Title: Toll Payments

Summary: Exempting certain disabled veterans and persons operating motor vehicles and motorcycles displaying certain license plates from the required payment of tolls for the use of toll facilities, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to toll payments; amending s. 338.155, F.S.; exempting certain disabled veterans and persons operating motor vehicles and motorcycles displaying certain license plates from the required payment of tolls for the use of toll facilities; reenacting s. 316.1001(1), F.S., relating to the required payment of tolls on toll facilities and penalties, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 338.155, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 338.155, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 338.155 Payment of toll on toll facilities required; exemptions.  (1)(a) A person may not use a toll facility without payment of tolls, except: 1. An employee of the agency operating the toll project when using the toll facility on official state business. 2. State military personnel while on official military business. 3. A person with a disability as provided in subsection (3). 4. A person exempt from toll payment by the authorizing resolution for bonds issued to finance the facility. 5. A person exempt on a temporary basis where use of such toll facility is required as a detour route. 6. A law enforcement officer operating an official vehicle while on official law enforcement business. 7. A person operating a fire vehicle while on official business or a rescue vehicle while on official business. 8. A person participating in the funeral procession of a law enforcement officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty. 9.   A person who has been determined by the United States Department of Veteran sAffairs or its predecessor to have a service-connected 100-percent disability rating for compensation or who has been determined to have a service-connected disability rating of percent and is in receipt of disability retirement pay from any branch of the United States Armed Service s. 10.  A person operating a motor vehicle displaying a Purple Heart specialty license plate or a motorcycle displaying a Purple Heart special motorcycle license plate. Section 2. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment made by this act to section 338.155, Florida Statutes, in a reference thereto, subsection (1) of section 316.1001, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 316.1001 Payment of toll on toll facilities required; penalties.  (1) A person may not use any toll facility without payment of tolls, except as provided in s. 338.155. Failure to pay a prescribed toll is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation under chapter 318. Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.