G.O. 100.20 – TOLL PASSAGE ON STATE-OWNED BRIDGES

Question 1

Departmental personnel will be _____________ passage across state-owned bridges/toll highways while operating distinctively marked Class E black-and-white or primary collision factor (PCF) vehicles without monetary payment of the toll when the vehicle is equipped with a FasTrak transponder or included in a license plate tolling system which utilizes license plate reader technology.

a) Permitted

b) Denied

Answer 1

Permitted

Question 2

Departmental personnel responding to or returning from an urgent or emergency call, engaged in an urgent or emergency response, or directly related to an emergency response ______________ be exempt from monetary payment.

a) May

b) Shall

Answer 2

Shall

Question 3

Departmental personnel traversing a state-owned bridge/toll highway in a state vehicle, conducting official business, not equipped with a FasTrak transponder or included in a license plate tolling system _____________ the required bridge/highway toll.

a) Are Exempt from paying

b) Shall Pay

Answer 3

Shall Pay

Question 4

Distinctively marked black-and-white or PCF vehicles assigned to Areas or Divisions having traffic control jurisdiction on various state-owned toll bridges/toll highways, having occasion to cross state-owned toll bridges/toll highways with reasonable frequency, _____________ equipped with a FasTrak transponder or included in a license plate tolling system.

a) Will be

b) Shall be

Answer 4

Will be

Question 5

Department personnel traversing a state-owned bridge/toll highway in a privately-owned vehicle, although on state business, ____________ pay the required bridge/highway toll.

a) May be required to pay

b) Shall Pay

c) Should Pay

Answer 5

Shall Pay

Question 6

All Department personnel traversing a toll road or bridge in a private vehicle with confidential registration records pursuant to Section 1808.4 of the California Vehicle Code (CVC) are responsible for paying the applicable toll. Although toll violations are civil matters, headquarters offices, Divisions, or Areas that receive toll collection notices from a toll authority for a private vehicle with confidential registration to the Department shall handle the matter as follows:

Answer 6

(1) If the notice is for a current employee of the Department, immediately forward the notice to the employee’s commander. The commander shall ensure the employee receives the notice in a timely manner.

(2) If the notice is for a nonemployee or retired employee of the Department, the toll authority shall be advised to initiate the unpaid toll collection procedures contained in Section 40267 CVC.

(3) All commands who receive confidential registration toll collection notices from a toll authority shall include procedures in their SOP for processing the notices that is consistent with this General Order.