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91_HB0432
LRB9101207KScs
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 (Source: P.A. 88-384; 89-117, eff. 7-7-95; 89-687, eff.
3 6-1-97.)
4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect
5 January 1, 2000.