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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2786

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 2786  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

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

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

22        For such combinations weighing over 88,000 pounds but not
23    more than 100,000 pounds gross weight, the fees shall  be  at
24    the following rates:
25        Distance                                             Rate
26    For the first 45 miles                                     15
27    From 45 miles to 90 miles                                  25
28    From 90 miles to 135 miles                                 35
29    From 135 miles to 180 miles                                45
30    From 180 miles to 225 miles                                55
31    For each additional 45 miles or part
32    thereof in excess of the rate for
33    225 miles, an additional                                   10
 
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 1        For such combination weighing over 100,000 pounds but not
 2    more  than  110,000 pounds gross weight, the fees shall be at
 3    the following rates:
 4        Distance                                             Rate
 5    For the first 45 miles                                    $20
 6    From 45 miles to 90 miles                               32.50
 7    From 90 miles to 135 miles                                 45
 8    From 135 miles to 180 miles                             57.50
 9    From 180 miles to 225 miles                                70
10    For each additional 45 miles or part
11    thereof in excess of the rate for
12    225 miles an additional                                 12.50

13        For such combinations weighing over  110,000  pounds  but
14    not  more than 120,000 pounds gross weight, the fees shall be
15    at the following rates:
16        Distance                                             Rate
17    For the first 45 miles                                    $30
18    From 46 miles to 90 miles                                  55
19    From 90 miles to 135 miles                                 80
20    From 135 miles to 180 miles                               105
21    From 180 miles to 225 miles                               130
22    For each additional 45 miles or part
23    thereof in excess of the rate
24    for 225 miles an additional                                25

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

25        Payment of overweight fees  for  the  above  combinations
26    also  shall include fees for overwidth dimension of 4 feet or
27    less, overheight and overlength. Any overwidth in excess of 4
28    feet shall be charged an additional overwidth fee of $15.
29        (d)  In lieu of the fees stated in this  Section  and  in
30    Section 15-306 of this Chapter, with respect to a 3 (or more)
31    axle  mobile  crane,  concrete  pump,  or water well-drilling
32    vehicle consisting of a single axle and a tandem  axle  or  2
33    tandem axle groups composed of 2 consecutive axles each, with
34    a  distance  of extreme axles not less than 18 feet, weighing
 
                            -15-     LRB093 07549 LCB 12474 a
 1    not more  than  60,000  pounds  gross  with  no  single  axle
 2    weighing more than 21,000 pounds, or any tandem axle group to
 3    exceed  40,000  pounds,  the  fees  shall be at the following
 4    rates:
 5        Distance                                             Rate
 6    For the first 45 miles                                 $12.50
 7    For each additional 45 miles or portion thereof          9.00

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

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

16    Annual limited continuous operation                     $2000
17    (includes dimensions up to and including width
18    of 12 feet, height of 14 feet 6 inches,
19    and length of 70 feet)

20        For  such  vehicles  weighing  over 60,000 pounds but not
21    more than 68,000 pounds with no  single  axle  weighing  more
22    than  21,000 pounds and no tandem axle group exceeding 48,000
23    pounds, the fees shall be at the following rates:
24        Distance                                             Rate
25    For the first 45 miles                                    $20
26    For each additional 45 miles or portion thereof         12.50

27        Payment of overweight fees for the  above  vehicle  shall
28    include overwidth dimension of 4 feet or less, overheight and
29    overlength.  Any  overwidth  in  excess  of  4  feet shall be
30    charged an additional overwidth fee of $15.

31    90 day limited continuous operation                      $500
 
                            -16-     LRB093 07549 LCB 12474 a
 1    (includes dimensions up to and including width
 2    of 12 feet, height of 14 feet 6 inches,
 3    and length of 70 feet)

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

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

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

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

29    Annual limited continuous operation                     $2000
30    (includes dimensions up to and including width
31    of 12 feet, height of 14 feet 6 inches,
32    and length of 70 feet)
 
                            -17-     LRB093 07549 LCB 12474 a
 1        For such vehicles weighing over  72,000  pounds  but  not
 2    more  than  76,000  pounds with axle weights on either set of
 3    tandem axles not more than 44,000 pounds, the fees  shall  be
 4    at the following rates:
 5        Distance                                             Rate
 6    For the first 45 miles                                    $20
 7    For each additional 45 miles or portion thereof         12.50

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

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

16    Annual limited continuous operation                     $2000
17    (includes dimensions up to and including width
18    of 12 feet, height of 14 feet 6 inches,
19    and length of 70 feet)

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

29        Payment of overweight fees for the  above  vehicle  shall
30    include  overwidth  dimension  of 4 feet or less, overheight,
31    and overlength. Any overwidth in excess of 4  feet  shall  be
32    charged an additional $15.
 
                            -18-     LRB093 07549 LCB 12474 a
 1    90-day limited continuous operation                      $500
 2    (includes dimensions up to and including width
 3    of 12 feet, height of 14 feet 6 inches,
 4    and length of 70 feet)

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

 9        For  such  vehicles  weighing  over 48,000 pounds but not
10    more than 54,000 pounds with no  single  axle  weighing  more
11    than 28,000 pounds, the fees shall be at the following rates:
12        Distance                                             Rate
13    For the first 45 miles                                    $20
14    For each additional 45 miles or portion thereof         12.50

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

19    90-day limited continuous operation                      $500
20    (includes dimensions up to and including width
21    of 12 feet, height of 14 feet 6 inches,
22    and length of 70 feet)

23    Annual limited continuous operation                     $2000
24    (includes dimensions up to and including width
25    of 12 feet, height of 14 feet 6 inches,
26    and length of 70 feet.
27        (g)  Fees   for   special   permits   to  move  vehicles,
28    combinations of vehicles, and  loads  with  overweight  gross
29    loads not included in the fee categories shall be paid by the
30    applicant to the Department at the rate of $50 plus 3.5 cents
31    per ton-mile in excess of legal weight.
32        With  respect  to  fees  for  overweight  gross loads not
 
                            -19-     LRB093 07549 LCB 12474 a
 1    included in the schedules specified in paragraphs (a) through
 2    (e) of Section 15-307 and for overweight axle loads listed in
 3    Section 15-306, one fee only shall be charged,  whichever  is
 4    the  greater,  but not both.  An additional fee in accordance
 5    with the schedule  set  forth  in  Section  15-305  shall  be
 6    charged for each overdimension.
 7    (Source: P.A. 90-228, eff. 7-25-97; 90-676, eff. 7-31-98.)".