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2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Functions › Section 27566.

27566. (a) In its role as administrator of the automatic vehicle identification system described in Section 27565, the Bay Area Toll Authority shall provide vehicle owners who seek to obtain an account the option of opening and maintaining an account with United States currency or check. That option shall also allow a customer to obtain an account without providing his or her name or address.
(b) The Bay Area Toll Authority shall inform the public about the option to obtain a cash-based account for the automatic vehicle identification system on its Internet Web site and in promotional materials.
(c) The Bay Area Toll Authority may provide a person with the option of making a payment with United States currency to replenish his or her vehicle identification system account at the toll plaza administration building associated with each of the state-owned toll bridges located within the geographic jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
(d) The Bay Area Toll Authority shall make a good faith effort to encourage commercial retailers that sell transponders for the automatic vehicle identification system to enable a person to replenish his or her account at the retail location with a variety of payment methods, including, but not limited to, United States currency.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 515, Sec. 4. (AB 1175) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 30002.

30002. Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the general provisions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 176.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 30004.

30004. “Toll bridge,” “bridge,” “subway,” “tunnel,” “tube,” and “highway crossing” include all appurtenances and additions, alterations or improvements thereto or replacements thereof, and the approaches to each end thereof, all lands and interest therein used therefor, and buildings and improvements thereon.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1346.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 30005.

30005. “Transportation facilities” means all facilities for the transportation of passengers and property to and over any toll bridge, tube or other highway crossing and the approaches to each end thereof, acquired or constructed, to be acquired or constructed, or in course of construction pursuant to this chapter. “Transportation facilities” includes terminals, stations, viaducts, rails, tracks, power stations, substations and equipment and power supply lines, storage yards, and the real property, easements, and rights of way upon which any of them are located or situated or which are necessary therefor, and equipment, signals and interlockers, cars and rolling stock, and franchises, rights, and privileges appurtenant thereto.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1346.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 30006.

30006. “Additional transportation facilities” means all facilities for the transportation of passengers and property connected or coordinated with or to be connected or coordinated with the transportation facilities of any toll bridge, tube or other toll highway crossing constructed or acquired, or to be constructed or acquired, or in the course of construction or acquisition pursuant to this chapter so as to provide a system of transportation for persons or property to and from that toll bridge or other toll highway crossing and the area within 50 miles from either end of that toll bridge or other toll highway crossing. “Additional transportation facilities” includes all of the personal and real properties, easements, rights of way, franchises, rights, and privileges which are included in “transportation facilities,” without limitation to the use thereof for the transportation of passengers and property to and over any toll bridge or other toll highway crossing, to the extent that the use thereof in connection or coordination with the transportation facilities of any toll bridge or other toll highway crossing provides a system of transportation for persons or property to and from that toll bridge or other highway crossing and the area within 50 miles from either end of that toll bridge or other toll highway crossing.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1346.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 30007.

30007. “Bond” means any written evidence of indebtedness which the authority may issue pursuant to this chapter in order to secure funds with which to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 176.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 30008.

30008. Nothing in this chapter prevents the State from making appropriations from time to time in aid of the acquisition or construction pursuant to this chapter of any toll bridge, tube or other toll highway crossing, or property, franchises, or rights appurtenant thereto, or the transportation facilities thereof or thereto, or for the purpose of making preliminary surveys, plans, and estimates of the cost thereof, and meeting other preliminary expenses as the Legislature deems proper.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1346.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 2 - California Transportation Commission › Section 30050.

30050. (a) The California Toll Bridge Authority is hereby abolished, and the California Transportation Commission succeeds to, and is vested with, the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the California Toll Bridge Authority.
(b) Any reference in any law or regulation to the California Toll Bridge Authority shall be deemed to refer to the California Transportation Commission.
(c) The California Transportation Commission shall have the possession and control of all licenses, permits, leases, agreements, contracts, orders, claims, judgments, records, papers, equipment, supplies, bonds, moneys, funds, appropriations, buildings, land and other property, real or personal, held for the benefit, use, or obligation of the California Toll Bridge Authority.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1106.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 30100.

30100. Whenever, in the opinion of the commission and of the department, it is necessary or desirable to do so, the commission shall authorize and direct the department to build or acquire for, and in the name of, the state any or all of the following:
(a) Toll bridges, tubes, or other toll highway crossings across water, bays, arms of bays, straits, rivers, and streams in California, both navigable and unnavigable, or across any stream that is a boundary line between California and any other state, or toll tunnels through mountains in California.
(b) Transportation facilities of any toll bridges or toll highway crossings constructed or acquired, or to be constructed or acquired, pursuant to this chapter.
(c) Additional transportation facilities connecting or coordinated with any such toll bridge or other highway crossing or the transportation facilities thereon.
The commission may authorize and direct the department to pay for any such construction or acquisition out of any funds provided or made available by this chapter. Whenever a project consists of a tube or tunnel which will accommodate traffic served by a privately owned ferry, the commission may acquire such ferry.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 128.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 30100.1.

30100.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission may include, in any issue of revenue bonds, funds sufficient to finance the establishment of a ferry system as authorized by Section 30356, including the purchase or construction of ferry boats, wharves, docks, ferry slips, and other facilities necessary to the operation and maintenance of a ferry system. Upon determining that it is feasible to do so, the commission shall take all steps necessary to finance the establishment of ferry systems. Revenues derived from the operation of any ferry system shall be pledged as security for the payment of the bonds issued to finance the establishment of the system.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 129.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 30100.5.

30100.5. Notwithstanding Section 30100 or any other provision of law, no bridge or other highway crossing shall be constructed across San Francisco Bay by the commission, the department, or the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, except to replace bridges or highway crossings on a one-for-one basis.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 681, Sec. 73.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 30101.

30101. Except as otherwise provided by statute for the commission and the Bay Area Toll Authority, the commission shall fix the rates of toll and other charges for all toll bridges, tubes, or other toll highway crossings acquired or built pursuant to this chapter. Notwithstanding this section or any other provision of law, neither the commission nor the Bay Area Toll Authority may change the seismic retrofit surcharge described in Section 31010.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 715, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 30101.5.

30101.5. The commission may permit authorized emergency vehicles, as defined in Section 165 of the Vehicle Code, responding to or returning from mutual aid calls or other emergencies, and other vehicles owned by any public agency when called upon to perform emergency work on the property of any toll bridge, tube, or other toll highway crossing, to cross toll bridges, tubes, or other toll highway crossings without paying a toll.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 132.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 30101.6.

30101.6. The commission shall grant toll-free passage on all toll bridges, tubes, and other toll highway crossings under its jurisdiction to members of the California Highway Patrol on duty.
Members of the California Highway Patrol, in all cases while on duty, are persons directly connected with the operation of toll bridges, tubes, and other toll highway crossings as such persons are designated in all of the bond resolutions adopted by the commission to authorize the issuance of bonds to finance the construction of toll structures.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 133.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 30101.7.

30101.7. (a) The commission shall grant toll free passage on all toll bridges, tubes, and other toll highway crossings under its jurisdiction to vehicles in a funeral procession of a person who died while on active duty with the armed services of the United States.
(b) The commission shall submit a claim for the loss in revenues resulting from subdivision (a) to the State Controller, who shall reimburse the commission in the amount submitted in the claim from funds appropriated by the Legislature to him for such purposes.
(c) The State Controller, in consultation with the commission, shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 134.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 30101.8.

30101.8. (a) The commission may grant toll-free and reduced-rate passage on all toll bridges under its jurisdiction to class I vehicles occupied by three or more persons, including the driver, and to buses. For bridges within the area under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the Bay Area Toll Authority may grant toll-free and reduced-rate passage.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), tolls on the bridges shall be maintained at rates sufficient to meet any obligation to the holders of bonds secured by a pledge of bridge toll revenues, as set forth in any bond resolution, indenture, or covenants, and the commission shall revise or eliminate any toll-free or reduced-rate toll schedule adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) as necessary to ensure compliance with those obligations.
(c) If the commission grants toll-free and reduced-rate passage pursuant to subdivision (a), the commission shall also grant the same toll-free and reduced-rate passage to class I vehicles designed by the manufacturer to be occupied by no more than two persons, including the driver, if these vehicles are occupied by two persons, including the driver.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 715, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 30102.

30102. Except as provided in Section 30102.5, the commission, in establishing toll charges, shall give consideration to the cost of operating and maintaining any particular toll bridge or other toll highway crossing, including the cost of insurance, the cost of operating and maintaining any ferry established and operated pursuant to Section 30356, and the amount required annually to meet the redemption of bonds and interest payments thereon. At all times, the tolls and charges shall be fixed at rates to yield annual revenue equal to the annual operating and maintenance expenses, including insurance costs, the cost of operating and maintaining any ferry established and operated pursuant to Section 30356, and all redemption payments and interest charges of the bonds issued for any particular toll bridge or other toll highway as they fall due.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1182, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 30102.5.

30102.5. Consistent with Section 30918, the Bay Area Toll Authority shall fix the rates of the toll charge, except as provided in Sections 30921 and 30923, and may grant reduced-rate and toll-free passage on the state-owned toll bridges within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 650, Sec. 4. (SB 595) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 30103.

30103. Toll charges so fixed may be changed from time to time as conditions warrant.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 176.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 30104.

30104. The commission shall prescribe the terms and conditions upon which any person, or private, public, or municipal corporation, or any district or political subdivision may do any of the following:
(a) Transport any person or property over any toll bridge or other toll highway crossing acquired or constructed, or to be acquired or constructed, or in course of construction pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Operate any transportation facilities thereon.
(c) Transport any person or property over any additional transportation facilities, constructed or acquired pursuant to this chapter, or use or operate such additional transportation facilities.
No person, or private, public, or municipal corporation, or district or political subdivision shall do any of the acts specified in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of this section, except in accordance with authorization or permission to do so from the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 136.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 30105.

30105. The commission may also grant permits to and enter into contracts with steam, electric, bus, railroad, and other transportation companies, public or private, and with any municipal or public corporation, public utility district, or political subdivision for the use of any toll bridge or other toll highway crossing, and for the use of the transportation facilities and the additional transportation facilities thereof, upon such terms and conditions as are mutually agreed upon if, prior to the granting of the permit or the execution of the contract, the commission first determines that the permit or contract is advisable or necessary for the financing of the bridge or other toll highway crossing or for the proper, necessary, or safe use of the bridge and for the best interests of the state.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 137.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 30106.

30106. The grant of any such permit or the execution of any such contract by the California Transportation Commission shall not relieve any transportation company or corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission from the duty of obtaining any certificate of public convenience and necessity for the conduct of a transportation service over any toll bridge or other highway crossing as required by law, or from the duty of complying with every lawful order, rule, or regulation of the Public Utilities Commission respecting such transportation service.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 138.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 30107.

30107. In any such contract or permit, the commission may authorize the transportation company or corporation, district, or political subdivision providing transportation to use the transportation facilities and additional transportation facilities of the commission upon such terms and in such manner as the commission deems proper. Such use may be authorized without restriction to the particular toll bridge or other highway crossing to which the transportation facilities and additional transportation facilities relate, but the use authorized shall be for or in aid of the transportation of persons or property over that bridge or other highway crossing or the approaches thereto.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 139.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 30108.

30108. Every contract which the commission enters into with, and every permit which it grants to, any person, or private, public, or municipal corporation, any district or political subdivision, for the transportation of persons or property by such person, or private, public, or municipal corporation, or district or political subdivision over any toll bridge or other toll highway crossing, or over the additional transportation facilities of any toll bridge or other toll highway crossing, shall contain a provision that no privilege or contract rights acquired by such person, private, public, or municipal corporation, district, or political subdivision, with regard to the transport of persons or property over any such toll bridge or with regard to additional transportation facilities, shall be an element of value in any subsequent condemnation proceeding against any such person, private, public, or municipal corporation, district, or political subdivision.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 140.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 30109.

30109. No privilege, permit, or contract right acquired by any such person, private, public, or municipal corporation, district, or political subdivision, with regard to the transport of persons or property over any such toll bridge or other toll highway crossing or with regard to use of or passage over any additional transportation facilities shall constitute an element of value in any condemnation proceeding.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 176.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 30110.

30110. The commission, in behalf of the State, by itself or its agents or assigns, or through the department or its agents or assigns, may operate the transportation facilities of any toll bridge or other highway crossing constructed or acquired pursuant to this chapter and the additional transportation facilities authorized to be constructed or acquired pursuant to this chapter. This power may be exercised upon default of any party contracting under Section 30104 or 30105 with the commission for the transportation of persons or property for hire over any toll bridge or other toll highway crossing, or upon the termination or cessation of any such contract or agreement, or in the absence of such contract or agreement.
Prior to the operation of any such transportation facilities by the commission or its agents or assigns or by the department or its agents or assigns, the commission shall first determine that the operation thereof is advisable or necessary for the financing of the bridge or other toll highway crossing, or for the proper or necessary use of the bridge or other toll highway crossing, and is for the best interests of the State.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 141.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 30111.

30111. The commission, the officials thereof, and all state officials may do such acts and make such agreements not inconsistent with law as are necessary or desirable in connection with the duties and powers conferred upon them respectively by law regarding the construction, maintenance, operation, and insurance of toll bridges or other highway crossings, and the transportation facilities thereof or thereto, or the safeguarding of the funds and revenues required for such purposes and the payment of the indebtedness incurred therefor.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 142.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 30112.

30112. The department and commission shall consider the inclusion of bicycle and pedestrian facilities on each new toll bridge designed and constructed pursuant to this division, including appropriate connections thereto. Such facilities shall be included on each such new bridge if the commission finds that they are economically and physically feasible. If the commission finds such facilities are not feasible, it shall report its findings to the Legislature at least one year prior to commencement of construction, including the facts on which the commission based its decision.
The cost of the bicycle and pedestrian facilities on the approaches to the toll bridge shall be paid by the commission as a part of the cost of construction of the toll bridge, unless the cost of such facilities is to be paid by a governmental agency other than a state agency. The feasibility study for such facilities shall reflect whether the commission or a governmental agency other than a state agency shall pay the cost of such facilities.
The Legislature finds that the increased use of the bicycle is a desirable activity which should be encouraged by the improvement of access available to that mode of transportation. It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this section, to provide for the use of toll bridges by both pedestrians and bicycles, wherever this is economically and physically feasible.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 143.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 30113.

30113. (a) The commission may utilize net revenues from toll bridges in order to finance research on high technology motion control devices to be used on the bridges.
(b) If the Metropolitan Transportation Commission allocates toll bridge net revenues as defined in Section 30884, it may utilize net revenues from the bridges under its jurisdiction to finance the research referred to in subdivision (a).
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 715, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 4 - General Powers and Duties of the Department of Transportation › Section 30150.

30150. The department shall have full charge of the acquisition and construction of all toll bridges and other toll highway crossings, transportation facilities, and additional transportation facilities authorized by the commission, the operation and maintenance thereof, and the collection of tolls thereon. The director shall proceed with the construction of the toll bridges and other highway crossings, transportation facilities, and additional transportation facilities immediately upon funds for such work being made available, and shall prosecute the work to completion as rapidly as possible.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 145.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 4 - General Powers and Duties of the Department of Transportation › Section 30150.2.

30150.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than 60 days after the effective date of this section, tolls on state-owned toll bridges shall be based on the number of axles on a vehicle or the total number of axles on a vehicle plus the total number of axles on a drawn trailer or vehicle.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 252, Sec. 3. Effective August 11, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 4 - General Powers and Duties of the Department of Transportation › Section 30150.5.

30150.5. The department, at the time it submits any request, or develops and submits any program, to the California Transportation Commission for capital expenditure or improvement on any toll bridge under the jurisdiction of the California Transportation Commission and located within the region under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, shall transmit a copy of the request or program, as the case may be, to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, which shall review the request or program and transmit its findings and recommendations thereon to the department and the California Transportation Commission for consideration.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 579, Sec. 43.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 4 - General Powers and Duties of the Department of Transportation › Section 30150.7.

30150.7. Whenever the department offers for sale to the public coupons or commuter ticket books redeemable for the toll on any toll bridge located within the region under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, as specified in Section 66502 of the Government Code, the department shall make the coupons or commuter ticket books available at locations convenient to the public, which shall not be limited to toll bridge facilities, and by mail.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 932, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 4 - General Powers and Duties of the Department of Transportation › Section 30151.

30151. No part of any additional transportation facilities authorized, however, shall be constructed or operated by the commission, or by any person or public or private corporation, within any county or city, unless and until the route thereof within the county or city has been approved by the board of supervisors, city council, or other legislative body thereof, as the case may be, notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 147.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 4 - General Powers and Duties of the Department of Transportation › Section 30152.

30152. The department, through its own engineers or through such other engineers or experts as it may employ, shall design all bridges, transportation facilities, and additional transportation facilities to be built pursuant to this chapter, and may build them or any portions of them either by its own employees or by contract with any person. The cost of any or all such bridges, transportation facilities, and additional transportation facilities shall be paid from the proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter, or from contributions or appropriations from other sources as provided in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 176.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 4 - General Powers and Duties of the Department of Transportation › Section 30153.

30153. All such bridges, transportation facilities, and additional transportation facilities or portion thereof shall be built by the department in accordance with The State Contract Act insofar as the provisions of that act are applicable, except that the amount of the cash, bidders’ bonds, or certified checks required to accompany any bid submitted, when bids relating to the construction of any bridge or highway crossing, transportation facilities, or additional transportation facilities are called for, shall be fixed and determined by the department.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 176.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 4 - General Powers and Duties of the Department of Transportation › Section 30154.

30154. The department shall require of each contractor such bonds for the faithful performance of any contract or subcontract entered into pursuant to this chapter and for the payment for any labor, materials, or supplies used in, upon, for or about the performance of the work contracted to be done, fixing such terms and conditions, and in such amounts, as it deems to be for the best interests of the State. Money realized on any such bonds shall be paid into the acquisition and construction fund of the particular toll bridge or other highway crossing involved.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 176.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 4 - General Powers and Duties of the Department of Transportation › Section 30155.

30155. The commission may authorize the department to acquire or construct tubes, tunnels, subways, underpasses, or overpasses either in connection with bridges or as separate highway crossings whenever the department deems such acquisition or construction advisable. All of the provisions of this chapter shall be fully applicable to the tubes, tunnels, subways, underpasses, or overpasses, the acquisition and construction of which is so authorized, and they shall be included within the word “bridge.”
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 148.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 17 - TOLL FACILITIES AND RELATED MATTERS › CHAPTER 1 - The California Toll Bridge Authority Act › ARTICLE 4 - General Powers and Duties of the Department of Transportation › Section 30156.

30156. The department may designate and adopt as a state highway any county road or portion thereof connecting a state highway with a publicly owned bridge or publicly owned toll bridge.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 176.)
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30157. The commission and the department shall keep full, complete, and separate accounts of each toll bridge or other crossing, and annually shall prepare balance sheets and income and profit and loss statements showing the financial condition of each toll bridge or other highway crossing. The statements shall be open to the inspection of holders of bonds issued by the commission at all reasonable times.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 149.)
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30158. The department may issue permits for the use of any toll bridge or other toll highway crossing acquired or constructed pursuant to this chapter on a credit basis. Except in the case of municipal or other public corporations, governmental agencies, or common carriers having contracts directly with the commission for the operation of the transportation facilities of the bridge or crossing, and except as provided in Section 30161.5, the department shall require the holder of a permit for the use of any toll bridge or other toll highway crossing on a credit basis to furnish and maintain in force a bond executed by an admitted surety insurer, approved by the department, in an amount equal to twice the department’s estimate of the toll charges to be incurred under the permit during one month.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 589, Sec. 182. Effective January 1, 1994.)
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30159. The department may revoke any permit granted for failure of the holder to comply with its terms.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 517, Sec. 382.)
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30160. The department may also require the holder of any such permit to pay a fee of not to exceed seven dollars ($7) a month and, in addition thereto, such other fee for each individual credit transaction which, when combined with the monthly fee, will cover the estimated printing and other overhead expense, the proceeds thereof to be deposited in the fund from which such expenses are paid.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1172.)
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30161. When necessary to facilitate movement of traffic, the department may limit the use of any toll bridge or other toll highway crossing on a credit basis to particular classes of vehicles.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 176.)
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30161.5. (a) For any bridge at which an automatic vehicle identification system, as described in this section, has been installed and is in operation, the department may waive the requirement that the holder of a credit permit furnish and maintain a surety bond. The automatic vehicle identification system shall have the capability of identifying each vehicle operating under the permit and of tabulating the number of bridge crossings by those vehicles. This section does not affect the authority of the department under Section 30796.8.
(b) The department shall notify the Legislature of the date upon which it commences operation of the system described in subdivision (a) on any bridge other than the bridge described in Section 30796.
(c) This section shall become inoperative five years from the date specified by the department pursuant to subdivision (b), and as of January 1 next following that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, which becomes effective on or before that January 1, deletes or extends that date.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 728, Sec. 173. (SB 71) Effective January 1, 2013. Inoperative on date prescribed in subd. (c). Repealed on January 1 following inoperative date, by its own provisions.)
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30162. If the department is unable to collect any tolls due to insolvency of the obligor, or if the cost of collection of any tolls would be excessive by reason of the smallness of the amount due, the department may apply to the Controller for discharge from accountability for the collection thereof in the manner provided in Sections 13940 to 13943, inclusive, of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 31, Sec. 276. (SB 836) Effective June 27, 2016.)
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30300. The proceeds from the sale of all bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter shall be paid to the State Treasurer for the credit of the commission and forthwith deposited as demand deposits in such depositary or depositaries as are authorized by law to receive deposits of state funds, to the credit of a fund to be designated as the acquisition and construction fund of the particular toll bridge or other highway crossing, transportation facilities, or additional transportation facilities for which the bonds were issued and sold. The fund shall, at all times, be kept segregated and set apart from all other funds.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 184.)
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30301. The proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be paid out or disbursed solely for the acquisition or construction of the particular toll bridge or other highway crossing, transportation facilities, or additional transportation facilities, the acquisition of the necessary lands and easements therefor, and the payment of interest on the bonds during the period of actual construction and for a period of six months thereafter, only as the need therefor arises. The commission may agree with the purchaser of the bonds upon any conditions or limitations restricting the disbursement of such funds which are deemed advisable for the purpose of assuring the proper application of the funds.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 185.)
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30302. All money in the particular acquisition and construction fund not required to meet current acquisition or construction costs of the toll bridge or other highway crossing, transportation facilities, or additional transportation facilities for which the bonds were issued and sold, and all funds constituting surplus revenues which are not immediately needed for the particular object or purpose to which they are required to be applied or to which they are pledged, shall be invested in bonds and obligations eligible for investment of surplus state money.
The commission may provide, in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the bonds, that the investment of such money shall be made only in particular bonds and obligations within the classifications eligible for such investment, and such provisions shall be binding upon the commission and all officials having anything to do with the investment.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 186.)
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30303. Any surplus which exists in the particular acquisition and construction fund shall be applied to the retirement, by purchase or call, of bonds issued for the acquisition or construction of the particular toll bridge or other highway crossing, transportation facilities, or additional transportation facilities. If the bonds cannot be purchased at a price satisfactory to the commission and are not by their terms callable prior to maturity, the surplus shall be paid into the fund applicable to the payment of principal and interest of the bonds and shall be used for that purpose.
The proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds may provide limitations and conditions upon the time and manner of applying the surplus to the purchase and call of outstanding bonds and the terms upon which they shall be purchased or called, and such limitations and conditions shall be followed and observed in the application and use of the surplus.
All bonds retired by purchase or call shall be immediately canceled.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 187.)
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30304. All tolls or other revenues received from the operation of any toll bridge or other highway crossing, transportation facilities, or additional transportation facilities acquired or constructed with the proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be paid over by the department at least monthly to the State Treasurer who shall deposit them forthwith in such depositary or depositaries as are authorized by law to receive deposits of state funds, to the credit of a special fund to be designated as the toll revenue fund of the particular toll bridge or other highway crossing, transportation facilities, or additional transportation facilities producing the tolls or revenue, which fund shall at all times be kept segregated and set apart from all other funds.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 176.)
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30305. From the money deposited in each separate acquisition and construction fund, the State Treasurer shall transfer to the place or places of payment named in the bonds such sums as are required to pay the interest as it becomes due on all bonds sold and outstanding for the construction of the particular toll bridge or other highway crossing, transportation facilities, or additional transportation facilities during the period of actual construction and during the period of six months immediately thereafter. The treasurer shall thereafter transfer from each separate toll revenue fund to the place or places of payment named in the bonds such sums as are required to pay the interest on the bonds and to redeem the principal thereof as such interest payments and bond redemptions fall due for all bonds issued and sold for the construction or acquisition of the particular toll bridge or other highway crossing, transportation facilities, or additional transportation facilities producing the tolls or revenues deposited in the toll revenue fund. All funds transferred for the payment of principal or interest on bonds issued for any particular toll bridge or other highway crossing, transportation facilities, or additional transportation facilities shall be segregated and applied solely for the payment of such principal and interest.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 176.)