Bill Text: IL HB5167 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Deletes language allowing the Department of Transportation to designate streets or highways in the system of State highways as Class III highways. Provides that non-designated highways include highways that have lane widths of less than 11 feet, State highways not designated as Class I or II, and local highways which are part of any county, township, municipal, or district road system not designated as Class II. Deletes language regarding: the maximum length of vehicles on all non-State highways; and the highways that vehicles not exceeding 65 feet in overall length are allowed to access. Provides that combinations of vehicles over 65 feet in length with no overall length limitation are allowed certain access if there is no sign prohibiting access and the route is not being used as a thoroughfare between Class I or Class II highways. Provides that the maximum length limitation on non-designated highways for a truck tractor in combination with a semitrailer is 65 feet overall dimension and 60 feet overall dimension for a truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer or truck tractor semitrailer-semitrailer. Provides that length limitations do not apply on legal holidays and for a tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or combination of disabled vehicles. Provides that a unit of local government shall affirm to the Department if it has no Class II designated truck routes. Provides that units of local government shall report to the Department, and the Department shall post on its website, any limitations prohibiting the operation of vehicles imposed by ordinance or resolution in the unit of local government's non-designated highway system. Provides that, to be effective, an ordinance or resolution passed to designate a Class II roadway need not be signed, but shall be reported to the Department. Repeals a provision that requires local units of government to report to the Department all preferred truck routes, designated truck route networks, or whether there are no such truck routes.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5167 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5167-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
Sections 1-126.1, 15-107, 15-116, and 15-316 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/1-126.1)
Sec. 1-126.1. Highway Designations. The Department of
Transportation may designate streets or highways in the system
of State highways as follows:
(a) Class I highways include interstate highways,
expressways, tollways, and other highways deemed
appropriate by the Department department.
(b) Class II highways include state highways and
designated local roads major arterials not built to
interstate highway standards that have at least 11 feet
lane widths.
(c) (Blank). Class III highways include those State
highways that have lane widths of less than 11 feet.
(d) Non-designated highways include State highways not
designated as Class I or II and are highways in the system
of State highways not designated as Class I, II, or III, or
local highways which are part of any county, township,
municipal, or district road system not designated as Class

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II. Local authorities also may designate Class II or Class
III highways within their systems of highways.
(Source: P.A. 92-417, eff. 1-1-02.)
(625 ILCS 5/15-107) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-107)
Sec. 15-107. Length of vehicles.
(a) The maximum length of a single vehicle on any highway
of this State may not exceed 42 feet except the following:
(1) Semitrailers.
(2) Charter or regulated route buses may be up to 45
feet in length, not including energy absorbing bumpers.
(a-1) A motor home as defined in Section 1-145.01 may be up
to 45 feet in length, not including energy absorbing bumpers.
The length limitations described in this subsection (a-1) shall
be exclusive of energy-absorbing bumpers and rear view mirrors.
(b) (Blank). On all non-State highways, the maximum length
of vehicles in combinations is as follows:
(1) A truck tractor in combination with a semitrailer
may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension. An agency or
instrumentality of the State of Illinois or any unit of
local government shall not be required to widen or
otherwise alter a non-State highway constructed before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
Assembly to accommodate truck tractors under this
paragraph (1).
(2) A truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer or truck

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tractor semitrailer-semitrailer may not exceed 60 feet
overall dimension.
(3) Combinations specially designed to transport motor
vehicles or boats may not exceed 60 feet overall dimension.
(4) The distance between the kingpin and the center
axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in combination
with a truck tractor, may not exceed 42 feet 6 inches. The
limit contained in this paragraph (4) shall not apply to
trailers or semitrailers used for the transport of
livestock as defined by Section 18b-101.
Vehicles operating during daylight hours when transporting
poles, pipes, machinery, or other objects of a structural
nature that cannot readily be dismembered are exempt from
length limitations, provided that no object may exceed 80 feet
in length and the overall dimension of the vehicle including
the load may not exceed 100 feet. This exemption does not apply
to operation on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Legal
holidays referred to in this Section are the days on which the
following traditional holidays are celebrated: New Year's Day;
Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day;
and Christmas Day.
Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en
route to make emergency repairs to public service facilities or
properties are exempt from length limitations, provided that
during night operations every vehicle and its load must be
equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both

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sides and marker lamps on the extreme ends of any projecting
load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or
combination of disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph (6)
of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from length
limitations.
All other combinations not listed in this subsection (b)
may not exceed 60 feet overall dimension.
(c) Except as provided in subsections (c-1) and (c-2),
combinations of vehicles may not exceed a total of 2 vehicles
except the following:
(1) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one trailer.
(2) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one converter
dolly or one semitrailer.
(3) A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one vehicle
that is defined in Chapter 1 as special mobile equipment,
provided the overall dimension does not exceed 60 feet.
(4) A truck in transit may draw 3 trucks in transit
coupled together by the triple saddlemount method.
(5) Recreational vehicles consisting of 3 vehicles,
provided the following:
(A) The total overall dimension does not exceed 60
feet.
(B) The towing vehicle is a properly registered
vehicle capable of towing another vehicle using a
fifth-wheel type assembly.

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(C) The second vehicle in the combination of
vehicles is a recreational vehicle that is towed by a
fifth-wheel assembly. This vehicle must be properly
registered and must be equipped with brakes,
regardless of weight.
(D) The third vehicle must be the lightest of the 3
vehicles and be a trailer or semitrailer designed or
used for transporting a boat, all-terrain vehicle,
personal watercraft, or motorcycle.
(E) The towed vehicles may be only for the use of
the operator of the towing vehicle.
(F) All vehicles must be properly equipped with
operating brakes and safety equipment required by this
Code, except the additional brake requirement in
subdivision (C) of this subparagraph (5).
(6) A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle
or combination of disabled vehicles, provided the towing
vehicle:
(A) Is specifically designed as a tow truck having
a gross vehicle weight rating of at least 18,000 pounds
and equipped with air brakes, provided that air brakes
are required only if the towing vehicle is towing a
vehicle, semitrailer, or tractor-trailer combination
that is equipped with air brakes. For the purpose of
this subsection, gross vehicle weight rating, or GVWR,
means the value specified by the manufacturer as the

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loaded weight of the tow truck.
(B) Is equipped with flashing, rotating, or
oscillating amber lights, visible for at least 500 feet
in all directions.
(C) Is capable of utilizing the lighting and
braking systems of the disabled vehicle or combination
of vehicles.
(D) Does not engage a tow exceeding 50 highway
miles from the initial point of wreck or disablement to
a place of repair. Any additional movement of the
vehicles may occur only upon issuance of authorization
for that movement under the provisions of Sections
15-301 through 15-319 of this Code.
The Department may by rule or regulation prescribe
additional requirements regarding length limitations for a
tow truck towing another vehicle.
For purposes of this Section, a tow-dolly that merely
serves as substitute wheels for another legally licensed
vehicle is considered part of the licensed vehicle and not
a separate vehicle.
(7) Commercial vehicles consisting of 3 vehicles,
provided the following:
(A) The total overall dimension does not exceed 65
feet.
(B) The towing vehicle is a properly registered
vehicle capable of towing another vehicle using a

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fifth-wheel type assembly or a goose-neck hitch ball.
(C) The third vehicle must be the lightest of the 3
vehicles and be a trailer or semitrailer.
(D) All vehicles must be properly equipped with
operating brakes and safety equipment required by this
Code.
(E) The combination of vehicles must be operated by
a person who holds a commercial driver's license (CDL).
(F) The combination of vehicles must be en route to
a location where new or used trailers are sold by an
Illinois or out-of-state licensed new or used trailer
dealer.
(c-1) A combination of 3 vehicles is allowed access to any
State designated highway if:
(1) the length of neither towed vehicle exceeds 28.5
feet;
(2) the overall wheel base of the combination of
vehicles does not exceed 62 feet; and
(3) the combination of vehicles is en route to a
location where new or used trailers are sold by an Illinois
or out-of-state licensed new or used trailer dealer.
(c-2) A combination of 3 vehicles is allowed access from
any State designated highway onto any county, township, or
municipal highway for a distance of 5 highway miles for the
purpose of delivery or collection of one or both of the towed
vehicles if:

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(1) the length of neither towed vehicle exceeds 28.5
feet;
(2) the combination of vehicles does not exceed 40,000
pounds in gross weight and 8 feet 6 inches in width;
(3) there is no sign prohibiting that access;
(4) the route is not being used as a thoroughfare
between State designated highways; and
(5) the combination of vehicles is en route to a
location where new or used trailers are sold by an Illinois
or out-of-state licensed new or used trailer dealer.
(d) On Class I highways there are no overall length
limitations on motor vehicles operating in combinations
provided:
(1) The length of a semitrailer, unladen or with load,
in combination with a truck tractor may not exceed 53 feet.
(2) The distance between the kingpin and the center of
the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in
combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45 feet 6
inches. The limit contained in this paragraph (2) shall not
apply to trailers or semi-trailers used for the transport
of livestock as defined by Section 18b-101.
(3) The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen or
with load, operated in a truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer
or truck tractor semitrailer-semitrailer combination, may
not exceed 28 feet 6 inches.
(4) Maxi-cube combinations, as defined in Chapter 1,

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may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.
(5) Combinations of vehicles specifically designed to
transport motor vehicles or boats may not exceed 65 feet
overall dimension. The length limitation is inclusive of
front and rear bumpers but exclusive of the overhang of the
transported vehicles, as provided in paragraph (i) of this
Section.
(6) Stinger-steered semitrailer vehicles specifically
designed to transport motor vehicles or boats and
automobile transporters, as defined in Chapter 1, may not
exceed 80 feet overall dimension. The length limitation is
inclusive of front and rear bumpers but exclusive of the
overhang of the transported vehicles, as provided in
paragraph (i) of this Section.
(7) A truck in transit transporting 3 trucks coupled
together by the triple saddlemount method may not exceed 97
feet overall dimension.
(8) A towaway trailer transporter combination may not
exceed 82 feet overall dimension.
Vehicles operating during daylight hours when transporting
poles, pipes, machinery, or other objects of a structural
nature that cannot readily be dismembered are exempt from
length limitations, provided that no object may exceed 80 feet
in length and the overall dimension of the vehicle including
the load may not exceed 100 feet. This exemption does not apply
to operation on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Legal

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holidays referred to in this Section are the days on which the
following traditional holidays are celebrated: New Year's Day;
Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day;
and Christmas Day.
Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en
route to make emergency repairs to public service facilities or
properties are exempt from length limitations, provided that
during night operations every vehicle and its load must be
equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both
sides and marker lamps on the extreme ends of any projecting
load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or
combination of disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph (6)
of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from length
limitations.
The length limitations described in this paragraph (d)
shall be exclusive of safety and energy conservation devices,
such as bumpers, refrigeration units or air compressors and
other devices, that the Department may interpret as necessary
for safe and efficient operation; except that no device
excluded under this paragraph shall have by its design or use
the capability to carry cargo.
Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
relating to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the
designation of highways under this paragraph (d).
(e) On Class II highways there are no overall length

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limitations on motor vehicles operating in combinations,
provided:
(1) The length of a semitrailer, unladen or with load,
in combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 53 feet
overall dimension.
(2) The distance between the kingpin and the center of
the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in
combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45 feet 6
inches. The limit contained in this paragraph (2) shall not
apply to trailers or semi-trailers used for the transport
of livestock as defined by Section 18b-101.
(3) A truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer or truck
tractor semitrailer-semitrailer combination may not exceed
65 feet in dimension from front axle to rear axle.
(4) The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen or
with load, operated in a truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer
or truck tractor semitrailer-semitrailer combination, may
not exceed 28 feet 6 inches.
(5) Maxi-cube combinations, as defined in Chapter 1,
may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.
(6) A combination of vehicles, specifically designed
to transport motor vehicles or boats, may not exceed 65
feet overall dimension. The length limitation is inclusive
of front and rear bumpers but exclusive of the overhang of
the transported vehicles, as provided in paragraph (i) of
this Section.

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(7) Stinger-steered semitrailer vehicles specifically
designed to transport motor vehicles or boats may not
exceed 80 feet overall dimension. The length limitation is
inclusive of front and rear bumpers but exclusive of the
overhang of the transported vehicles, as provided in
paragraph (i) of this Section.
(8) A truck in transit transporting 3 trucks coupled
together by the triple saddlemount method may not exceed 97
feet overall dimension.
(9) A towaway trailer transporter combination may not
exceed 82 feet overall dimension.
Vehicles operating during daylight hours when transporting
poles, pipes, machinery, or other objects of a structural
nature that cannot readily be dismembered are exempt from
length limitations, provided that no object may exceed 80 feet
in length and the overall dimension of the vehicle including
the load may not exceed 100 feet. This exemption does not apply
to operation on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Legal
holidays referred to in this Section are the days on which the
following traditional holidays are celebrated: New Year's Day;
Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day;
and Christmas Day.
Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while en
route to make emergency repairs to public service facilities or
properties are exempt from length limitations, provided that
during night operations every vehicle and its load must be

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equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both
sides and marker lamps on the extreme ends of any projecting
load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle or
combination of disabled vehicles, as provided in paragraph (6)
of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from length
limitations.
Local authorities, with respect to streets and highways
under their jurisdiction, may also by ordinance or resolution
allow length limitations of this subsection (e).
The length limitations described in this paragraph (e)
shall be exclusive of safety and energy conservation devices,
such as bumpers, refrigeration units or air compressors and
other devices, that the Department may interpret as necessary
for safe and efficient operation; except that no device
excluded under this paragraph shall have by its design or use
the capability to carry cargo.
Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
relating to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the
designation of highways under this paragraph (e).
(e-1) (Blank). Combinations of vehicles not exceeding 65
feet overall length are allowed access as follows:
(1) From any State designated highway onto any county,
township, or municipal highway for a distance of 5 highway
miles for the purpose of loading and unloading, provided:
(A) The vehicle does not exceed 80,000 pounds in

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gross weight and 8 feet 6 inches in width.
(B) There is no sign prohibiting that access.
(C) The route is not being used as a thoroughfare
between State designated highways.
(2) From any State designated highway onto any county
or township highway for a distance of 5 highway miles or
onto any municipal highway for a distance of one highway
mile for the purpose of food, fuel, repairs, and rest,
provided:
(A) The vehicle does not exceed 80,000 pounds in
gross weight and 8 feet 6 inches in width.
(B) There is no sign prohibiting that access.
(C) The route is not being used as a thoroughfare
between State designated highways.
(e-2) Except as provided in subsection (e-3), combinations
of vehicles over 65 feet in length, with no overall length
limitation except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of
this Section, are allowed access as follows:
(1) From a Class I highway onto any street or highway
for a distance of one highway mile for the purpose of
loading, unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and rest,
provided there is no sign prohibiting that access.
(2) From a Class I or Class II highway onto any
non-designated highway State highway or any locally
designated highway for a distance of 5 highway miles for
the purpose of loading, unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and

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rest if:
(A) there is no sign prohibiting that access; and
(B) the route is not being used as a thoroughfare
between Class I or Class II highways.
(e-3) Combinations of vehicles over 65 feet in length
operated by household goods carriers or towaway trailer
transporter combinations, with no overall length limitations
except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of this Section,
have unlimited access to points of loading, unloading, or
delivery to or from a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer.
(f) On Class III and other non-designated State highways,
the maximum length limitations for vehicles in combination are
as follows:
(1) A truck tractor in combination with a semitrailer
may not exceed 65 feet Truck tractor-semitrailer
combinations must comply with a maximum 65 feet extreme
overall dimension. An agency or instrumentality of the
State of Illinois or any unit of local government shall not
be required to widen or otherwise alter a Class III or
other non-designated State highway constructed before
January 1, 2018 the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 100th General Assembly to accommodate truck
tractor-semitrailer combinations under this paragraph (1).
(2) Semitrailers, unladen or with load, may not exceed
53 feet overall dimension.
(3) A truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer or truck

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tractor semitrailer-semitrailer may not exceed 60 feet No
truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer or truck tractor
semitrailer-semitrailer combination may exceed 60 feet
extreme overall dimension.
(4) The distance between the kingpin and the center
axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in combination
with a truck tractor, may not exceed 42 feet 6 inches. The
limit contained in this paragraph (4) shall not apply to
trailers or semi-trailers used for the transport of
livestock as defined by Section 18b-101.
(g) Length limitations in the preceding subsections of this
Section 15-107 do not apply to the following:
(1) Vehicles operated in the daytime, except on
Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays, when transporting
poles, pipe, machinery, or other objects of a structural
nature that cannot readily be dismembered, provided the
overall length of vehicle and load may not exceed 100 feet
and no object exceeding 80 feet in length may be
transported unless a permit has been obtained as authorized
in Section 15-301. As used in this Section, "legal holiday"
means any of the following days: New Year's Day; Memorial
Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; and
Christmas Day.
(2) Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility
while en route to make emergency repairs to public service
facilities or properties, but during night operation every

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vehicle and its load must be equipped with a sufficient
number of clearance lamps on both sides and marker lamps
upon the extreme ends of any projecting load to clearly
mark the dimensions of the load.
(3) A tow truck in combination with a disabled vehicle
or combination of disabled vehicles, as provided in
paragraph (6) of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt
from length limitations. A tow truck in combination with a
disabled vehicle or combination of disabled vehicles,
provided the towing vehicle meets the following
conditions:
(A) It is specifically designed as a tow truck
having a gross vehicle weight rating of at least 18,000
pounds and equipped with air brakes, provided that air
brakes are required only if the towing vehicle is
towing a vehicle, semitrailer, or tractor-trailer
combination that is equipped with air brakes.
(B) It is equipped with flashing, rotating, or
oscillating amber lights, visible for at least 500 feet
in all directions.
(C) It is capable of utilizing the lighting and
braking systems of the disabled vehicle or combination
of vehicles.
(D) It does not engage in a tow exceeding 50 miles
from the initial point of wreck or disablement.
The Department may by rule or regulation prescribe

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additional requirements regarding length limitations for a tow
truck towing another vehicle. The towing vehicle, however, may
tow any disabled vehicle from the initial point of wreck or
disablement to a point where repairs are actually to occur.
This movement shall be valid only on State routes. The tower
must abide by posted bridge weight limits.
All other combinations not listed in this subsection (f)
may not exceed 60 feet overall dimension. For the purpose of
this subsection, gross vehicle weight rating, or GVWR, shall
mean the value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded
weight of the tow truck. Legal holidays referred to in this
Section shall be specified as the day on which the following
traditional holidays are celebrated:
New Year's Day;
Memorial Day;
Independence Day;
Labor Day;
Thanksgiving Day; and
Christmas Day.
(h) The load upon any vehicle operated alone, or the load
upon the front vehicle of a combination of vehicles, shall not
extend more than 3 feet beyond the front wheels of the vehicle
or the front bumper of the vehicle if it is equipped with a
front bumper. The provisions of this subsection (h) shall not
apply to any vehicle or combination of vehicles specifically
designed for the collection and transportation of waste,

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garbage, or recyclable materials during the vehicle's
operation in the course of collecting garbage, waste, or
recyclable materials if the vehicle is traveling at a speed not
in excess of 15 miles per hour during the vehicle's operation
and in the course of collecting garbage, waste, or recyclable
materials. However, in no instance shall the load extend more
than 7 feet beyond the front wheels of the vehicle or the front
bumper of the vehicle if it is equipped with a front bumper.
(i) The load upon the front vehicle of an automobile
transporter or a stinger-steered vehicle specifically designed
to transport motor vehicles shall not extend more than 4 feet
beyond the foremost part of the transporting vehicle and the
load upon the rear transporting vehicle shall not extend more
than 6 feet beyond the rear of the bed or body of the vehicle.
This paragraph shall only be applicable upon highways
designated in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section.
(j) Articulated vehicles comprised of 2 sections, neither
of which exceeds a length of 42 feet, designed for the carrying
of more than 10 persons, may be up to 60 feet in length, not
including energy absorbing bumpers, provided that the vehicles
are:
1. operated by or for any public body or motor carrier
authorized by law to provide public transportation
services; or
2. operated in local public transportation service by
any other person and the municipality in which the service

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is to be provided approved the operation of the vehicle.
(j-1) (Blank).
(k) Any person who is convicted of violating this Section
is subject to the penalty as provided in paragraph (b) of
Section 15-113.
(l) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 99-717, eff. 8-5-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17;
100-343, eff. 1-1-18.)
(625 ILCS 5/15-116)
Sec. 15-116. Highway designations Designated truck route
system.
(a) The Department of Transportation shall maintain and
provide a listing of all Class I and , Class II, and Class III
designated streets and highways as defined in Chapter 1 of this
Code.
(b) The Department shall also maintain and provide a
listing of all local streets or highways that have been
designated Class II or Class III by local agencies.
(c) Local agencies shall be responsible for reporting to
the Department all streets and highways under their
jurisdiction designated Class II and Class III. Local agencies
shall also provide to the Department reference contact names
and telephone numbers.
(d) The Department shall also maintain and provide an
official map of the Designated State Truck Route System that

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includes State and local streets and highways that have been
designated Class I, or Class II, or Class III.
(e) If a unit of local government has no Class II
designated truck routes, the unit of local government shall
affirm to the Department that it has no such truck routes.
(f) Each unit of local government may report to the
Department, and the Department shall post on its official
website, any limitations prohibiting the operation of vehicles
imposed by ordinance or resolution in the unit of local
government's non-designated highway system.
(Source: P.A. 94-763, eff. 1-1-07.)
(625 ILCS 5/15-316) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-316)
Sec. 15-316. When the Department or local authority may
restrict right to use highways.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (g), local authorities
with respect to highways under their jurisdiction may by
ordinance or resolution prohibit the operation of vehicles upon
any such highway or impose restrictions as to the weight of
vehicles to be operated upon any such highway, for a total
period of not to exceed 90 days, measured in either consecutive
or nonconsecutive days at the discretion of local authorities,
in any one calendar year, whenever any said highway by reason
of deterioration, rain, snow, or other climate conditions will
be seriously damaged or destroyed unless the use of vehicles
thereon is prohibited or the permissible weights thereof

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reduced.
(b) The local authority enacting any such ordinance or
resolution shall erect or cause to be erected and maintained
signs designating the provision of the ordinance or resolution
at each end of that portion of any highway affected thereby,
and the ordinance or resolution shall not be effective unless
and until such signs are erected and maintained. To be
effective, an ordinance or resolution passed to designate a
Class II roadway need not require that signs be erected, but
the designation shall be reported to the Department.
(c) Local authorities with respect to highways under their
jurisdiction may also, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit the
operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles, or may impose
limitations as the weight thereof, on designated highways,
which prohibitions and limitations shall be designated by
appropriate signs placed on such highways.
(c-1) (Blank).
(c-5) Highway commissioners, with respect to roads under
their authority, may not permanently post a road or portion
thereof at a reduced weight limit unless the decision to do so
is made in accordance with Section 6-201.22 of the Illinois
Highway Code.
(d) The Department shall likewise have authority as
hereinbefore granted to local authorities to determine by
resolution and to impose restrictions as to the weight of
vehicles operated upon any highway under the jurisdiction of

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said department, and such restrictions shall be effective when
signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the highway or
portion of any highway affected by such resolution.
(d-1) (Blank).
(d-2) (Blank).
(e) When any vehicle is operated in violation of this
Section, the owner or driver of the vehicle shall be deemed
guilty of a violation and either the owner or the driver of the
vehicle may be prosecuted for the violation. Any person, firm,
or corporation convicted of violating this Section shall be
fined $50 for any weight exceeding the posted limit up to the
axle or gross weight limit allowed a vehicle as provided for in
subsections (a) or (b) of Section 15-111 and $75 per every 500
pounds or fraction thereof for any weight exceeding that which
is provided for in subsections (a) or (b) of Section 15-111.
(f) A municipality is authorized to enforce a county weight
limit ordinance applying to county highways within its
corporate limits and is entitled to the proceeds of any fines
collected from the enforcement.
(g) An ordinance or resolution enacted by a county or
township pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section shall not
apply to cargo tank vehicles with two or three permanent axles
when delivering propane for emergency heating purposes if the
cargo tank is loaded at no more than 50 percent capacity, the
gross vehicle weight of the vehicle does not exceed 32,000
pounds, and the driver of the cargo tank vehicle notifies the

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appropriate agency or agencies with jurisdiction over the
highway before driving the vehicle on the highway pursuant to
this subsection. The cargo tank vehicle must have an operating
gauge on the cargo tank which indicates the amount of propane
as a percent of capacity of the cargo tank. The cargo tank must
have the capacity displayed on the cargo tank, or documentation
of the capacity of the cargo tank must be available in the
vehicle. For the purposes of this subsection, propane weighs
4.2 pounds per gallon. This subsection does not apply to
municipalities. Nothing in this subsection shall allow cargo
tank vehicles to cross bridges with posted weight restrictions
if the vehicle exceeds the posted weight limit.
(Source: P.A. 99-168, eff. 1-1-16; 99-237, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642,
eff. 7-28-16.)
(625 ILCS 5/11-214 rep.)
Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
repealing Section 11-214.