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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 15-316 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/15-316) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-316)
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| 7 | Sec. 15-316. When the Department or local authority may | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | restrict right to use highways.
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| 9 | (a) Except as provided in subsection (g), local authorities | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | with
respect to highways under their jurisdiction may by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | ordinance or resolution
prohibit the operation of vehicles upon | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | any such highway or impose
restrictions as to the weight of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | vehicles to be operated upon any such
highway, for a total | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | period of not to exceed 90 days, measured in either consecutive | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | or nonconsecutive days at the discretion of local authorities, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | in any one calendar
year, whenever any said highway by reason | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | of deterioration, rain, snow, or
other climate conditions will | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | be seriously damaged or destroyed unless the
use of vehicles | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | thereon is prohibited or the permissible weights thereof
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| 20 | reduced.
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| 21 | (b) The local authority
enacting any such ordinance or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | resolution shall erect or cause to be erected
and maintained | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | signs designating the provision of the ordinance or resolution
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| 1 | at each end of that portion of any highway affected thereby, | ||||||
| 2 | and the ordinance
or resolution shall not be effective unless | ||||||
| 3 | and until such signs are erected
and maintained.
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| 4 | (c) Local authorities with
respect to highways under their | ||||||
| 5 | jurisdiction may also, by ordinance or
resolution, prohibit the | ||||||
| 6 | operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles,
or may impose | ||||||
| 7 | limitations as the weight thereof, on designated highways, | ||||||
| 8 | which
prohibitions and limitations shall be designated by | ||||||
| 9 | appropriate signs placed on
such highways.
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| 10 | (c-1) (Blank).
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| 11 | (d) The Department shall likewise have authority as | ||||||
| 12 | hereinbefore
granted to local authorities to
determine by | ||||||
| 13 | resolution and to impose restrictions as to the weight of | ||||||
| 14 | vehicles
operated upon any highway under the jurisdiction of | ||||||
| 15 | said department, and such
restrictions shall be effective when | ||||||
| 16 | signs giving notice thereof are erected
upon the highway or | ||||||
| 17 | portion of any highway affected by such resolution.
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| 18 | (d-1) (Blank).
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| 19 | (d-2) (Blank).
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| 20 | (e) When any vehicle is operated in violation of this | ||||||
| 21 | Section, the owner
or driver of the vehicle shall be deemed | ||||||
| 22 | guilty of a violation and either the
owner or the driver of the | ||||||
| 23 | vehicle may be prosecuted for the violation. Any
person, firm, | ||||||
| 24 | or corporation convicted of violating this Section shall be | ||||||
| 25 | fined
$50 for any weight exceeding the posted limit up to the | ||||||
| 26 | axle or gross weight
limit allowed a vehicle as provided for in | ||||||
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| 1 | subsections (a) or (b) of Section
15-111 and $75 per every 500 | ||||||
| 2 | pounds or fraction thereof for any weight
exceeding that which | ||||||
| 3 | is provided for in subsections (a) or
(b) of Section 15-111.
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| 4 | (f) A municipality is authorized to enforce a county weight | ||||||
| 5 | limit
ordinance applying to county highways within its | ||||||
| 6 | corporate limits and is
entitled to the proceeds of any fines | ||||||
| 7 | collected from the enforcement.
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| 8 | (g) An ordinance or resolution enacted by a county or | ||||||
| 9 | township pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section shall not | ||||||
| 10 | apply to cargo tank vehicles with two or three permanent axles | ||||||
| 11 | when delivering propane for emergency heating purposes if the | ||||||
| 12 | cargo tank is loaded at no more than 50 percent capacity, the | ||||||
| 13 | gross vehicle weight of the vehicle does not exceed 32,000 | ||||||
| 14 | pounds, and the driver of the cargo tank vehicle notifies the | ||||||
| 15 | appropriate agency or agencies with jurisdiction over the | ||||||
| 16 | highway before driving the vehicle on the highway pursuant to | ||||||
| 17 | this subsection. The cargo tank vehicle must have an operating | ||||||
| 18 | gauge on the cargo tank which indicates the amount of propane | ||||||
| 19 | as a percent of capacity of the cargo tank. The cargo tank must | ||||||
| 20 | have the capacity displayed on the cargo tank, or documentation | ||||||
| 21 | of the capacity of the cargo tank must be available in the | ||||||
| 22 | vehicle. For the purposes of this subsection, propane weighs | ||||||
| 23 | 4.2 pounds per gallon. This subsection does not apply to | ||||||
| 24 | municipalities. Nothing in this subsection shall allow cargo | ||||||
| 25 | tank
vehicles
to cross bridges with posted weight restrictions | ||||||
| 26 | if the vehicle exceeds the posted weight limit. | ||||||
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| 1 | (Source: P.A. 96-1337, eff. 1-1-11.)
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