093_HB2786eng

 
HB2786 Engrossed                     LRB093 07549 LCB 07724 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is amended by
 5    changing Sections 15-301 and 15-307 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/15-301) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-301)
 7        Sec. 15-301.  Permits for excess size and weight.
 8        (a)  The Department with respect to  highways  under  its
 9    jurisdiction  and  local authorities with respect to highways
10    under their  jurisdiction  may,  in  their  discretion,  upon
11    application  and  good  cause  being  shown therefor, issue a
12    special permit authorizing the applicant to operate or move a
13    vehicle or combination of vehicles of a  size  or  weight  of
14    vehicle  or  load exceeding the maximum specified in this Act
15    or otherwise not in conformity with this Act upon any highway
16    under the jurisdiction of the party granting such permit  and
17    for  the  maintenance  of  which  the  party  is responsible.
18    Applications and permits  other  than  those  in  written  or
19    printed  form  may  only  be  accepted from and issued to the
20    company or individual making  the  movement.  Except  for  an
21    application  to  move  directly across a highway, it shall be
22    the duty of the applicant to  establish  in  the  application
23    that  the  load to be moved by such vehicle or combination is
24    composed  of  a  single  nondivisible  object   that   cannot
25    reasonably be dismantled or disassembled.  For the purpose of
26    over  length  movements,  more than one object may be carried
27    side by side as long as the height, width,  and  weight  laws
28    are not exceeded and the cause for the over length is not due
29    to   multiple   objects.  For  the  purpose  of  over  height
30    movements, more than one object may be carried as long as the
31    cause for the over height is not due to multiple objects  and
 
HB2786 Engrossed            -2-      LRB093 07549 LCB 07724 b
 1    the length, width, and weight laws are not exceeded.  For the
 2    purpose  of  an over width movement, more than one object may
 3    be carried as long as the cause for the over width is not due
 4    to multiple objects and length, height, and weight  laws  are
 5    not  exceeded.   No state or local agency shall authorize the
 6    issuance of excess size or weight permits  for  vehicles  and
 7    loads  that  are  divisible  and  that  can  be carried, when
 8    divided,  within  the  existing  size  or   weight   maximums
 9    specified  in this Chapter.  Any excess size or weight permit
10    issued in violation of the provisions of this  Section  shall
11    be  void  at issue and any movement made thereunder shall not
12    be authorized under the terms of the  void  permit.   In  any
13    prosecution   for  a  violation  of  this  Chapter  when  the
14    authorization of an excess size or weight permit is at issue,
15    it is the burden of  the  defendant  to  establish  that  the
16    permit  was  valid  because  the  load  to be moved could not
17    reasonably be dismantled or disassembled,  or  was  otherwise
18    nondivisible.
19        (b)  The application for any such permit shall: (1) state
20    whether  such  permit  is  requested for a single trip or for
21    limited continuous operation; (2) state if the  applicant  is
22    an  authorized  carrier  under  the Illinois Motor Carrier of
23    Property Law, if so, his certificate, registration or  permit
24    number  issued  by  the  Illinois  Commerce  Commission;  (3)
25    specifically  describe  and  identify the vehicle or vehicles
26    and load to be operated or moved except that for vehicles  or
27    vehicle combinations registered by the Department as provided
28    in   Section  15-319  of  this  Chapter,  only  the  Illinois
29    Department of Transportation's (IDT) registration  number  or
30    classification need be given; (4) state the routing requested
31    including  the  points  of  origin  and  destination, and may
32    identify and include a request for  routing  to  the  nearest
33    certified scale in accordance with the Department's rules and
34    regulations, provided the applicant has approval to travel on
 
HB2786 Engrossed            -3-      LRB093 07549 LCB 07724 b
 1    local roads; and (5) state if the vehicles or loads are being
 2    transported  for  hire.  No  permits  for  the  movement of a
 3    vehicle or load for hire shall be issued to any applicant who
 4    is required under the Illinois Motor Carrier of Property  Law
 5    to  have  a  certificate, registration or permit and does not
 6    have such certificate, registration or permit.
 7        (c)  The  Department  or   local   authority   when   not
 8    inconsistent  with  traffic  safety is authorized to issue or
 9    withhold such permit at its discretion; or, if such permit is
10    issued at its discretion to prescribe the route or routes  to
11    be  traveled,  to  limit  the  number  of trips, to establish
12    seasonal or other time limitations within which the  vehicles
13    described  may  be  operated  on  the  highways indicated, or
14    otherwise to limit or prescribe conditions of  operations  of
15    such  vehicle  or  vehicles, when necessary to assure against
16    undue damage to the road foundations, surfaces or structures,
17    and may require such undertaking or other security as may  be
18    deemed  necessary to compensate for any injury to any roadway
19    or road structure. The  Department  shall  maintain  a  daily
20    record  of  each  permit  issued  along  with the fee and the
21    stipulated dimensions, weights, conditions  and  restrictions
22    authorized  and  this record shall be presumed correct in any
23    case of questions or dispute. The Department shall install an
24    automatic device  for  recording  applications  received  and
25    permits   issued  by  telephone.  In  making  application  by
26    telephone, the Department and applicant waive all  objections
27    to the recording of the conversation.
28        (d)  The  Department  shall,  upon application in writing
29    from any local authority, issue an annual permit  authorizing
30    the  local  authority  to move oversize highway construction,
31    transportation, utility and maintenance equipment over  roads
32    under the jurisdiction of the Department. The permit shall be
33    applicable  only  to  equipment  and  vehicles  owned  by  or
34    registered  in  the  name  of the local authority, and no fee
 
HB2786 Engrossed            -4-      LRB093 07549 LCB 07724 b
 1    shall be charged for the issuance of such permits.
 2        (e)  As an exception to paragraph (a)  of  this  Section,
 3    the   Department  and  local  authorities,  with  respect  to
 4    highways  under  their  respective  jurisdictions,  in  their
 5    discretion and  upon  application  in  writing  may  issue  a
 6    special  permit for limited continuous operation, authorizing
 7    the applicant to move loads of sweet  corn,  soybeans,  corn,
 8    wheat,  milo,  other  small  grains  and  ensilage during the
 9    harvest season only on a 2 axle single vehicle registered  by
10    the  Secretary  of  State  with  axle loads not to exceed 35%
11    above those provided in Section 15-111. Permits may be issued
12    for a period not to exceed 40 days and moves may be made of a
13    distance not to exceed 25 miles from a field to  a  specified
14    processing  plant over any highway except the National System
15    of Interstate and Defense Highways. All such  vehicles  shall
16    be  operated  in  the  daytime  except  when  weather or crop
17    conditions require emergency operation  at  night,  but  with
18    respect to such night operation, every such vehicle with load
19    shall  be  equipped  with  flashing amber lights as specified
20    under Section 12-215. Upon a declaration by the Governor that
21    an emergency  harvest  situation  exists,  a  special  permit
22    issued  by  the  Department  under  this Section shall not be
23    required from September 1 through December 31 during  harvest
24    season  emergencies, provided that the weight does not exceed
25    20% above the limits provided in Section 15-111.   All  other
26    restrictions  that apply to permits issued under this Section
27    shall apply during the declared time period.  With respect to
28    highways under the jurisdiction  of  local  authorities,  the
29    local  authorities  may,  at  their discretion, waive special
30    permit requirements during harvest season emergencies.   This
31    permit  exemption  shall  apply  to  all vehicles eligible to
32    obtain  permits  under  this  Section,  including  commercial
33    vehicles in use during the declared time period.
34        (f)  The  form  and  content  of  the  permit  shall   be
 
HB2786 Engrossed            -5-      LRB093 07549 LCB 07724 b
 1    determined  by  the Department with respect to highways under
 2    its jurisdiction and by local  authorities  with  respect  to
 3    highways  under  their jurisdiction. Every permit shall be in
 4    written form and carried in the  vehicle  or  combination  of
 5    vehicles  to  which it refers and shall be open to inspection
 6    by any police officer or authorized agent  of  any  authority
 7    granting  the  permit  and no person shall violate any of the
 8    terms or conditions of such special permit. Violation of  the
 9    terms  and  conditions  of  the  permit shall not be deemed a
10    revocation of the permit; however, any vehicle and load found
11    to be off the route prescribed in the permit shall be held to
12    be operating without a permit.  Any  off  route  vehicle  and
13    load  shall be required to obtain a new permit or permits, as
14    necessary, to authorize the movement back onto  the  original
15    permit  routing.  No  rule or regulation, nor anything herein
16    shall be construed to authorize any police officer, court, or
17    authorized agent of any  authority  granting  the  permit  to
18    remove the permit from the possession of the permittee unless
19    the  permittee  is charged with a fraudulent permit violation
20    as provided in paragraph (i). However,  upon  arrest  for  an
21    offense  of  violation  of permit, operating without a permit
22    when the vehicle is off route, or any size or weight  offense
23    under  this  Chapter  when  the  permittee plans to raise the
24    issuance of the permit as a defense, the  permittee,  or  his
25    agent,   must   produce  the  permit  at  any  court  hearing
26    concerning the alleged offense.
27        If the permit designates and  includes  a  routing  to  a
28    certified   scale,   the   permitee,  while  enroute  to  the
29    designated scale, shall be  deemed  in  compliance  with  the
30    weight  provisions  of  the permit provided the axle or gross
31    weights do not exceed any of the  permitted  limits  by  more
32    than the following amounts:
33             Single axle               2000 pounds
34             Tandem axle               3000 pounds
 
HB2786 Engrossed            -6-      LRB093 07549 LCB 07724 b
 1             Gross                     5000 pounds
 2        (g)  The Department is authorized to adopt, amend, and to
 3    make  available  to  interested  persons  a policy concerning
 4    reasonable rules, limitations and conditions or provisions of
 5    operation upon highways under its jurisdiction in addition to
 6    those contained in this Section for the movement  by  special
 7    permit  of  vehicles,  combinations,  or  loads  which cannot
 8    reasonably   be   dismantled   or   disassembled,   including
 9    manufactured and modular home sections and portions  thereof.
10    All  rules,  limitations and conditions or provisions adopted
11    in the policy shall have due regard for  the  safety  of  the
12    traveling public and the protection of the highway system and
13    shall have been promulgated in conformity with the provisions
14    of   the   Illinois   Administrative   Procedure   Act.   The
15    requirements  of  the  policy for flagmen and escort vehicles
16    shall be the same  for  all  moves  of  comparable  size  and
17    weight.  When  escort  vehicles are required, they shall meet
18    the following requirements:
19             (1)  All operators shall be 18 years of age or  over
20        and properly licensed to operate the vehicle.
21             (2)  Vehicles  escorting  oversized  loads more than
22        12-feet wide must be equipped with a rotating or flashing
23        amber light mounted on top  as  specified  under  Section
24        12-215.
25        The  Department  shall  establish  reasonable  rules  and
26    regulations  regarding  liability insurance or self insurance
27    for vehicles  with  oversized  loads  promulgated  under  The
28    Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Police vehicles may be
29    required  for escort under circumstances as required by rules
30    and regulations of the Department.
31        (h)  Violation of any rule, limitation  or  condition  or
32    provision  of  any  permit  issued  in  accordance  with  the
33    provisions of this Section shall not render the entire permit
34    null  and  void  but  the  violator shall be deemed guilty of
 
HB2786 Engrossed            -7-      LRB093 07549 LCB 07724 b
 1    violation of permit and guilty of exceeding any size,  weight
 2    or  load  limitations  in  excess  of those authorized by the
 3    permit. The prescribed route or routes on the permit are  not
 4    mere  rules,  limitations,  conditions,  or provisions of the
 5    permit, but are also the sole  extent  of  the  authorization
 6    granted by the permit.  If a vehicle and load are found to be
 7    off  the route or routes prescribed by any permit authorizing
 8    movement, the  vehicle  and  load  are  operating  without  a
 9    permit.   Any off route movement shall be subject to the size
10    and weight maximums, under the applicable provisions of  this
11    Chapter,  as  determined  by  the  type or class highway upon
12    which the vehicle and load are being operated.
13        (i)  Whenever any vehicle is operated  or  movement  made
14    under  a  fraudulent permit the permit shall be void, and the
15    person, firm, or corporation to whom such permit was granted,
16    the driver of such vehicle in  addition  to  the  person  who
17    issued  such  permit  and  any  accessory, shall be guilty of
18    fraud and either one or all persons  may  be  prosecuted  for
19    such  violation.  Any person, firm, or corporation committing
20    such violation shall be guilty of a Class 4  felony  and  the
21    Department  shall  not  issue  permits to the person, firm or
22    corporation convicted of such violation for a period  of  one
23    year  after  the date of conviction. Penalties for violations
24    of this Section shall be in addition to any penalties imposed
25    for violation of other Sections of this Act.
26        (j)  Whenever any vehicle is operated or movement made in
27    violation of a permit issued in accordance with this Section,
28    the person to whom such permit was granted, or the driver  of
29    such vehicle, is guilty of such violation and either, but not
30    both,  persons may be prosecuted for such violation as stated
31    in this subsection  (j).  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation
32    convicted  of  such  violation  shall  be  guilty  of a petty
33    offense and shall be fined for the first  offense,  not  less
34    than  $50  nor  more than $200 and, for the second offense by
 
HB2786 Engrossed            -8-      LRB093 07549 LCB 07724 b
 1    the same person, firm or corporation within a period  of  one
 2    year,  not  less  than  $200  nor more than $300 and, for the
 3    third offense by the same person, firm or corporation  within
 4    a period of one year after the date of the first offense, not
 5    less  than  $300  nor more than $500 and the Department shall
 6    not  issue  permits  to  the  person,  firm  or   corporation
 7    convicted  of  a  third  offense  during a period of one year
 8    after the date of conviction for such third offense.
 9        (k)  Whenever any vehicle  is  operated  on  local  roads
10    under  permits  for  excess  width  or length issued by local
11    authorities, such vehicle may be moved upon a  State  highway
12    for  a  distance not to exceed one-half mile without a permit
13    for the purpose of crossing the State highway.
14        (l)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
15    the  Department,  with  respect   to   highways   under   its
16    jurisdiction, and local authorities, with respect to highways
17    under  their  jurisdiction, may at their discretion authorize
18    the movement of a vehicle in violation of any size or  weight
19    requirement,  or  both, that would not ordinarily be eligible
20    for a permit, when there is a showing  of  extreme  necessity
21    that the vehicle and load should be moved without unnecessary
22    delay.
23        For  the  purpose  of this subsection, showing of extreme
24    necessity shall be limited to the  following:   shipments  of
25    livestock,  hazardous materials, liquid concrete being hauled
26    in a mobile cement mixer, or hot asphalt.
27        (m)  Penalties for violations of this Section shall be in
28    addition to any penalties imposed  for  violating  any  other
29    Section of this Code.
30        (n)  The  Department  with  respect to highways under its
31    jurisdiction and local authorities with respect  to  highways
32    under  their  jurisdiction,  in  their  discretion  and  upon
33    application  in  writing,  may  issue  a  special  permit for
34    continuous limited operation, authorizing  the  applicant  to
 
HB2786 Engrossed            -9-      LRB093 07549 LCB 07724 b
 1    operate  a  tow-truck that exceeds the weight limits provided
 2    for in subsection (d) of Section 15-111, provided:
 3             (1)  no rear single axle of  the  tow-truck  exceeds
 4        26,000 pounds;
 5             (2)  no  rear  tandem  axle of the tow-truck exceeds
 6        50,000 pounds;
 7             (3)  neither the disabled vehicle nor  the  disabled
 8        combination  of  vehicles  exceed the weight restrictions
 9        imposed by this Chapter 15, or the weight limits  imposed
10        under a permit issued by the Department prior to hookup;
11             (4)  the  tow-truck  prior to hookup does not exceed
12        the weight restrictions imposed by this Chapter 15;
13             (5)  during the tow operation the tow-truck does not
14        violate any weight restriction sign;
15             (6)  the  tow-truck  is  equipped   with   flashing,
16        rotating,  or  oscillating  amber  lights, visible for at
17        least 500 feet in all directions;
18             (7)  the  tow-truck  is  specifically  designed  and
19        licensed as a tow-truck;
20             (8)  the tow-truck has a gross vehicle weight rating
21        of  sufficient capacity to safely handle the load;
22             (9)  the tow-truck is equipped with air brakes;
23             (10)  the tow-truck  is  capable  of  utilizing  the
24        lighting  and  braking systems of the disabled vehicle or
25        combination of vehicles;
26             (11)  the tow distance of the tow does not exceed 50
27        miles from the point of disablement to a place of  repair
28        or safekeeping;
29             (12)  the  permit issued to the tow-truck is carried
30        in the tow-truck and exhibited  on  demand  by  a  police
31        officer; and
32             (13)  the  movement  shall  be  valid  only on state
33        routes approved by the Department.
34        (o)  The Department with respect to  highways  under  its
 
HB2786 Engrossed            -10-     LRB093 07549 LCB 07724 b
 1    jurisdiction  and  local authorities with respect to highways
 2    under  their  jurisdiction,  in  their  discretion  and  upon
 3    application,  may  issue  a  special   permit   for   limited
 4    continuous  operation  authorizing  the  applicant to operate
 5    cranes, concrete  pumps,  or  water  drilling  vehicles,  all
 6    operating  under  their  own  power,  that  exceed the weight
 7    limits provided for in  subsection  (d)  of  Section  15-111,
 8    provided:
 9             (1)  The following groups of vehicles are restricted
10        to  the  "green"  or  "red"  routes  as  defined  in  the
11        publication  "Illinois  Overheight  and Overweight Permit
12        Routes". These vehicles are not valid for movement across
13        any structure posted  "No  Overweight  Permit  Loads"  or
14        other  signings  restricting  movement at less than legal
15        weight:
16                  (A)  Those 3 or more axle  vehicles  consisting
17             of  a single axle and a tandem axle or 2 tandem axle
18             groups composed of 2 consecutive axles each, with  a
19             distance  of  extreme  axles  not less than 18 feet,
20             weighing not more than 60,000 pounds gross  with  no
21             single axle weighing more than 21,000 pounds, or any
22             tandem axle group to exceed 40,000 pounds.
23                  (B)  Those  4  or more axle vehicles consisting
24             of  2  sets  of  tandems  composed  of  2  or   more
25             consecutive  axles  each  with  a  distance  between
26             extreme  axles of not less than 23 feet weighing not
27             more than 72,000 pounds with axle weights on one set
28             of tandem axles not more  than  34,000  pounds,  and
29             weight  in  the  other  set  of  tandem axles not to
30             exceed 40,000 pounds.
31             (2)  The following groups of vehicles are restricted
32        to the "red" only routes as defined  in  the  publication
33        "Illinois Overheight and Overweight Permit Routes":
34                  (A)  Those 2 axle vehicles not exceeding 48,000
 
HB2786 Engrossed            -11-     LRB093 07549 LCB 07724 b
 1             pounds with no single axle weighing more than 25,000
 2             pounds.
 3                  (B)  Those  2  axle  vehicles  exceeding 48,000
 4             pounds but not  more  than  54,000  pounds  with  no
 5             single axle to exceed 28,000 pounds.
 6                  (C)  Those  3  or  more  axle vehicles weighing
 7             over 60,000 pounds but not more than  68,000  pounds
 8             with no single axle weighing more than 21,000 pounds
 9             and no tandem axle group exceeding 48,000 pounds.
10                  (D)  Those  4  or  more  axle vehicles weighing
11             greater than 72,000 pounds but not more than  76,000
12             pounds  with  axle  weights  on either set of tandem
13             axles not more than 44,000 pounds.
14    (Source: P.A.  90-89,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-228,  eff.  7-25-97;
15    90-655,  eff.  7-30-98;  90-676,  eff.  7-31-98; 91-569, eff.
16    1-1-00.)

17        (625 ILCS 5/15-307) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-307)
18        Sec. 15-307. Fees for Overweight-Gross  Loads.  Fees  for
19    special  permits  to  move vehicles, combinations of vehicles
20    and loads with overweight-gross loads shall be  paid  at  the
21    flat  rate  fees  established  in this Section for weights in
22    excess of legal  gross  weights,  by  the  applicant  to  the
23    Department.
24        (a)  With  respect  to  fees  for  overweight-gross loads
25    listed in this Section and for overweight-axle  loads  listed
26    in  Section  15-306, one fee only shall be charged, whichever
27    is the greater, but not for both.
28        (b)  In lieu of the  fees  stated  in  this  Section  and
29    Section  15-306,  with  respect  to  combinations of vehicles
30    consisting of a 3-axle  truck  tractor  with  a  tandem  axle
31    composed  of  2  consecutive  axles drawing a semitrailer, or
32    other vehicle approved by the  Department,  equipped  with  a
33    tandem  axle  composed  of 3 consecutive axles, weighing over
 
HB2786 Engrossed            -12-     LRB093 07549 LCB 07724 b
 1    73,280 pounds but not more than 88,000 pounds  gross  weight,
 2    the fees shall be at the following rates:
 3        Distance                                             Rate
 4    For the first 45 miles                                    $10
 5    From 45 miles to 90 miles                               12.50
 6    From 90 miles to 135 miles                              15.00
 7    From 135 miles to 180 miles                             17.50
 8    From 180 miles to 225 miles                             20.00
 9    For each additional 45 miles or part
10    thereof in excess of the rate for
11    225 miles, an additional                                 2.50

12        For such combinations weighing over 88,000 pounds but not
13    more  than  100,000 pounds gross weight, the fees shall be at
14    the following rates:
15        Distance                                             Rate
16    For the first 45 miles                                     15
17    From 45 miles to 90 miles                                  25
18    From 90 miles to 135 miles                                 35
19    From 135 miles to 180 miles                                45
20    From 180 miles to 225 miles                                55
21    For each additional 45 miles or part
22    thereof in excess of the rate for
23    225 miles, an additional                                   10

24        For such combination weighing over 100,000 pounds but not
25    more than 110,000 pounds gross weight, the fees shall  be  at
26    the following rates:
27        Distance                                             Rate
28    For the first 45 miles                                    $20
29    From 45 miles to 90 miles                               32.50
30    From 90 miles to 135 miles                                 45
31    From 135 miles to 180 miles                             57.50
32    From 180 miles to 225 miles                                70
33    For each additional 45 miles or part
 
HB2786 Engrossed            -13-     LRB093 07549 LCB 07724 b
 1    thereof in excess of the rate for
 2    225 miles an additional                                 12.50

 3        For  such  combinations  weighing over 110,000 pounds but
 4    not more than 120,000 pounds gross weight, the fees shall  be
 5    at the following rates:
 6        Distance                                             Rate
 7    For the first 45 miles                                    $30
 8    From 46 miles to 90 miles                                  55
 9    From 90 miles to 135 miles                                 80
10    From 135 miles to 180 miles                               105
11    From 180 miles to 225 miles                               130
12    For each additional 45 miles or part
13    thereof in excess of the rate
14    for 225 miles an additional                                25

15        Payment  of  overweight  fees  for the above combinations
16    also shall include fees for overwidth dimensions of 4 feet or
17    less, overheight and overlength.  Any overwidth in excess  of
18    4 feet shall be charged an additional fee of $15.
19        (c)  In  lieu  of  the  fees  stated  in this Section and
20    Section 15-306 of this Chapter, with respect to  combinations
21    of  vehicles  consisting  of  a  3-axle  truck tractor with a
22    tandem  axle  composed  of  2  consecutive  axles  drawing  a
23    semitrailer, or other vehicle  approved  by  the  Department,
24    equipped  with a tandem axle composed of 2 consecutive axles,
25    weighing over 73,280 pounds but not more than  88,000  pounds
26    gross weight, the fees shall be at the following rates:
27        Distance                                             Rate
28    For the first 45 miles                                    $20
29    From 45 miles to 90 miles                               32.50
30    From 90 miles to 135 miles                                 45
31    From 135 miles to 180 miles                             57.50
32    From 180 miles to 225 miles                                70
33    For each additional 60 miles or part
 
HB2786 Engrossed            -14-     LRB093 07549 LCB 07724 b
 1    thereof in excess of the rate for
 2    225 miles an additional                                 12.50
 3        For  such combination weighing over 88,000 pounds but not
 4    more than 100,000 pounds gross weight, the fees shall  be  at
 5    the following rates:
 6        Distance                                             Rate
 7    For the first 45 miles                                    $30
 8    From 46 miles to 90 miles                                  55
 9    From 90 miles to 135 miles                                 80
10    From 135 miles to 180 miles                               105
11    From 180 miles to 225 miles                               130
12    For each additional 45 miles or part
13    thereof in excess of the rate for
14    225 miles an additional                                    25

15        Payment  of  overweight  fees  for the above combinations
16    also shall include fees for overwidth dimension of 4 feet  or
17    less, overheight and overlength. Any overwidth in excess of 4
18    feet shall be charged an additional overwidth fee of $15.
19        (d)  In  lieu  of  the fees stated in this Section and in
20    Section 15-306 of this Chapter, with respect to a 3 (or more)
21    axle mobile crane,  concrete  pump,  or  water  well-drilling
22    vehicle  consisting  of  a single axle and a tandem axle or 2
23    tandem axle groups composed of 2 consecutive axles each, with
24    a distance of extreme axles not less than 18  feet,  weighing
25    not  more  than  60,000  pounds  gross  with  no  single axle
26    weighing more than 21,000 pounds, or any tandem axle group to
27    exceed 40,000 pounds, the fees  shall  be  at  the  following
28    rates:
29        Distance                                             Rate
30    For the first 45 miles                                 $12.50
31    For each additional 45 miles or portion thereof          9.00

32        Payment  of  overweight  fees for the above vehicle shall
33    include overwidth dimension of 4 feet  or  less,  overheight,
 
HB2786 Engrossed            -15-     LRB093 07549 LCB 07724 b
 1    and  overlength.  Any  overwidth in excess of 4 feet shall be
 2    charged an additional $15.

 3    90 day limited continuous operation                      $500
 4    (includes dimensions up to and including width
 5    of 12 feet, height of 14 feet 6 inches,
 6    and length of 70 feet)

 7    Annual limited continuous operation                     $2000
 8    (includes dimensions up to and including width
 9    of 12 feet, height of 14 feet 6 inches,
10    and length of 70 feet)

11        For such vehicles weighing over  60,000  pounds  but  not
12    more  than  68,000  pounds  with no single axle weighing more
13    than 21,000 pounds and no tandem axle group exceeding  48,000
14    pounds, the fees shall be at the following rates:
15        Distance                                             Rate
16    For the first 45 miles                                    $20
17    For each additional 45 miles or portion thereof         12.50

18        Payment  of  overweight  fees for the above vehicle shall
19    include overwidth dimension of 4 feet or less, overheight and
20    overlength. Any overwidth  in  excess  of  4  feet  shall  be
21    charged an additional overwidth fee of $15.

22    90 day limited continuous operation                      $500
23    (includes dimensions up to and including width
24    of 12 feet, height of 14 feet 6 inches,
25    and length of 70 feet)

26    Annual limited continuous operation                     $2000
27    (includes dimensions up to and including width
28    of 12 feet, height of 14 feet 6 inches,
29    and length of 70 feet)

30        (e)  In  lieu  of  the fees stated in this Section and in
31    Section 15-306 of this Chapter, with respect to a 4 (or more)
 
HB2786 Engrossed            -16-     LRB093 07549 LCB 07724 b
 1    axle mobile crane, concrete  pump,  or  water  well  drilling
 2    vehicle consisting of 2 sets of tandem axles composed of 2 or
 3    more  consecutive  axles each with a distance between extreme
 4    axles of not less than 23 feet weighing not more than  72,000
 5    pounds  with axle weights on one set of tandem axles not more
 6    than 34,000 pounds, and weight in the  other  set  of  tandem
 7    axles  not  to exceed 40,000 pounds, the fees shall be at the
 8    following rates:
 9        Distance                                             Rate
10    For the first 45 miles                                    $15
11    For each additional 45 miles or portion thereof            10

12        Payment of overweight fees for the  above  vehicle  shall
13    include  overwidth  dimension  of 4 feet or less, overheight,
14    and overlength. Any overwidth charge  in  excess  of  4  feet
15    shall be charged an additional fee of $15.

16    90 day limited continuous operation                      $500
17    (includes dimensions up to and including width
18    12 of feet, height of 14 feet 6 inches,
19    and length of 70 feet)

20    Annual limited continuous operation                     $2000
21    (includes dimensions up to and including width
22    of 12 feet, height of 14 feet 6 inches,
23    and length of 70 feet)

24        For  such  vehicles  weighing  over 72,000 pounds but not
25    more than 76,000 pounds with axle weights on  either  set  of
26    tandem  axles  not more than 44,000 pounds, the fees shall be
27    at the following rates:
28        Distance                                             Rate
29    For the first 45 miles                                    $20
30    For each additional 45 miles or portion thereof         12.50

31        Payment of overweight fees for the  above  vehicle  shall
32    include overwidth dimension of 4 feet or less, overheight and
 
HB2786 Engrossed            -17-     LRB093 07549 LCB 07724 b
 1    overlength.  Any  overwidth  in  excess  of  4  feet shall be
 2    charged an additional fee of $15.

 3    90-day limited continuous operation                      $500
 4    (includes dimensions up to and including width
 5    of 12 feet, height of 14 feet 6 inches,
 6    and length of 70 feet)

 7    Annual limited continuous operation                     $2000
 8    (includes dimensions up to and including width
 9    of 12 feet, height of 14 feet 6 inches,
10    and length of 70 feet)

11        (f)  In lieu of  fees  stated  in  this  Section  and  in
12    Section  15-306  of  this Chapter, with respect to a two axle
13    mobile crane, concrete pump, or water  well-drilling  vehicle
14    consisting  of  2  single axles weighing not more than 48,000
15    pounds with no single axle weighing more than 25,000  pounds,
16    the fees shall be at the following rates:
17        Distance                                             Rate
18    For the first 45 miles                                    $15
19    For each additional 45 miles or portion thereof            10

20        Payment  of  overweight  fees for the above vehicle shall
21    include overwidth dimension of 4 feet  or  less,  overheight,
22    and  overlength.  Any  overwidth in excess of 4 feet shall be
23    charged an additional $15.

24    90-day limited continuous operation                      $500
25    (includes dimensions up to and including width
26    of 12 feet, height of 14 feet 6 inches,
27    and length of 70 feet)

28    Annual limited continuous operation                     $2000
29    (includes dimensions up to and including width
30    of 12 feet, height of 14 feet 6 inches,
31    and length of 70 feet)
 
HB2786 Engrossed            -18-     LRB093 07549 LCB 07724 b
 1        For such vehicles weighing over  48,000  pounds  but  not
 2    more  than  54,000  pounds  with no single axle weighing more
 3    than 28,000 pounds, the fees shall be at the following rates:
 4        Distance                                             Rate
 5    For the first 45 miles                                    $20
 6    For each additional 45 miles or portion thereof         12.50

 7        Payment of overweight fees for the  above  vehicle  shall
 8    include overwidth dimension of 4 feet or less, overheight and
 9    overlength.   Any  overwidth  in  excess  of  4 feet shall be
10    charged an additional overwidth fee of $15.

11    90-day limited continuous operation                      $500
12    (includes dimensions up to and including width
13    of 12 feet, height of 14 feet 6 inches,
14    and length of 70 feet)

15    Annual limited continuous operation                     $2000
16    (includes dimensions up to and including width
17    of 12 feet, height of 14 feet 6 inches,
18    and length of 70 feet.
19        (g)  Fees  for  special   permits   to   move   vehicles,
20    combinations  of  vehicles,  and  loads with overweight gross
21    loads not included in the fee categories shall be paid by the
22    applicant to the Department at the rate of $50 plus 3.5 cents
23    per ton-mile in excess of legal weight.
24        With respect to  fees  for  overweight  gross  loads  not
25    included in the schedules specified in paragraphs (a) through
26    (e) of Section 15-307 and for overweight axle loads listed in
27    Section  15-306,  one fee only shall be charged, whichever is
28    the greater, but not both.  An additional fee  in  accordance
29    with  the  schedule  set  forth  in  Section  15-305 shall be
30    charged for each overdimension.
31    (Source: P.A. 90-228, eff. 7-25-97; 90-676, eff. 7-31-98.)