N.J. Admin. Code § 19:9-1.19 - Tolls; payment required
(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.
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