Ohio Admin. Code 5537-4-02 - Evasion of toll

No operator of a motor vehicle shall enter or leave the turnpike except through the tollplaza lanes (except in case of an emergency, and, in such case, such entrance or exit may be made only under the control and supervision of a police officer or a service vehicle from an official turnpike contract garage.) No operator of a motor vehicle on the turnpike shall commit any act or omission with intent to defraud or evade payment of a toll. Operators of a motor vehicle who are observed attempting to defraud or evade payment of a toll while on the turnpike may be cited by a police officer. Each instance in which the operator of a motor vehicle has failed to remit payment of a toll to the commission for more than thirty days after issuance of a notice by the commission to the operator that the toll is due shall be considered a willful attempt to defraud or evade payment of the toll. In each such instance, the commission may assess an additional fine of one hundred dollars against the operator of the motor vehicle who has failed to pay a toll for a period of more than thirty days.

(A) No owner, lessee or operator of a motor vehicle that travels on the turnpike, knowing the person has no privilege to do so, and with purpose to defraud the commission or avoid the payment of tolls, shall evade a toll assessment point, tamper with or misuse an electronic tolling transponder, obscure a license plate, falsify, destroy, remove, conceal, alter, deface or mutilate any item used by or within the toll collection system, or commit any other act or omission.

(B) Any person who violates this rule may be cited by either the commission or a police officer. If the commission cites a person for violating this rule, in addition to taking any collection action permitted by these rules the commission may impose a charge of one hundred dollars against the person and may collect it with rule5537-4-07 of the Administrative Code.

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Ohio Admin. Code 5537-4-02

Effective: 9/1/2023
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 1/1/2024
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 5537.04(A)(16), 5537.16
Rule Amplifies: 5537.04(A)(16), 5537.16
Prior Effective Dates: 12/01/1954, 03/02/2014