorized to adopt, amend, and to
8 make available to interested persons a policy concerning
9 reasonable rules, limitations and conditions or provisions of
10 operation upon highways under its jurisdiction in addition to
11 those contained in this Section for the movement by special
12 permit of vehicles, combinations, or loads which cannot
13 reasonably be dismantled or disassembled, including
14 manufactured and modular home sections and portions thereof.
15 All rules, limitations and conditions or provisions adopted in
16 the policy shall have due regard for the safety of the
17 traveling public and the protection of the highway system and
18 shall have been promulgated in conformity with the provisions
19 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The requirements
20 of the policy for flagmen and escort vehicles shall be the same
21 for all moves of comparable size and weight. When escort
22 vehicles are required, they shall meet the following
23 requirements:
24         (1) All operators shall be 18 years of age or over and
25     properly licensed to operate the vehicle.
26         (2) Vehicles escorting oversized loads more than
27     12-feet wide must be equipped with a rotating or flashing
28     amber light mounted on top as specified under Section
29     12-215.
30     The Department shall establish reasonable rules and
31 regulations regarding liability insurance or self insurance
32 for vehicles with oversized loads promulgated under The
33 Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Police vehicles may be
34 required for escort under circumstances as required by rules

 

 

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1 and regulations of the Department.
2     (h) Violation of any rule, limitation or condition or
3 provision of any permit issued in accordance with the
4 provisions of this Section shall not render the entire permit
5 null and void but the violator shall be deemed guilty of
6 violation of permit and guilty of exceeding any size, weight or
7 load limitations in excess of those authorized by the permit.
8 The prescribed route or routes on the permit are not mere
9 rules, limitations, conditions, or provisions of the permit,
10 but are also the sole extent of the authorization granted by
11 the permit. If a vehicle and load are found to be off the route
12 or routes prescribed by any permit authorizing movement, the
13 vehicle and load are operating without a permit. Any off route
14 movement shall be subject to the size and weight maximums,
15 under the applicable provisions of this Chapter, as determined
16 by the type or class highway upon which the vehicle and load
17 are being operated.
18     (i) Whenever any vehicle is operated or movement made under
19 a fraudulent permit the permit shall be void, and the person,
20 firm, or corporation to whom such permit was granted, the
21 driver of such vehicle in addition to the person who issued
22 such permit and any accessory, shall be guilty of fraud and
23 either one or all persons may be prosecuted for such violation.
24 Any person, firm, or corporation committing such violation
25 shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony and the Department shall
26 not issue permits to the person, firm or corporation convicted
27 of such violation for a period of one year after the date of
28 conviction. Penalties for violations of this Section shall be
29 in addition to any penalties imposed for violation of other
30 Sections of this Act.
31     (j) Whenever any vehicle is operated or movement made in
32 violation of a permit issued in accordance with this Section,
33 the person to whom such permit was granted, or the driver of
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1 both, persons may be prosecuted for such violation as stated in
2 this subsection (j). Any person, firm or corporation convicted
3 of such violation shall be guilty of a petty offense and shall
4 be fined for the first offense, not less than $50 nor more than
5 $200 and, for the second offense by the same person, firm or
6 corporation within a period of one year, not less than $200 nor
7 more than $300 and, for the third offense by the same person,
8 firm or corporation within a period of one year after the date
9 of the first offense, not less than $300 nor more than $500 and
10 the Department shall not issue permits to the person, firm or
11 corporation convicted of a third offense during a period of one
12 year after the date of conviction for such third offense.
13     (k) Whenever any vehicle is operated on local roads under
14 permits for excess width or length issued by local authorities,
15 such vehicle may be moved upon a State highway for a distance
16 not to exceed one-half mile without a permit for the purpose of
17 crossing the State highway.
18     (l) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
19 the Department, with respect to highways under its
20 jurisdiction, and local authorities, with respect to highways
21 under their jurisdiction, may at their discretion authorize the
22 movement of a vehicle in violation of any size or weight
23 requirement, or both, that would not ordinarily be eligible for
24 a permit, when there is a showing of extreme necessity that the
25 vehicle and load should be moved without unnecessary delay.
26     For the purpose of this subsection, showing of extreme
27 necessity shall be limited to the following: shipments of
28 livestock, hazardous materials, liquid concrete being hauled
29 in a mobile cement mixer, or hot asphalt.
30     (m) Penalties for violations of this Section shall be in
31 addition to any penalties imposed for violating any other
32 Section of this Code.
33     (n) The Department with respect to highways under its
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1 under their jurisdiction, in their discretion and upon
2 application in writing, may issue a special permit for
3 continuous limited operation, authorizing the applicant to
4 operate a tow-truck that exceeds the weight limits provided for
5 in subsection (d) of Section 15-111, provided:
6         (1) no rear single axle of the tow-truck exceeds 26,000
7     pounds;
8         (2) no rear tandem axle of the tow-truck exceeds 50,000
9     pounds;
10         (2.1) no triple rear axle on a manufactured recovery
11     unit exceeds 56,000 pounds;
12         (3) neither the disabled vehicle nor the disabled
13     combination of vehicles exceed the weight restrictions
14     imposed by this Chapter 15, or the weight limits imposed
15     under a permit issued by the Department prior to hookup;
16         (4) the tow-truck prior to hookup does not exceed the
17     weight restrictions imposed by this Chapter 15;
18         (5) during the tow operation the tow-truck does not
19     violate any weight restriction sign;
20         (6) the tow-truck is equipped with flashing, rotating,
21     or oscillating amber lights, visible for at least 500 feet
22     in all directions;
23         (7) the tow-truck is specifically designed and
24     licensed as a tow-truck;
25         (8) the tow-truck has a gross vehicle weight rating of
26     sufficient capacity to safely handle the load;
27         (9) the tow-truck is equipped with air brakes;
28         (10) the tow-truck is capable of utilizing the lighting
29     and braking systems of the disabled vehicle or combination
30     of vehicles;
31         (11) the tow commences at the initial point of wreck or
32     disablement and terminates at a point where the repairs are
33     actually to occur the tow distance of the tow does not
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1     repair or safekeeping;
2         (12) the permit issued to the tow-truck is carried in
3     the tow-truck and exhibited on demand by a police officer;
4     and
5         (13) the movement shall be valid only on state routes
6     approved by the Department.
7 (Source: P.A. 90-89, eff. 1-1-98; 90-228, eff. 7-25-97; 90-655,
8 eff. 7-30-98; 90-676, eff. 7-31-98; 91-569, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
9     (625 ILCS 5/15-308.2)
10     Sec. 15-308.2. Fees for special permits for tow-trucks. The
11 fee for a special permit to operate a tow-truck pursuant to
12 subsection (n) of Section 15-301 is $50 $500 quarterly and $200
13 $2,000 annually.
14 (Source: P.A. 91-569, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
15     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.".