Editing Regulation Quick Reference (section)

=== Registration Overweights & Hot Shot Audits ===
* '''[[625 ILCS 5/3-401]]d2''' – Overweight on Registration.
** Apportioned plates expire April 1st and will return “NO RECORD” when run. If running the VIN also returns this, it usually means payment issues. On day shift, call the IL Commercial Farm and Truck Division at 217-785-1801 (or 217-785-4175) to verify non-payment.
** ''Pick-up Truck Car Haulers:'' Usually an F350/3500 running plates capped at 26,000 lbs. If hauling 3 SUVs, or 2 SUVs and a pickup, they are almost always over 26k. 
** ''Hint:'' Google search the "curb weight" or "dry weight" of the pickup truck, the trailer, and each cargo vehicle. Add them up. If over 25,500 lbs, escort to a scale. If over 26k, write: 3-401d2 (Registration Overweight), 6-507 (If no CDL), '''[[392.2]]FT''' (No IFTA), and '''[[392.2]]irp''' (No IRP if not apportioned).
** Compel them to off-load 1 vehicle to make legal and park it in a car parking lot. If they load it back up later and you catch them again, write '''[[625 ILCS 5/18b-103.1]]''' Disobeying a Police Officer (Class C Misdemeanor) alongside tickets for all previous warnings. '''OFF-LOADING & EXEMPTIONS:'''
*** All overweights shall be made legal prior to continuing on! Put a note in the MCS report stating the driver was advised and make sure another truck, crane, or roll-back is en route to make it legal. You do NOT have to stay and watch them perform the transfer.
*** ''Exempt Commodities:'' Fuel trucks, liquid bulk tankers, and live livestock are exempt from offloading but receive citations.
*** ''Hot Mix/Cement Exceptions:'' Per 15-112, hot asphalt or cement mixers are allowed a 4,000 lbs grace window to NOT offload. If a concrete mixer is 5,500 lbs over its limit, they must dump 1,500 lbs of material to get down into that 4,000 lbs allowable grace limit.