§ 19:9-1.19 Tolls; payment required
(a) Except as provided by N.J.S.A. 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 by currency, coin, credit card (for commercial account holders), or 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 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 required change to pay the applicable toll in accordance with the current toll schedule.
(e) Any person who operates, and any owner who permits to be operated, a vehicle in the “Exact Change” toll lane of the Roadway and does not have the required change to pay the applicable toll in accordance with the current toll schedule must stop at the toll booth, remain in the vehicle, blow horn and wait until assisted by a toll, traffic or police officer before proceeding unless directed otherwise by an official traffic control device.
(f) Any person who operates, or owner who permits to be operated, a vehicle in an “Exact Change” toll lane of the Roadway at an entrance or exit ramp when no toll collector is on duty and not having the required change to pay the applicable toll in accordance with the current toll schedule shall pay said toll by mailing in a Payment Return Envelope to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, PO Box 5042, Woodbridge, New Jersey 07095, or in person to a toll collector at any other location on the Roadway.
HISTORY
HISTORY:
New Rule, R.1977 d.63, effective March 1, 1977.
See: 9 N.J.R. 56(a), 9 N.J.R. 203(a).
Amended by R.1993 d.496, effective October 4, 1993.
See: 25 N.J.R. 2839(b), 25 N.J.R. 4605(a).
Amended by R.1999 d.65, effective March 1, 1999.
See: 30 N.J.R. 4335(a), 31 N.J.R. 670(a).
Rewrote the section.
Amended by R.2005 d.23, effective January 3, 2005.
See: 36 N.J.R. 4415(a), 37 N.J.R. 90(a).
Rewrote the section.
Amended by R.2008 d.336, effective November 3, 2008.
See: 40 N.J.R. 4498(a), 40 N.J.R. 6478(a).
In (b), deleted “authorized Authority tokens (applicable to Parkway only)," following “coin,"; in (d), (e) and (f), deleted “or authorized Authority token” following “required change”; in (f), inserted the first occurrence of “Turnpike”, deleted “Garden State Parkway Division," preceding “PO Box”, substituted “5042” for “53” and deleted "(with respect to the Parkway); or to the New Jersey Authority, Administration Building, Turnpike Interchange 9 at Route 18 North, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816 (with respect to the Turnpike)" following “07095”.
