Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 532
       
       
        
       By Senator Ingoglia
       
       
       
       
       
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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to toll payments; amending s. 338.155,
    3         F.S.; exempting certain disabled veterans from the
    4         required payment of tolls for the use of toll
    5         facilities; reenacting s. 316.1001(1), F.S., relating
    6         to the required payment of tolls on toll facilities
    7         and penalties, to incorporate the amendment made to s.
    8         338.155, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an
    9         effective date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   12  
   13         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
   14  338.155, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         338.155 Payment of toll on toll facilities required;
   16  exemptions.—
   17         (1)(a) A person may not use a toll facility without payment
   18  of tolls, except:
   19         1. An employee of the agency operating the toll project
   20  when using the toll facility on official state business.
   21         2. State military personnel while on official military
   22  business.
   23         3. A person with a disability as provided in subsection
   24  (3).
   25         4. A person exempt from toll payment by the authorizing
   26  resolution for bonds issued to finance the facility.
   27         5. A person exempt on a temporary basis where use of such
   28  toll facility is required as a detour route.
   29         6. A law enforcement officer operating an official vehicle
   30  while on official law enforcement business.
   31         7. A person operating a fire vehicle while on official
   32  business or a rescue vehicle while on official business.
   33         8. A person participating in the funeral procession of a
   34  law enforcement officer or firefighter killed in the line of
   35  duty.
   36         9. A person who has been determined by the United States
   37  Department of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor to have a
   38  service-connected 100-percent disability rating for compensation
   39  or who has been determined to have a service-connected
   40  disability rating of 100 percent and is in receipt of disability
   41  retirement pay from any branch of the United States Armed
   42  Services.
   43         Section 2. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
   44  made by this act to section 338.155, Florida Statutes, in a
   45  reference thereto, subsection (1) of section 316.1001, Florida
   46  Statutes, is reenacted to read:
   47         316.1001 Payment of toll on toll facilities required;
   48  penalties.—
   49         (1) A person may not use any toll facility without payment
   50  of tolls, except as provided in s. 338.155. Failure to pay a
   51  prescribed toll is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable
   52  as a moving violation under chapter 318.
   53         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.