This provision allows three states to establish toll booths on federal highways.
Current law prohibits any new tolls on existing federal highways.
The decision to ask for the right to establish toll booths rest with the Highway commission. This move failed to get out of committee after strong arm twisting by the commission members. Simply put, this is a tax on highway users. There is already a mechanism in place that allows for the collection of funds to pay for maintenance, i.e. gas and diesel taxes. The Commission will decide at the end of March whether to apply for permission to tax highways, but the prevailing understanding is that they have already made up their mind.