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91_HB3183

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois  Vehicle  Code  by  changing
 2    Section 15-316.

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

 5        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 15-316 as follows:

 7        (625 ILCS 5/15-316) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-316)
 8        Sec. 15-316. When the Department, local authority or road
 9    district  highway  commissioner  may  restrict  right  to use
10    highways.
11        (a)  Local  authorities   and   road   district   highway
12    commissioners   with   respect   to   highways   under  their
13    jurisdiction may by  ordinance  or  resolution  prohibit  the
14    operation  of  vehicles  upon  any  such  highway  or  impose
15    restrictions as to the weight of vehicles to be operated upon
16    any such highway, for a total period of not to exceed 90 days
17    in any one calendar year, whenever any said highway by reason
18    of  deterioration,  rain,  snow,  or other climate conditions
19    will be seriously damaged or  destroyed  unless  the  use  of
20    vehicles  thereon  is  prohibited  or the permissible weights
21    thereof reduced.
22        (b)  The  local  authority  or  road   district   highway
23    commissioner  enacting any such ordinance or resolution shall
24    erect or cause to be erected and maintained signs designating
25    the provision of the ordinance or resolution at each  end  of
26    that  portion  of  any  highway  affected  thereby,  and  the
27    ordinance  or  resolution  shall  not be effective unless and
28    until such signs are erected and maintained.
29        (c)  Local  authorities   and   road   district   highway
30    commissioners   with   respect   to   highways   under  their
31    jurisdiction may also, by ordinance or  resolution,  prohibit
 
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 1    the  operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles, or may
 2    impose limitations  as  the  weight  thereof,  on  designated
 3    highways,   which   prohibitions  and  limitations  shall  be
 4    designated by appropriate signs placed on such highways.
 5        (c-1)  The weight provisions of subsections (a), (b), and
 6    (c) take precedence over the provisions of subsections (d-1),
 7    (d-1.5), and (d-2), and (d-3).
 8        (d)  The Department  shall  likewise  have  authority  as
 9    hereinbefore  granted  to local authorities and road district
10    highway commissioners  to  determine  by  resolution  and  to
11    impose  restrictions  as  to  the weight of vehicles operated
12    upon any highway under the jurisdiction of  said  department,
13    and  such  restrictions  shall be effective when signs giving
14    notice thereof are erected upon the highway or portion of any
15    highway affected by such resolution.
16        (d-1)  Motor vehicles and motor vehicles  in  combination
17    with   gross  and  axle  weights  not  exceeding  the  weight
18    limitations specified in subsection  (b)  of  Section  15-111
19    73,280  pounds  and  up  to 65 feet in overall length and 102
20    inches in width operating on highways under the control of  a
21    county  or  a township road district highway commissioner may
22    have access for a distance of 5 miles from a State designated
23    highway for the purpose of loading,  unloading,  food,  fuel,
24    rest,  repair  services, and home base. No exemption shall be
25    granted authorizing travel on local roads as  a  thoroughfare
26    between State designated highways.
27        (d-1.5)  Motor vehicles and motor vehicles in combination
28    with   gross  and  axle  weights  not  exceeding  the  weight
29    limitations specified in subsection (f) of Section 15-111 and
30    up to 65 feet in overall length and 102 inches in  width  and
31    vehicles registered as special haul vehicles under subsection
32    (b) of Section 15-315 operating on highways under the control
33    of  a  county or a road district may have access from a State
34    designated highway for the purpose of loading  or  unloading.
 
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 1    No  exemption  shall  be  granted authorizing travel on local
 2    roads as a thoroughfare between designated highways.
 3        (d-2)  Motor vehicles and motor vehicles  in  combination
 4    with   gross  and  axle  weights  not  exceeding  the  weight
 5    limitations specified in subsection  (f)  of  Section  15-111
 6    73,280  pounds  and  up  to 65 feet in overall length and 102
 7    inches in width operating on highways under  the  control  of
 8    municipal  authorities  may  have  access  for 5 miles from a
 9    State designated highway  for  the  purpose  of  loading  and
10    unloading  and  may  have access for one mile for food, fuel,
11    repairs, and rest on those municipally  controlled  highways.
12    No exemption shall be granted authorizing travel on municipal
13    roads as a thoroughfare between State designated highways.
14        (d-3)  Motor  vehicles  and motor vehicles in combination
15    with  gross  and  axle  weights  not  exceeding  the   weight
16    limitations specified in subsection (f) of Section 15-111 and
17    up  to  65 feet in overall length and 102 inches in width and
18    vehicles registered as special haul vehicles under subsection
19    (b) of Section 15-315 operating on highways under the control
20    of the State may have access from a State designated  highway
21    for  the  purpose  of  loading,  unloading, food, fuel, rest,
22    repair,  and  home  base.   No  exemption  shall  be  granted
23    authorizing travel on  State  non-designated  highways  as  a
24    thoroughfare between designated highways.
25        (e)  When  any  vehicle  is operated in violation of this
26    Section, the owner or driver of the vehicle shall  be  deemed
27    guilty  of  a violation and either the owner or the driver of
28    the vehicle may be prosecuted for the violation.  Any person,
29    firm, or corporation  convicted  of  violating  this  Section
30    shall  be fined $50 for any weight exceeding the posted limit
31    up to the axle or gross weight limit  allowed  a  vehicle  as
32    provided  for in subsections (a) or (b) of Section 15-111 and
33    $75 per every 500 pounds or fraction thereof for  any  weight
34    exceeding  that  which  is provided for in subsections (a) or
 
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 1    (b) of Section 15-111.
 2        (f)  A municipality is authorized  to  enforce  a  county
 3    weight limit ordinance applying to county highways within its
 4    corporate limits and is entitled to the proceeds of any fines
 5    collected from the enforcement.
 6    (Source: P.A.  89-117,  eff.  7-7-95;  89-687,  eff.  6-1-97;
 7    90-211, eff. 1-1-98.)

 8        Section  99.   Effective  date.   This  Act  takes effect
 9    January 1, 2001.

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