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92_HB5222eng HB5222 Engrossed LRB9211478DHmg 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 15-111 as follows: 6 (625 ILCS 5/15-111) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-111) 7 Sec. 15-111. Wheel and axle loads and gross weights. 8 (a) On non-designated highways, no vehicle or 9 combination of vehicles equipped with pneumatic tires may be 10 operated, unladen or with load, ifwhenthe total weight 11 transmitted to the road surface exceeds 18,000 pounds on a 12 single axle or 32,000 pounds on a tandem axle with no axle 13 within the tandem exceeding 18,000 pounds except: 14 (1) when a different limit is established and 15 posted in accordance with Section 15-316 of this Code; 16 (2) vehicles for which the Department of 17 Transportation and local authorities issue overweight 18 permits under authority of Section 15-301 of this Code; 19 (3) tow trucks subject to the conditions provided 20 in subsection (d) may not exceed 24,000 pounds on a 21 single rear axle or 44,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle; 22 (4) any single axle of a 2-axle truck weighing 23 36,000 pounds or less and not a part of a combination of 24 vehicles, shall not exceed 20,000 pounds; 25 (5) any single axle of a 2-axle truck equipped with 26 a personnel lift or digger derrick, weighing 36,000 27 pounds or less, owned and operated by a public utility, 28 shall not exceed 20,000 pounds; 29 (6) any single axle of a 2-axle truck specially 30 equipped with a front loading compactor used exclusively 31 for garbage, refuse, or recycling may not exceed 20,000 HB5222 Engrossed -2- LRB9211478DHmg 1 pounds per axle, provided that the gross weight of the 2 vehicle does not exceed 40,000 pounds; 3 (7) a truck, not in combination and specially 4 equipped with a selfcompactor or an industrial roll-off 5 hoist and roll-off container, used exclusively for 6 garbage or refuse operations may, when laden, transmit 7 upon the road surface the following maximum weights: 8 22,000 pounds on a single axle; 40,000 pounds on a tandem 9 axle; 10 (8) a truck, not in combination and used 11 exclusively for the collection of rendering materials, 12 may, when laden, transmit upon the road surface the 13 following maximum weights: 22,000 pounds on a single 14 axle; 40,000 pounds on a tandem axle; 15 (9) tandem axles on a 3-axle truck registered as a 16 Special Hauling Vehicle, manufactured prior to or in the 17 model year of 2004 and first registered in Illinois prior 18 to January 1, 2005, with a distance greater than 72 19 inches but not more than 96 inches between any series of 20 2 axles, is allowed a combined weight on the series not 21 to exceed 36,000 pounds and neither axle of the series 22 may exceed 18,000 pounds. Any vehicle of this type 23 manufactured after the model year of 2004 or first 24 registered in Illinois after December 31, 2004 may not 25 exceed a combined weight of 32,000 pounds through the 26 series of 2 axles and neither axle of the series may 27 exceed 18,000 pounds; 28 (10) tandem axles on a 4-axle truck mixer, whose 29 fourth axle is a road surface engaging mixer trailing 30 axle, registered as a Special Hauling Vehicle, used 31 exclusively for the mixing and transportation of concrete 32 and manufactured prior to or in the model year of 2004 33 and first registered in Illinois prior to January 1, 34 2005, with a distance greater than 72 inches but not more HB5222 Engrossed -3- LRB9211478DHmg 1 than 96 inches between any series of 2 axles, is allowed 2 a combined weight on the series not to exceed 36,000 3 pounds and neither axle of the series may exceed 18,000 4 pounds. Any vehicle of this type manufactured after the 5 model year of 2004 or first registered in Illinois after 6 December 31, 2004 may not exceed a combined weight of 7 32,000 pounds through the series of 2 axles and neither 8 axle of the series may exceed 18,000 pounds; 9 (11) 4-axle vehicles or a 5 or more axle 10 combination of vehicles: The weight transmitted upon the 11 road surface through any series of 3 axles whose centers 12 are more than 96 inches apart, measured between extreme 13 axles in the series, may not exceed those allowed in the 14 table contained in subsection (f) of this Section. No 15 axle or tandem axle of the series may exceed the maximum 16 weight permitted under this Section for a single or 17 tandem axle. 18 No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with other 19 than pneumatic tires may be operated, unladen or with load, 20 upon the highways of this State when the gross weight on the 21 road surface through any wheel exceeds 800 pounds per inch 22 width of tire tread or when the gross weight on the road 23 surface through any axle exceeds 16,000 pounds. 24 (b) On non-designated highways, the gross weight of 25 vehicles and combination of vehicles including the weight of 26 the vehicle or combination and its maximum load shall be 27 subject to the foregoing limitations and further shall not 28 exceed the following gross weights dependent upon the number 29 of axles and distance between extreme axles of the vehicle or 30 combination measured longitudinally to the nearest foot. 31 VEHICLES HAVING 2 AXLES ....................... 36,000 pounds 32 VEHICLES OR COMBINATIONS 33 HAVING 3 AXLES HB5222 Engrossed -4- LRB9211478DHmg 1 With Tandem With or 2 Axles Without 3 Tandem Axles 4 Minimum Minimum 5 distance to Maximum distance to Maximum 6 nearest foot Gross nearest foot Gross 7 between Weight between Weight 8 extreme axles (pounds) extreme axles (pounds) 9 10 feet 41,000 16 feet 46,000 10 11 42,000 17 47,000 11 12 43,000 18 47,500 12 13 44,000 19 48,000 13 14 44,500 20 49,000 14 15 45,000 21 feet or more 50,000 15 VEHICLES OR COMBINATIONS 16 HAVING 4 AXLES 17 Minimum Minimum 18 distance to Maximum distance to Maximum 19 nearest foot Gross nearest foot Gross 20 between Weight between Weight 21 extreme axles (pounds) extreme axles (pounds) 22 15 feet 50,000 26 feet 57,500 23 16 50,500 27 58,000 24 17 51,500 28 58,500 25 18 52,000 29 59,500 26 19 52,500 30 60,000 27 20 53,500 31 60,500 28 21 54,000 32 61,500 29 22 54,500 33 62,000 30 23 55,500 34 62,500 31 24 56,000 35 63,500 32 25 56,500 36 feet or more 64,000 33 A vehicle not in a combination having more than 4 axles 34 may not exceed the weight in the table in this subsection (b) HB5222 Engrossed -5- LRB9211478DHmg 1 for 4 axles measured between the extreme axles of the 2 vehicle. 3 COMBINATIONS HAVING 5 OR MORE AXLES 4 Minimum distance to Maximum 5 nearest foot between Gross Weight 6 extreme axles (pounds) 7 42 feet or less 72,000 8 43 73,000 9 44 feet or more 73,280 10 VEHICLES OPERATING ON CRAWLER TYPE TRACKS ..... 40,000 pounds 11 TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH SELFCOMPACTORS 12 OR ROLL-OFF HOISTS AND ROLL-OFF CONTAINERS FOR GARBAGE 13 OR REFUSE HAULS ONLY AND TRUCKS USED FOR 14 THE COLLECTION OF RENDERING MATERIALS 15 On Highway Not Part of National System 16 of Interstate and Defense Highways 17 with 2 axles 36,000 pounds 18 with 3 axles 54,000 pounds 19 TWO AXLE TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH 20 A FRONT LOADING COMPACTOR USED EXCLUSIVELY 21 FOR THE COLLECTION OF GARBAGE, REFUSE, OR RECYCLING 22 with 2 axles 40,000 pounds 23 (c) Cities having a population of more than 50,000 may 24 permit by ordinance axle loads on 2 axle motor vehicles 33 25 1/2% above those provided for herein, but the increase shall 26 not become effective until the city has officially notified 27 the Department of the passage of the ordinance and shall not 28 apply to those vehicles when outside of the limits of the 29 city, nor shall the gross weight of any 2 axle motor vehicle 30 operating over any street of the city exceed 40,000 pounds. 31 (d) Weight limitations shall not apply to vehicles 32 (including loads) operated by a public utility when HB5222 Engrossed -6- LRB9211478DHmg 1 transporting equipment required for emergency repair of 2 public utility facilities or properties or water wells. 3 A combination of vehicles, including a tow truck and a 4 disabled vehicle or disabled combination of vehicles, that 5 exceeds the weight restriction imposed by this Code, may be 6 operated on a public highway in this State provided that 7 neither the disabled vehicle nor any vehicle being towed nor 8 the tow truck itself shall exceed the weight limitations 9 permitted under this Chapter. During the towing operation, 10 neither the tow truck nor the vehicle combination shall 11 exceed 24,000 pounds on a single rear axle and 44,000 pounds 12 on a tandem rear axle, provided the towing vehicle: 13 (1) is specifically designed as a tow truck having 14 a gross vehicle weight rating of at least 18,000 pounds 15 and is equipped with air brakes, provided that air brakes 16 are required only if the towing vehicle is towing a 17 vehicle, semitrailer, or tractor-trailer combination that 18 is equipped with air brakes; 19 (2) is equipped with flashing, rotating, or 20 oscillating amber lights, visible for at least 500 feet 21 in all directions; 22 (3) is capable of utilizing the lighting and 23 braking systems of the disabled vehicle or combination of 24 vehicles; and 25 (4) does not engage in a tow exceeding 20 miles 26 from the initial point of wreck or disablement. Any 27 additional movement of the vehicles may occur only upon 28 issuance of authorization for that movement under the 29 provisions of Sections 15-301 through 15-319 of this 30 Code. 31 Gross weight limits shall not apply to the combination of 32 the tow truck and vehicles being towed. The tow truck 33 license plate must cover the operating empty weight of the 34 tow truck only. The weight of each vehicle being towed shall HB5222 Engrossed -7- LRB9211478DHmg 1 be covered by a valid license plate issued to the owner or 2 operator of the vehicle being towed and displayed on that 3 vehicle. If no valid plate issued to the owner or operator of 4 that vehicle is displayed on that vehicle, or the plate 5 displayed on that vehicle does not cover the weight of the 6 vehicle, the weight of the vehicle shall be covered by the 7 third tow truck plate issued to the owner or operator of the 8 tow truck and temporarily affixed to the vehicle being towed. 9 The Department may by rule or regulation prescribe 10 additional requirements. However, nothing in this Code shall 11 prohibit a tow truck under instructions of a police officer 12 from legally clearing a disabled vehicle, that may be in 13 violation of weight limitations of this Chapter, from the 14 roadway to the berm or shoulder of the highway. If in the 15 opinion of the police officer that location is unsafe, the 16 officer is authorized to have the disabled vehicle towed to 17 the nearest place of safety. 18 For the purpose of this subsection, gross vehicle weight 19 rating, or GVWR, shall mean the value specified by the 20 manufacturer as the loaded weight of the tow truck. 21 (e) No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with 22 pneumatic tires shall be operated, unladen or with load, upon 23 the highways of this State in violation of the provisions of 24 any permit issued under the provisions of Sections 15-301 25 through 15-319 of this Chapter. 26 (f) On designated Class I, II, or III highways and the 27 National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, no 28 vehicle or combination of vehicles with pneumatic tires may 29 be operated, unladen or with load, when the total weight on 30 the road surface exceeds the following: 20,000 pounds on a 31 single axle; 34,000 pounds on a tandem axle with no axle 32 within the tandem exceeding 20,000 pounds; 80,000 pounds 33 gross weight for vehicle combinations of 5 or more axles; or 34 a total weight on a group of 2 or more consecutive axles in HB5222 Engrossed -8- LRB9211478DHmg 1 excess of that weight produced by the application of the 2 following formula: W = 500 times the sum of (LN divided by 3 N-1) + 12N + 36, where "W" equals overall total weight on any 4 group of 2 or more consecutive axles to the nearest 500 5 pounds, "L" equals the distance measured to the nearest foot 6 between extremes of any group of 2 or more consecutive axles, 7 and "N" equals the number of axles in the group under 8 consideration. 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 weight in pounds 15 group of 2 or of 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 HB5222 Engrossed -9- LRB9211478DHmg 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 HB5222 Engrossed -10- LRB9211478DHmg 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 total weight may not 7 exceed 34,000 pounds, notwithstanding the higher limit 8 resulting from the application of the formula. 9 Vehicles not in a combination having more than 4 axles 10 may not exceed the weight in the table in this subsection (f) 11 for 4 axles measured between the extreme axles of the 12 vehicle. 13 Vehicles in a combination having more than 6 axles may 14 not exceed the weight in the table in this subsection (f) for 15 6 axles measured between the extreme axles of the 16 combination. 17 Local authorities and road district highway 18 commissioners, with respect to streets and highways under 19 their jurisdiction, without additional fees, may also by 20 ordinance or resolution allow the weight limitations of this 21 subsection, provided the maximum gross weight on any one axle 22 shall not exceed 20,000 pounds and the maximum total weight 23 on any tandem axle shall not exceed 34,000 pounds, on 24 designated highways when appropriate regulatory signs giving 25 notice are erected upon the street or highway or portion of 26 any street or highway affected by the ordinance or 27 resolution. 28 The following are exceptions to the above formula: 29 (1) Two consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry 30 a total weight of 34,000 pounds each if the overall 31 distance between the first and last axles of the 32 consecutive sets of tandem axles is 36 feet or more. 33 (2) Vehicles for which a different limit is 34 established and posted in accordance with Section 15-316 HB5222 Engrossed -11- LRB9211478DHmg 1 of this Code. 2 (3) Vehicles for which the Department of 3 Transportation and local authorities issue overweight 4 permits under authority of Section 15-301 of this Code. 5 These vehicles are not subject to the bridge formula. 6 (4) Tow trucks subject to the conditions provided 7 in subsection (d) may not exceed 24,000 pounds on a 8 single rear axle or 44,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle. 9 (5) A tandem axle on a 3-axle truck registered as a 10 Special Hauling Vehicle, manufactured prior to or in the 11 model year of 2004, and registered in Illinois prior to 12 January 1, 2005, with a distance between 2 axles in a 13 series greater than 72 inches but not more than 96 inches 14 may not exceed a total weight of 36,000 pounds and 15 neither axle of the series may exceed 18,000 pounds. 16 (6) A truck not in combination, equipped with a 17 self compactor or an industrial roll-off hoist and 18 roll-off container, used exclusively for garbage or 19 refuse operations, may, when laden, transmit upon the 20 road surface, except when on part of the National System 21 of Interstate and Defense Highways, the following maximum 22 weights: 22,000 pounds on a single axle; 40,000 pounds on 23 a tandem axle; 36,000 pounds gross weight on a 2-axle 24 vehicle; 54,000 pounds gross weight on a 3-axle vehicle. 25 This vehicle is not subject to the bridge formula. 26 (7) Combinations of vehicles, registered as Special 27 Hauling Vehicles that include a semitrailer manufactured 28 prior to or in the model year of 2004, and registered in 29 Illinois prior to January 1, 2005, having 5 axles with a 30 distance of 42 feet or less between extreme axles, may 31 not exceed the following maximum weights: 18,000 pounds 32 on a single axle; 32,000 pounds on a tandem axle; and 33 72,000 pounds gross weight. This combination of vehicles 34 is not subject to the bridge formula. For all those HB5222 Engrossed -12- LRB9211478DHmg 1 combinations of vehicles that include a semitrailer 2 manufactured after the effective date of this amendatory 3 Act of the 92nd General Assembly, the overall distance 4 between the first and last axles of the 2 sets of tandems 5 must be 18 feet 6 inches or more. Any combination of 6 vehicles that has had its cargo container replaced in its 7 entirety after December 31, 2004 may not exceed the 8 weights allowed by the bridge formula. 9 No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with other 10 than pneumatic tires may be operated, unladen or with load, 11 upon the highways of this State when the gross weight on the 12 road surface through any wheel exceeds 800 pounds per inch 13 width of tire tread or when the gross weight on the road 14 surface through any axle exceeds 16,000 pounds. 15 (f-1) A vehicle and load not exceeding 73,280 pounds is 16 allowed access as follows: 17 (1) From any State designated highway onto any 18 county, township, or municipal highway for a distance of 19 5 highway miles for the purpose of loading and unloading, 20 provided: 21 (A) The vehicle and load does not exceed 8 22 feet 6 inches in width and 65 feet overall length. 23 (B) There is no sign prohibiting that access. 24 (C) The route is not being used as a 25 thoroughfare between State designated highways. 26 (2) From any State designated highway onto any 27 county or township highway for a distance of 5 highway 28 miles, or any municipal highway for a distance of one 29 highway mile for the purpose of food, fuel, repairs, and 30 rest, provided: 31 (A) The vehicle and load does not exceed 8 32 feet 6 inches in width and 65 feet overall length. 33 (B) There is no sign prohibiting that access. 34 (C) The route is not being used as a HB5222 Engrossed -13- LRB9211478DHmg 1 thoroughfare between State designated highways. 2 (f-2) A vehicle and load greater than 73,280 pounds in 3 weight but not exceeding 80,000 pounds is allowed access as 4 follows: 5 (1) From a Class I highway onto any street or 6 highway for a distance of one highway mile for the 7 purpose of loading, unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and 8 rest, provided there is no sign prohibiting that access. 9 (2) From a Class I, II, or III highway onto any 10 State highway or any local designated highway for a 11 distance of 5 highway miles for the purpose of loading, 12 unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and rest. 13 Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act 14 relating to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the 15 designation of highways under this subsection. 16 (g) No person shall operate a vehicle or combination of 17 vehicles over a bridge or other elevated structure 18 constituting part of a highway with a gross weight that is 19 greater than the maximum weight permitted by the Department, 20 when the structure is sign posted as provided in this 21 Section. 22 (h) The Department upon request from any local authority 23 shall, or upon its own initiative may, conduct an 24 investigation of any bridge or other elevated structure 25 constituting a part of a highway, and if it finds that the 26 structure cannot with safety to itself withstand the weight 27 of vehicles otherwise permissible under this Code the 28 Department shall determine and declare the maximum weight of 29 vehicles that the structures can withstand, and shall cause 30 or permit suitable signs stating maximum weight to be erected 31 and maintained before each end of the structure. No person 32 shall operate a vehicle or combination of vehicles over any 33 structure with a gross weight that is greater than the posted 34 maximum weight. HB5222 Engrossed -14- LRB9211478DHmg 1 (i) Upon the trial of any person charged with a 2 violation of subsections (g) or (h) of this Section, proof of 3 the determination of the maximum allowable weight by the 4 Department and the existence of the signs, constitutes 5 conclusive evidence of the maximum weight that can be 6 maintained with safety to the bridge or structure. 7 (Source: P.A. 92-417, eff. 1-1-02.)