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furtheranceof any commercial or industrial enterprise, For-Hire or Not-For-Hire, but not including
a commuter van, a vehicle used ina ridesharing arrangement when being used for that purpose,
or a recreational vehiclenot being used commercially.
ConstructionVehicle
Any vehicle over 10,000pounds actual weight, registered grossweight or
G.V.W.R. that is required to complywith ILCSCh. 625, Act 5, §§ 12-712 and12-713on
identification required tobe displayed.
GrossVehicleWeight Rating (GVWR)
. The value specifiedby themanufacturer or
manufacturers as themaximum loadedweight of a single vehicle. TheGVWRof a combinationof
vehicles (commonly referred to as the "GrossCombinationWeight Rating" or GCWR) is the
GVWR of the power unit plus theGVWR of the towed unit or units. In theabsence of a value
specifiedby themanufacturer, GCWR is determined by adding theGVWRof the power unit and
the total weight of the towed unit and any load on the unit.
Grossweight
. Theweight of a vehiclewhether operated singlyor in combinationwithout load
plus theweight of the load thereon.
Highway
. Theentirewidth between the boundary lines of everywaypubliclymaintainedwhen
any part thereof is open to theuse of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
Implement of husbandry
. Every vehicleas defined in the IllinoisVehicleCode anddesigned
and adapted exclusively for agricultural, horticultural, or livestock raising operations, including
farmwagons, wagon trailers or like vehicles used in connection therewith, or for lifting or carrying
an implement of husbandry.
Motor vehicle
. Every vehiclewhich is self-propelledandevery vehiclewhich is propelled by
electric power obtained from overhead trolleywires, but not operatedupon rails, except for
vehiclesmoved solelybyhumanpower andmotorizedwheelchairs. For thisAct, motor vehicles
aredivided into two divisions:
First Division: Thosemotor vehicles, which are designed for the carrying of not more than
10persons.
SecondDivision: Thosemotor vehicleswhich are designed for carryingmore than10
persons, thosemotor vehicles designed or used for livingquarters, thosemotor vehicles
which aredesigned for pullingor carrying freight, cargo or implements of husbandry, and
thosemotor vehicles of theFirst Division remodeled for use and used asmotor vehicles
of theSecondDivision.
Nondivisible loador vehicles
Permit loads aredeemed tobe reasonably dismantled (nondivisible) if, when separated into
smaller loads or vehicles, further dismantlingwould:
a. Compromise the intended use of the loador vehicle; that is, make it unable to perform
the function for which it was intended;
b. Destroy the value of the load or vehicle; that is, make it unusable for its intended
purpose; or
c. Requiremore than 8work hours to dismantle using appropriateequipment. Theapplicant
for anondivisible load has theburden of proof as to the number of workhours required to
dismantle the load.
Permit Route
The route authorized by the issuing authoritywith proper jurisdiction over the
roadway(s) for whichpermissionhas been granted tomove a vehicleor combination of vehicles
that is in itself indivisible or carrying an indivisible load that exceeds normal dimensions or weight
or a combination thereof.
