[ Search ] [ Legislation ]
[ Home ] [ Back ] [ Bottom ]
| [ Introduced ] |
91_SB1602eng SB1602 Engrossed LRB9113034DHmb 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing 2 Section 15-111. 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 15-111 as follows: 7 (625 ILCS 5/15-111) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-111) 8 Sec. 15-111. Wheel and axle loads and gross weights. 9 (a) No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with 10 pneumatic tires shall be operated, unladen or with load, upon 11 the highways of this State when the gross weight on the road 12 surface through any single axle thereof exceeds 18,000 13 pounds, except when a different limit is established and 14 posted in accordance with Section 15-316 and except any 15 single axle of a 2 axle motor vehicle weighing 36,000 pounds 16 or less and not a part of a combination of vehicles, shall 17 not exceed 20,000 pounds. Provided, however, that any single 18 axle of a 2 axle motor vehicle equipped with a personnel lift 19 or digger derrick, weighing 36,000 pounds or less, owned and 20 operated by a public utility, shall not exceed 20,000 pounds. 21 No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with other 22 than pneumatic tires shall be operated, unladen or with load, 23 upon the highways of this State when the gross weight on the 24 road surface through any wheel thereof exceeds 800 pounds per 25 inch width of tire tread or when the gross weight on the road 26 surface through any axle thereof exceeds 16,000 pounds. The 27 gross weight transmitted to the road surface through tandem 28 axles shall not exceed 32,000 pounds and no axle of the 29 series shall exceed the maximum weight permitted under this 30 Section for a single axle. Provided that on a 4 axle vehicle 31 or on a 5 or more axle combination of vehicles the weight on SB1602 Engrossed -2- LRB9113034DHmb 1 a series of 3 axles whose centers are more than 96 inches 2 apart, measured between extreme axles in the series, shall 3 not exceed those allowed on 3 axles in the table contained in 4 subsection (f) of this Section and no axle or tandem axle of 5 the series shall exceed the maximum weight permitted under 6 this Section for a single or tandem axle. Provided also that 7 a 3 axle vehicle or 3 axle truck mixer registered as a 8 Special Hauling Vehicle, used exclusively for the mixing and 9 transportation of concrete, specially equipped with a road 10 surface engaging mixer trailing 4th axle, manufactured 11 prior to or in the model year of 2004 and first registered in 12 Illinois prior to January 1, 2005, with a distance greater 13 than 72 inches but not more than 96 inches between any series 14 of 2 axles may transmit to the road surface a maximum weight 15 of 18,000 pounds on each of these axles with a gross weight 16 on these 2 axles not to exceed 36,000 pounds. Any such 17 vehicle manufactured in the model year of 2004 or thereafter 18 or first registered in Illinois after December 31, 2004 may 19 transmit to the road surface a maximum of 32,000 pounds 20 through these 2 axles and none of the axles shall exceed 21 18,000 pounds. 22 A truck, not in combination and specially equipped with a 23 selfcompactor, or an industrial roll-off hoist and roll-off 24 container, used exclusively for garbage or refuse operations, 25 and a truck used exclusively for the collection of rendering 26 materials may, however, when laden, transmit upon the road 27 surface of any highway except when part of the National 28 System of Interstate and Defense Highways, a gross weight 29 upon a single axle not more than 22,000 pounds, and upon a 30 tandem axle a gross weight not more than 40,000 pounds. When 31 unladen, however, those trucks shall comply with the axle 32 limitations applicable to all other trucks. 33 A 2 axle truck specially equipped with a front loading 34 compactor used exclusively for garbage, refuse, or recycling SB1602 Engrossed -3- LRB9113034DHmb 1 may transmit 20,000 pounds per axle provided that the gross 2 weight of the vehicle does not exceed 40,000 pounds. 3 (b) The gross weight of vehicles and combination of 4 vehicles including the weight of the vehicle or combination 5 and its maximum load shall be subject to the foregoing 6 limitations and further shall not exceed the following gross 7 weights dependent upon the number of axles and distance 8 between extreme axles of the vehicle or combination measured 9 longitudinally to the nearest foot. 10 VEHICLES HAVING 2 AXLES ....................... 36,000 pounds 11 VEHICLES OR COMBINATIONS 12 HAVING 3 AXLES 13 With Tandem With or 14 Axles Without 15 Tandem Axles 16 Minimum Minimum 17 distance to Maximum distance to Maximum 18 nearest foot Gross nearest foot Gross 19 between Weight between Weight 20 extreme axles (pounds) extreme axles (pounds) 21 10 feet 41,000 16 feet 46,000 22 11 42,000 17 47,000 23 12 43,000 18 47,500 24 13 44,000 19 48,000 25 14 44,500 20 49,000 26 15 45,000 21 feet or more 50,000 27 VEHICLES OR COMBINATIONS 28 HAVING 4 AXLES 29 Minimum Minimum 30 distance to Maximum distance to Maximum 31 nearest foot Gross nearest foot Gross 32 between Weight between Weight 33 extreme axles (pounds) extreme axles (pounds) SB1602 Engrossed -4- LRB9113034DHmb 1 15 feet 50,000 26 feet 57,500 2 16 50,500 27 58,000 3 17 51,500 28 58,500 4 18 52,000 29 59,500 5 19 52,500 30 60,000 6 20 53,500 31 60,500 7 21 54,000 32 61,500 8 22 54,500 33 62,000 9 23 55,500 34 62,500 10 24 56,000 35 63,500 11 25 56,500 36 feet or more 64,000 12 In applying the above table to a vehicle having more than 13 4 axles that is not in combination, only 4 axles shall be 14 considered in determining the maximum gross weights. 15 COMBINATIONS HAVING 5 OR MORE AXLES 16 Minimum distance to Maximum 17 nearest foot between Gross Weight 18 extreme axles (pounds) 19 42 feet or less 72,000 20 43 73,000 21 44 feet or more 73,280 22 VEHICLES OPERATING ON CRAWLER TYPE TRACKS ..... 40,000 pounds 23 TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH SELFCOMPACTORS 24 OR ROLL-OFF HOISTS AND ROLL-OFF CONTAINERS FOR GARBAGE 25 OR REFUSE HAULS ONLY AND TRUCKS USED FOR 26 THE COLLECTION OF RENDERING MATERIALS 27 On Highway Not Part of National System 28 of Interstate and Defense Highways 29 with 2 axles 36,000 pounds 30 with 3 axles 54,000 pounds 31 TWO AXLE TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH 32 A FRONT LOADING COMPACTOR USED EXCLUSIVELY 33 FOR THE COLLECTION OF GARBAGE, REFUSE, OR RECYCLING SB1602 Engrossed -5- LRB9113034DHmb 1 with 2 axles 40,000 pounds 2 (c) Cities having a population of more than 50,000 may 3 permit by ordinance axle loads on 2 axle motor vehicles 33 4 1/2% above those provided for herein, but the increase shall 5 not become effective until the city has officially notified 6 the Department of the passage of the ordinance and shall not 7 apply to those vehicles when outside of the limits of the 8 city, nor shall the gross weight of any 2 axle motor vehicle 9 operating over any street of the city exceed 40,000 pounds. 10 (d) Weight limitations shall not apply to vehicles 11 (including loads) operated by a public utility when 12 transporting equipment required for emergency repair of 13 public utility facilities or properties or water wells. 14 A combination of vehicles, including a tow truck and a 15 disabled vehicle or disabled combination of vehicles, that 16 exceeds the weight restriction imposed by this Code, may be 17 operated on a public highway in this State provided that 18 neither the disabled vehicle nor any vehicle being towed nor 19 the tow truck itself shall exceed the weight limitations 20 permitted under this Chapter. During the towing operation, 21 neither the tow truck nor the vehicle combination shall 22 exceed the following axle weight limitations: 23 A. 24,000 pounds - Single rear axle; 24 B. 44,000 pounds - Tandem rear axle; 25 Gross weight limits shall not apply to the combination of 26 the tow truck and vehicles being towed. The tow truck 27 license plate must cover the operating empty weight of the 28 tow truck only. The weight of each vehicle being towed shall 29 be covered by a valid license plate issued to the owner or 30 operator of the vehicle being towed and displayed on that 31 vehicle. If no valid plate issued to the owner or operator of 32 that vehicle is displayed on that vehicle, or the plate 33 displayed on that vehicle does not cover the weight of the 34 vehicle, the weight of the vehicle shall be covered by the SB1602 Engrossed -6- LRB9113034DHmb 1 third tow truck plate issued to the owner or operator of the 2 tow truck and temporarily affixed to the vehicle being towed. 3 In addition, the following conditions must be met: 4 (1) the towing vehicle must be: 5 a. specifically designed as a tow truck having 6 a gross vehicle weight rating of at least 18,000 7 lbs. and equipped with air brakes provided that air 8 brakes shall be required only if the towing vehicle 9 is towing a vehicle, semitrailer, or tractor-trailer 10 combination that is equipped with airbrakes; 11 b. equipped with flashing, rotating or 12 oscillating amber lights, visible for at least 500 13 feet in all directions; and 14 c. capable of utilizing the lighting and 15 braking systems of the disabled vehicle or 16 combination of vehicles. 17 (2) The towing of the vehicles on the highways of 18 this State shall not exceed 20 miles from the initial 19 point of wreck or disablement. Any additional movement of 20 the vehicles shall only occur upon issuance of 21 authorization for that movement under the provisions of 22 Sections 15-301 through 15-319 of this Chapter. 23 The Department may by rule or regulation prescribe 24 additional requirements. However, nothing in this Code shall 25 prohibit a tow truck under instructions of a police officer 26 from legally clearing a disabled vehicle, that may be in 27 violation of weight limitations of this Chapter, from the 28 roadway to the berm or shoulder of the highway. 29 For the purpose of this subsection, gross vehicle weight 30 rating, or GVWR, shall mean the value specified by the 31 manufacturer as the loaded weight of the tow truck. 32 (e) No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with 33 pneumatic tires shall be operated, unladen or with load, upon 34 the highways of this State in violation of the provisions of SB1602 Engrossed -7- LRB9113034DHmb 1 any permit issued under the provisions of Sections 15-301 2 through 15-319 of this Chapter. 3 (f) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Code, 4 except for those provisions of subsection (d) of this Section 5 relating to emergency operations of public utilities and tow 6 trucks while actually engaged in the towing of a disabled 7 vehicle, and those vehicles for which the Department issues 8 overweight permits under authority of Section 15-301 of this 9 Code, the weight limitations contained in this subsection 10 shall apply to the National System of Interstate and Defense 11 Highways and other highways in the system of State highways 12 that have been designated by the Department as Class I, II, 13 or III. No vehicle shall be operated on the highways with a 14 weight in excess of 20,000 pounds carried on any one axle or 15 with a tandem axle weight in excess of 34,000 pounds, or a 16 gross weight in excess of 80,000 pounds for vehicle 17 combinations of 5 axles or more, or a gross weight on a group 18 of 2 or more consecutive axles in excess of that weight 19 produced by the application of the following formula: 20 W = 500 times the sum of (LN divided by N-1) + 12N + 36 21 Where "W" equals overall gross weight on any group of 2 or 22 more consecutive axles to the nearest 500 pounds; "L" equals 23 the distance measured to the nearest foot between extremes of 24 any group of 2 or more consecutive axles; and "N" equals the 25 number of axles in the group under consideration, except that 26 2 consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load of 27 34,000 pounds each, provided the overall distance between the 28 first and last axles of the consecutive sets of tandem axles 29 is 36 feet or more. Provided also that a 3-axle vehicle 30 registered as a Special Hauling Vehicle manufactured prior to 31 or in the model year of 2004, and first registered in 32 Illinois prior to January 1, 2005, with a distance greater 33 than 72 inches but not more than 96 inches between the 2 rear 34 axles may transmit to the road surface a maximum weight of SB1602 Engrossed -8- LRB9113034DHmb 1 18,000 pounds on each of the 2 rear axles with a gross weight 2 on these 2 axles not to exceed 36,000 pounds. Any vehicle 3 registered as a Special Hauling Vehicle manufactured prior to 4 or in the model year of 2004 or thereafter or first 5 registered in Illinois after December 31, 2004, may transmit 6 to the road surface a maximum of 34,000 pounds through the 2 7 rear axles and neither of the rear axles shall exceed 20,000 8 pounds. 9 The above formula when expressed in tabular form results 10 in allowable loads as follows: 11 Distance measured 12 to the nearest 13 foot between the 14 extremes of any Maximum load in pounds 15 group of 2 or carried on any group of 16 more consecutive 2 or more consecutive axles 17 axles 18 feet 2 axles 3 axles 4 axles 5 axles 6 axles 19 4 34,000 20 5 34,000 21 6 34,000 22 7 34,000 23 8 38,000* 42,000 24 9 39,000 42,500 25 10 40,000 43,500 26 11 44,000 27 12 45,000 50,000 28 13 45,500 50,500 29 14 46,500 51,500 30 15 47,000 52,000 31 16 48,000 52,500 58,000 32 17 48,500 53,500 58,500 33 18 49,500 54,000 59,000 34 19 50,000 54,500 60,000 SB1602 Engrossed -9- LRB9113034DHmb 1 20 51,000 55,500 60,500 66,000 2 21 51,500 56,000 61,000 66,500 3 22 52,500 56,500 61,500 67,000 4 23 53,000 57,500 62,500 68,000 5 24 54,000 58,000 63,000 68,500 6 25 54,500 58,500 63,500 69,000 7 26 55,500 59,500 64,000 69,500 8 27 56,000 60,000 65,000 70,000 9 28 57,000 60,500 65,500 71,000 10 29 57,500 61,500 66,000 71,500 11 30 58,500 62,000 66,500 72,000 12 31 59,000 62,500 67,500 72,500 13 32 60,000 63,500 68,000 73,000 14 33 64,000 68,500 74,000 15 34 64,500 69,000 74,500 16 35 65,500 70,000 75,000 17 36 66,000 70,500 75,500 18 37 66,500 71,000 76,000 19 38 67,500 72,000 77,000 20 39 68,000 72,500 77,500 21 40 68,500 73,000 78,000 22 41 69,500 73,500 78,500 23 42 70,000 74,000 79,000 24 43 70,500 75,000 80,000 25 44 71,500 75,500 26 45 72,000 76,000 27 46 72,500 76,500 28 47 73,500 77,500 29 48 74,000 78,000 30 49 74,500 78,500 31 50 75,500 79,000 32 51 76,000 80,000 33 52 76,500 34 53 77,500 SB1602 Engrossed -10- LRB9113034DHmb 1 54 78,000 2 55 78,500 3 56 79,500 4 57 80,000 5 *If the distance between 2 axles is 96 inches or less, the 2 6 axles are tandem axles and the maximum load permitted is 7 34,000 pounds, notwithstanding the higher limit resulting 8 from the application of the formula. 9 In applying the above formula to a vehicle having more 10 than 4 axles that is not a combination, only 4 axles shall be 11 considered in determining the maximum gross weight, and for a 12 combination of vehicles having more than 6 axles, only 6 13 axles shall be considered in determining the maximum gross 14 weight. 15 Notwithstanding the above table, 2 consecutive sets of 16 tandem axles may carry a gross weight of 34,000 pounds each 17 if the overall distance between the first and last axles of 18 the consecutive sets of tandem axles is 36 feet or more. 19 Local authorities and road district highway 20 commissioners, with respect to streets and highways under 21 their jurisdiction, without additional fees, may also by 22 ordinance or resolution allow the weight limitations of this 23 subsection, provided the maximum gross weight on any one axle 24 shall not exceed 20,000 pounds and the maximum gross weight 25 on any tandem axle shall not exceed 34,000 pounds, on 26 designated highways when appropriate regulatory signs giving 27 notice are erected upon the street or highway or portion of 28 any street or highway affected by the ordinance or 29 resolution. 30 Combinations of vehicles, registered as Special Hauling 31 Vehicles that include a semitrailer manufactured prior to or 32 in the model year of 2004, and first registered in Illinois 33 prior to January 1, 2005, having 5 axles with a distance of 34 42 feet or less between extreme axles shall be limited to the SB1602 Engrossed -11- LRB9113034DHmb 1 weights prescribed in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 2 and not subject to the bridge formula on the National System 3 of Interstate and Defense Highways and other highways in the 4 system of State highways designated by the Department. For 5 all those combinations of vehicles, that include a 6 semitrailer manufactured after the effective date of this 7 amendatory Act of 1986, the overall distance between the 8 first and last axles of the 2 sets of tandems must be 18 feet 9 6 inches or more. All combinations of vehicles registered as 10 Special Hauling Vehicles that include a semitrailer 11 manufactured prior to or in the model year of 2004 or 12 thereafter or first registered in Illinois after December 31, 13 2004, or that has had its cargo container replaced in its 14 entirety after December 31, 2004, are limited to the gross 15 weight allowed by the above formula. 16 A truck not in combination, equipped with a self 17 compactor or an industrial roll-off hoist and roll-off 18 container, used exclusively for garbage or refuse operations, 19 shall be allowed the weights as prescribed in subsections (a) 20 and (b) of this Section and not subject to the bridge 21 formula, provided they are not operated on a highway that is 22 part of the Interstate and Defense Highway System. 23 Vehicles operating under this subsection shall have 24 access for a distance of one highway mile to or from a Class 25 I highway on any street or highway, unless there is a sign 26 prohibiting the access, or 5 highway miles to or from either 27 a Class I, II, or III highway on a street or highway included 28 in the system of State highways and upon any street or 29 highway designated by local authorities or road district 30 commissioners to points of loading and unloading and to 31 facilities for food, fuel, repairs and rest. 32 Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act 33 relating to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the 34 designation of highways under this subsection. SB1602 Engrossed -12- LRB9113034DHmb 1 (g) No person shall operate a vehicle or combination of 2 vehicles over a bridge or other elevated structure 3 constituting part of a highway with a gross weight that is 4 greater than the maximum weight permitted by the Department, 5 when the structure is sign posted as provided in this 6 Section. 7 (h) The Department upon request from any local authority 8 shall, or upon its own initiative may, conduct an 9 investigation of any bridge or other elevated structure 10 constituting a part of a highway, and if it finds that the 11 structure cannot with safety to itself withstand the weight 12 of vehicles otherwise permissible under this Code the 13 Department shall determine and declare the maximum weight of 14 vehicles that the structures can withstand, and shall cause 15 or permit suitable signs stating maximum weight to be erected 16 and maintained before each end of the structure. No person 17 shall operate a vehicle or combination of vehicles over any 18 structure with a gross weight that is greater than the posted 19 maximum weight. 20 (i) Upon the trial of any person charged with a 21 violation of subsections (g) or (h) of this Section, proof of 22 the determination of the maximum allowable weight by the 23 Department and the existence of the signs, constitutes 24 conclusive evidence of the maximum weight that can be 25 maintained with safety to the bridge or structure. 26 (Source: P.A. 89-117, eff. 7-7-95; 89-433, eff. 12-15-95; 27 90-89, eff. 1-1-98; 90-330, eff. 8-8-97; 90-655, eff. 28 7-30-98.)