97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3113

 

Introduced 2/23/2011, by Rep. Jil Tracy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/15-316  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-316

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes language restricting the applicability of fines for exceeding vehicle weight limits. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Section 15-316 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/15-316)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-316)
7    Sec. 15-316. When the Department or local authority may
8restrict right to use highways.
9    (a) Except as provided in subsection (g), local authorities
10with respect to highways under their jurisdiction may by
11ordinance or resolution prohibit the operation of vehicles upon
12any such highway or impose restrictions as to the weight of
13vehicles to be operated upon any such highway, for a total
14period of not to exceed 90 days in any one calendar year,
15whenever any said highway by reason of deterioration, rain,
16snow, or other climate conditions will be seriously damaged or
17destroyed unless the use of vehicles thereon is prohibited or
18the permissible weights thereof reduced.
19    (b) The local authority enacting any such ordinance or
20resolution shall erect or cause to be erected and maintained
21signs designating the provision of the ordinance or resolution
22at each end of that portion of any highway affected thereby,
23and the ordinance or resolution shall not be effective unless

 

 

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1and until such signs are erected and maintained.
2    (c) Local authorities with respect to highways under their
3jurisdiction may also, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit the
4operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles, or may impose
5limitations as the weight thereof, on designated highways,
6which prohibitions and limitations shall be designated by
7appropriate signs placed on such highways.
8    (c-1) (Blank).
9    (d) The Department shall likewise have authority as
10hereinbefore granted to local authorities to determine by
11resolution and to impose restrictions as to the weight of
12vehicles operated upon any highway under the jurisdiction of
13said department, and such restrictions shall be effective when
14signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the highway or
15portion of any highway affected by such resolution.
16    (d-1) (Blank).
17    (d-2) (Blank).
18    (e) When any vehicle is operated in violation of this
19Section, the owner or driver of the vehicle shall be deemed
20guilty of a violation and either the owner or the driver of the
21vehicle may be prosecuted for the violation. Any person, firm,
22or corporation convicted of violating this Section shall be
23fined $50 for any weight exceeding the posted limit up to the
24axle or gross weight limit allowed a vehicle as provided for in
25subsections (a) or (b) of Section 15-111 and $75 per every 500
26pounds or fraction thereof for any weight exceeding that which

 

 

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1is provided for in subsections (a) or (b) of Section 15-111.
2    (f) A municipality is authorized to enforce a county weight
3limit ordinance applying to county highways within its
4corporate limits and is entitled to the proceeds of any fines
5collected from the enforcement.
6    (g) An ordinance or resolution enacted by a county or
7township pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section shall not
8apply to cargo tank vehicles with two or three permanent axles
9when delivering propane for emergency heating purposes if the
10cargo tank is loaded at no more than 50 percent capacity, the
11gross vehicle weight of the vehicle does not exceed 32,000
12pounds, and the driver of the cargo tank vehicle notifies the
13appropriate agency or agencies with jurisdiction over the
14highway before driving the vehicle on the highway pursuant to
15this subsection. The cargo tank vehicle must have an operating
16gauge on the cargo tank which indicates the amount of propane
17as a percent of capacity of the cargo tank. The cargo tank must
18have the capacity displayed on the cargo tank, or documentation
19of the capacity of the cargo tank must be available in the
20vehicle. For the purposes of this subsection, propane weighs
214.2 pounds per gallon. This subsection does not apply to
22municipalities. Nothing in this subsection shall allow cargo
23tank vehicles to cross bridges with posted weight restrictions
24if the vehicle exceeds the posted weight limit.
25(Source: P.A. 96-1337, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
26    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.