New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY › Chapter 9 - NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY › Subchapter 1 - TRAFFIC CONTROL ON, AND USE OF, NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY PROPERTY › Section 19:9-1.19 - Tolls; payment required

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Except as
				  provided by
				  27:23-40, no vehicle shall be
				  operated on the Roadway except upon the payment of such tolls as are required
				  by the Authority.
(b) Tolls shall
				  be paid with United States currency in a staffed toll lane, or United States
				  coin in an "Exact Change" lane, at the time of vehicle operation on the
				  Roadway, or by means of an electronic toll collection system in a lane
				  designated for E-ZPass. The Authority may in its discretion limit any toll lane
				  or interchange on the Roadway to allow for payment of tolls only by means of an
				  electronic toll collection system.
(c) It is hereby declared to be unlawful for
				  any person to place or insert any plastic, paper, cloth, wadding or other
				  article, object, material, substance, instrument or contrivance within the
				  coin-receipt chute or in any other part of an automatic toll collection machine
				  on the Roadway, in such a manner as to prevent, interfere with or obstruct the
				  receipt of coins deposited therein by the patrons of the Roadway, or in such
				  manner as to cause such coins to be uncollected or unlawfully returned, or, by
				  any such other means or device whatsoever, to prevent or contrive to prevent
				  the receipt of coins by such automatic toll collection machine, or to place or
				  insert in any part of such machine any article, substance, contrivance or
				  device in such manner as to obstruct, alter, injure or interfere with the
				  action or operation of such machine, or, by any device or contrivance, or in
				  any manner whatsoever, to obstruct, alter, injure or interfere with the action
				  or operation of such machine.
(d)
				  It is hereby declared to be unlawful, and contrary to the toll collection
				  monitoring system rules in N.J.A.C. 19:9-9, for any person to operate, or owner
				  to permit to be operated, a vehicle in an "Exact Change" toll lane of the
				  Roadway, unless the person has the exact amount in coin to pay the applicable
				  toll in accordance with the current toll schedule.
(e) It is hereby declared to be unlawful, and
				  contrary to the toll collection monitoring system rules in N.J.A.C. 19:9-9, for
				  any person to operate, or owner to permit to be operated, any vehicle in an
				  "Exact Change" toll lane of the Roadway other than a Class 1 Vehicle without a
				  Trailer.
(f) It is hereby declared
				  to be unlawful, and contrary to the toll collection monitoring system rules in
				  N.J.A.C. 19:9-9, for any person to operate, or owner to permit to be operated,
				  a vehicle in an "E-ZPass Only" toll lane of the Roadway, unless the vehicle
				  contains a functioning and registered electronic toll collection device
				  compatible with the electronic toll collection system employed or utilized by
				  the Authority.
(g) It is hereby
				  declared to be unlawful, and contrary to the toll collection monitoring system
				  rules in N.J.A.C. 19:9-9, for any person to operate, or owner to permit to be
				  operated, a vehicle in a staffed toll lane of the Roadway, unless the person
				  has sufficient funds in the vehicle to pay the applicable toll in accordance
				  with the current toll schedule, or unless the vehicle contains a functioning
				  and registered electronic toll collection device compatible with the electronic
				  toll collection system employed or utilized by the Authority.
(h) On the Turnpike, any person who does not
				  present a valid toll ticket upon exit, or whose electronic toll collection
				  device is not read at both entry and exit, may be charged up to the maximum
				  toll for the vehicle's class at the applicable exit interchange. It is hereby
				  declared to be unlawful, and contrary to the toll collection monitoring system
				  rules in N.J.A.C. 19:9-9, if such occurrence is a result of patron misuse or
				  improper installation of the electronic toll collective device in the
				  vehicle.