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92_HB3210enr HB3210 Enrolled LRB9208358DHmb 1 AN ACT in relation to vehicles. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 5 changing Section 15-107 as follows: 6 (625 ILCS 5/15-107) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-107) 7 Sec. 15-107. Length of vehicles. 8 (a) The maximum length of a single vehicle on any 9 highway of this State may not exceed 42 feet except the 10 following: 11 (1) Semitrailers. 12 (2) Charter or regulated route buses may be up to 13 45 feet in length, not including energy absorbing 14 bumpers. 15 (a-1) A motor home as defined in Section 1-145.01 may be 16 up to 45 feet in length, not including energy absorbing 17 bumpers. The length limitations described in this subsection 18 (a-1) shall be exclusive of energy-absorbing bumpers and rear 19 view mirrors. 20 (b) On all non-State highways, the maximum length of 21 vehicles in combinations is as follows: 22 (1) A truck tractor in combination with a 23 semitrailer may not exceed 55 feet overall dimension. 24 (2) A truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer may not 25 exceed 60 feet overall dimension. 26 (3) Combinations specially designed to transport 27 motor vehicles or boats may not exceed 60 feet overall 28 dimension. 29 Vehicles operating during daylight hours when 30 transporting poles, pipes, machinery, or other objects of a 31 structural nature that cannot readily be dismembered are HB3210 Enrolled -2- LRB9208358DHmb 1 exempt from length limitations, provided that no object may 2 exceed 80 feet in length and the overall dimension of the 3 vehicle including the load may not exceed 100 feet. This 4 exemption does not apply to operation on a Saturday, Sunday, 5 or legal holiday. Legal holidays referred to in this Section 6 are the days on which the following traditional holidays are 7 celebrated: New Year's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; 8 Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day. 9 Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en 10 route to make emergency repairs to public service facilities 11 or properties are exempt from length limitations, provided 12 that during night operations every vehicle and its load must 13 be equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on 14 both sides and marker lamps on the extreme ends of any 15 projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load. 16 A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or 17 combination of disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph 18 (6) of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from length 19 limitations. 20 All other combinations not listed in this subsection (b) 21 may not exceed 60 feet overall dimension. 22 (c) Combinations of vehicles may not exceed a total of 2 23 vehicles except the following: 24 (1) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one 25 trailer. 26 (2) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one 27 converter dolly. 28 (3) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one 29 vehicle that is defined in Chapter 1 as special mobile 30 equipment, provided the overall dimension does not exceed 31 60 feet. 32 (4) A truck in transit may draw 3 trucks in transit 33 coupled together by the triple saddlemount method. 34 (5) Recreational vehicles consisting of 3 vehicles, HB3210 Enrolled -3- LRB9208358DHmb 1 provided the following: 2 (A) The total overall dimension does not 3 exceed 60 feet. 4 (B) The towing vehicle is a properly 5 registered vehicle capable of towing another vehicle 6 using a fifth-wheel type assembly. 7 (C) The second vehicle in the combination of 8 vehicles is a recreational vehicle that is towed by 9 a fifth-wheel assembly. This vehicle must be 10 properly registered and must be equipped with 11 brakes, regardless of weight. 12 (D) The third vehicle must be the lightest of 13 the 3 vehicles and be a trailer or semitrailer 14 designed or used for transporting a boat, 15 all-terrain vehicle, personal watercraft, or 16 motorcycle. 17 (E) The towed vehicles may be only for the use 18 of the operator of the towing vehicle. 19 (F) All vehicles must be properly equipped 20 with operating brakes and safety equipment required 21 by this Code, except the additional brake 22 requirement in subdivision (C) of this subparagraph 23 (5). 24 (6) A tow truck in combination with a disabled 25 vehicle or combination of disabled vehicles, provided the 26 towing vehicle: 27 (A) Is specifically designed as a tow truck 28 having a gross vehicle weight rating of at least 29 18,000 pounds and equipped with air brakes, provided 30 that air brakes are required only if the towing 31 vehicle is towing a vehicle, semitrailer, or 32 tractor-trailer combination that is equipped with 33 air brakes. For the purpose of this subsection, 34 gross vehicle weight rating, or GVWR, means the HB3210 Enrolled -4- LRB9208358DHmb 1 value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded 2 weight of the tow truck. 3 (B) Is equipped with flashing, rotating, or 4 oscillating amber lights, visible for at least 500 5 feet in all directions. 6 (C) Is capable of utilizing the lighting and 7 braking systems of the disabled vehicle or 8 combination of vehicles. 9 (D) Does not engage a tow exceeding 50 highway 10 miles from the initial point of wreck or disablement 11 to a place of repair. Any additional movement of the 12 vehicles may occur only upon issuance of 13 authorization for that movement under the provisions 14 of Sections 15-301 through 15-319 of this Code. 15 The Department may by rule or regulation prescribe 16 additional requirements regarding length limitations for a 17 tow truck towing another vehicle. 18 For purposes of this Section, a tow-dolly that merely 19 serves as substitute wheels for another legally licensed 20 vehicle is considered part of the licensed vehicle and not a 21 separate vehicle. 22 (d) On Class I highways there are no overall length 23 limitations on motor vehicles operating in combinations 24 provided: 25 (1) The length of a semitrailer, unladen or with 26 load, in combination with a truck tractor may not exceed 27 53 feet. 28 (2) The distance between the kingpin and the center 29 of the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in 30 combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45 feet 31 6 inches. 32 (3) The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen 33 or with load, operated in a truck 34 tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination, may not exceed HB3210 Enrolled -5- LRB9208358DHmb 1 28 feet 6 inches. 2 (4) Maxi-cube combinations, as defined in Chapter 3 1, may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension. 4 (5) Combinations of vehicles specifically designed 5 to transport motor vehicles or boats may not exceed 65 6 feet overall dimension. The length limitation is 7 inclusive of front and rear bumpers but exclusive of the 8 overhang of the transported vehicles, as provided in 9 paragraph (i) of this Section. 10 (6) Stinger steered semitrailer vehicles as defined 11 in Chapter 1, specifically designed to transport motor 12 vehicles or boats, may not exceed 75 feet overall 13 dimension. The length limitation is inclusive of front 14 and rear bumpers but exclusive of the overhang of the 15 transported vehicles, as provided in paragraph (i) of 16 this Section. 17 (7) A truck in transit transporting 3 trucks 18 coupled together by the triple saddlemount method may not 19 exceed 75 feet overall dimension. 20 Vehicles operating during daylight hours when 21 transporting poles, pipes, machinery, or other objects of a 22 structural nature that cannot readily be dismembered are 23 exempt from length limitations, provided that no object may 24 exceed 80 feet in length and the overall dimension of the 25 vehicle including the load may not exceed 100 feet. This 26 exemption does not apply to operation on a Saturday, Sunday, 27 or legal holiday. Legal holidays referred to in this Section 28 are the days on which the following traditional holidays are 29 celebrated: New Year's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; 30 Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day. 31 Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en 32 route to make emergency repairs to public service facilities 33 or properties are exempt from length limitations, provided 34 that during night operations every vehicle and its load must HB3210 Enrolled -6- LRB9208358DHmb 1 be equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on 2 both sides and marker lamps on the extreme ends of any 3 projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load. 4 A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or 5 combination of disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph 6 (6) of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from length 7 limitations. 8 The length limitations described in this paragraph (d) 9 shall be exclusive of safety and energy conservation devices, 10 such as bumpers, refrigeration units or air compressors and 11 other devices, that the Department may interpret as necessary 12 for safe and efficient operation; except that no device 13 excluded under this paragraph shall have by its design or use 14 the capability to carry cargo. 15 Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act 16 relating to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the 17 designation of highways under this paragraph (d). 18 (e) On Class II highways there are no overall length 19 limitations on motor vehicles operating in combinations, 20 provided: 21 (1) The length of a semitrailer, unladen or with 22 load, in combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 23 53 feet overall dimension. 24 (2) The distance between the kingpin and the center 25 of the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in 26 combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45 feet 27 6 inches. 28 (3) A truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination 29 may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension. 30 (4) The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen 31 or with load, operated in a truck 32 tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination, may not exceed 33 28 feet 6 inches. 34 (5) Maxi-cube combinations, as defined in Chapter HB3210 Enrolled -7- LRB9208358DHmb 1 1, may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension. 2 (6) A combination of vehicles, specifically 3 designed to transport motor vehicles or boats, may not 4 exceed 65 feet overall dimension. The length limitation 5 is inclusive of front and rear bumpers but exclusive of 6 the overhang of the transported vehicles, as provided in 7 paragraph (i) of this Section. 8 (7) Stinger steered semitrailer vehicles, as 9 defined in Chapter 1, specifically designed to transport 10 motor vehicles or boats, may not exceed 75 feet overall 11 dimension. The length limitation is inclusive of front 12 and rear bumpers but exclusive of the overhang of the 13 transported vehicles, as provided in paragraph (i) of 14 this Section. 15 (8) A truck in transit transporting 3 trucks 16 coupled together by the triple saddlemount method may not 17 exceed 75 feet overall dimension. 18 Vehicles operating during daylight hours when 19 transporting poles, pipes, machinery, or other objects of a 20 structural nature that cannot readily be dismembered are 21 exempt from length limitations, provided that no object may 22 exceed 80 feet in length and the overall dimension of the 23 vehicle including the load may not exceed 100 feet. This 24 exemption does not apply to operation on a Saturday, Sunday, 25 or legal holiday. Legal holidays referred to in this Section 26 are the days on which the following traditional holidays are 27 celebrated: New Year's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; 28 Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day. 29 Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en 30 route to make emergency repairs to public service facilities 31 or properties are exempt from length limitations, provided 32 that during night operations every vehicle and its load must 33 be equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on 34 both sides and marker lamps on the extreme ends of any HB3210 Enrolled -8- LRB9208358DHmb 1 projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load. 2 A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or 3 combination of disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph 4 (6) of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from length 5 limitations. 6 Local authorities and road district commissioners, with 7 respect to streets and highways under their jurisdiction, may 8 also by ordinance or resolution allow length limitations of 9 this subsection (e). 10 The length limitations described in this paragraph (e) 11 shall be exclusive of safety and energy conservation devices, 12 such as bumpers, refrigeration units or air compressors and 13 other devices, that the Department may interpret as necessary 14 for safe and efficient operation; except that no device 15 excluded under this paragraph shall have by its design or use 16 the capability to carry cargo. 17 (e-1) Combinations of vehicles not exceeding 65 feet 18 overall length are allowed access as follows: 19 (1) From any State designated highway onto any 20 county, township, or municipal highway for a distance of 21 5 highway miles for the purpose of loading and unloading, 22 provided: 23 (A) The vehicle does not exceed 73,280 pounds 24 in gross weight and 8 feet 6 inches in width. 25 (B) There is no sign prohibiting that access. 26 (C) The route is not being used as a 27 thoroughfare between State designated highways. 28 (2) From any State designated highway onto any 29 county or township highway for a distance of 5 highway 30 miles or onto any municipal highway for a distance of one 31 highway mile for the purpose of food, fuel, repairs, and 32 rest, provided: 33 (A) The vehicle does not exceed 73,280 pounds 34 in gross weight and 8 feet 6 inches in width. HB3210 Enrolled -9- LRB9208358DHmb 1 (B) There is no sign prohibiting that access. 2 (C) The route is not being used as a 3 thoroughfare between State designated highways. 4 (e-2) Except as provided in subsection (e-3), 5 combinations of vehicles over 65 feet in length, with no 6 overall length limitation except as provided in subsections 7 (d) and (e) of this Section, are allowed access as follows: 8 (1) From a Class I highway onto any street or 9 highway for a distance of one highway mile for the 10 purpose of loading, unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and 11 rest, provided there is no sign prohibiting that access. 12 (2) From a Class I or Class II highway onto any 13 State highway or any locally designated highway for a 14 distance of 5 highway miles for the purpose of loading, 15 unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and rest. 16 (e-3) Combinations of vehicles over 65 feet in length 17 operated by household goods carriers, with no overall length 18 limitations except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of 19 this Section, have unlimited access to points of loading and 20 unloading. 21 Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act 22 relating to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the 23 designation of highways under this paragraph (e). 24 (f) On Class III and other non-designated State 25 highways, the length limitations for vehicles in combination 26 are as follows: 27 (1) Truck tractor-semitrailer combinations, must 28 comply with either a maximum 55 feet overall wheel base 29 or a maximum 65 feet extreme overall dimension. 30 (2) Semitrailers, unladen or with load, may not 31 exceed 53 feet overall dimension. 32 (3) No truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer 33 combination may exceed 60 feet extreme overall dimension. 34 (4) The distance between the kingpin and the center HB3210 Enrolled -10- LRB9208358DHmb 1 axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in combination 2 with a truck tractor, may not exceed 42 feet 6 inches. 3 (g) Length limitations in the preceding subsections of 4 this Section 15-107 do not apply to the following: 5 (1) Vehicles operated in the daytime, except on 6 Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays, when transporting 7 poles, pipe, machinery, or other objects of a structural 8 nature that cannot readily be dismembered, provided the 9 overall length of vehicle and load may not exceed 100 10 feet and no object exceeding 80 feet in length may be 11 transported unless a permit has been obtained as 12 authorized in Section 15-301. 13 (2) Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility 14 while en route to make emergency repairs to public 15 service facilities or properties, but during night 16 operation every vehicle and its load must be equipped 17 with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both sides 18 and marker lamps upon the extreme ends of any projecting 19 load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load. 20 (3) A tow truck in combination with a disabled 21 vehicle or combination of disabled vehicles, provided the 22 towing vehicle meets the following conditions: 23 (A) It is specifically designed as a tow truck 24 having a gross vehicle weight rating of at least 25 18,000 pounds and equipped with air brakes, provided 26 that air brakes are required only if the towing 27 vehicle is towing a vehicle, semitrailer, or 28 tractor-trailer combination that is equipped with 29 air brakes. 30 (B) It is equipped with flashing, rotating, or 31 oscillating amber lights, visible for at least 500 32 feet in all directions. 33 (C) It is capable of utilizing the lighting 34 and braking systems of the disabled vehicle or HB3210 Enrolled -11- LRB9208358DHmb 1 combination of vehicles. 2 (D) It does not engage in a tow exceeding 50 3 miles from the initial point of wreck or 4 disablement. 5 The Department may by rule or regulation prescribe 6 additional requirements regarding length limitations for a 7 tow truck towing another vehicle. 8 For the purpose of this subsection, gross vehicle weight 9 rating, or GVWR, shall mean the value specified by the 10 manufacturer as the loaded weight of the tow truck. Legal 11 holidays referred to in this Section shall be specified as 12 the day on which the following traditional holidays are 13 celebrated: 14 New Year's Day; 15 Memorial Day; 16 Independence Day; 17 Labor Day; 18 Thanksgiving Day; and 19 Christmas Day. 20 (h) The load upon any vehicle operated alone, or the 21 load upon the front vehicle of a combination of vehicles, 22 shall not extend more than 3 feet beyond the front wheels of 23 the vehicle or the front bumper of the vehicle if it is 24 equipped with a front bumper. The provisions of this 25 subsection (h) shall not apply to any vehicle or combination 26 of vehicles specifically designed for the collection and 27 transportation of waste, garbage, or recyclable materials 28 during the vehicle's operation in the course of collecting 29 garbage, waste, or recyclable materials if the vehicle is 30 traveling at a speed not in excess of 15 miles per hour 31 during the vehicle's operation and in the course of 32 collecting garbage, waste, or recyclable materials. However, 33 in no instance shall the load extend more than 7 feet beyond 34 the front wheels of the vehicle or the front bumper of the HB3210 Enrolled -12- LRB9208358DHmb 1 vehicle if it is equipped with a front bumper. 2 (i) The load upon the front vehicle of a combination of 3 vehicles specifically designed to transport motor vehicles 4 shall not extend more than 3 feet beyond the foremost part of 5 the transporting vehicle and the load upon the rear 6 transporting vehicle shall not extend more than 4 feet beyond 7 the rear of the bed or body of the vehicle. This paragraph 8 shall only be applicable upon highways designated in 9 paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section. 10 (j) Articulated vehicles comprised of 2 sections, 11 neither of which exceeds a length of 42 feet, designed for 12 the carrying of more than 10 persons, may be up to 60 feet in 13 length, not including energy absorbing bumpers, provided that 14 the vehicles are: 15 1. operated by or for any public body or motor 16 carrier authorized by law to provide public 17 transportation services; or 18 2. operated in local public transportation service 19 by any other person and the municipality in which the 20 service is to be provided approved the operation of the 21 vehicle. 22 (j-1) (Blank). 23 (k) Any person who is convicted of violating this 24 Section is subject to the penalty as provided in paragraph 25 (b) of Section 15-113. 26 (l) (Blank). 27 (Source: P.A. 92-417, eff. 1-1-02.)