California Vehicle Code 40269.6 – (a) Commencing July 1, 2023, an issuing agency shall provide a …
(a) Commencing July 1, 2023, an issuing agency shall provide a one-time waiver of outstanding toll evasion penalties for toll evasion violations on a toll bridge occurring from March 20, 2020, to January 1, 2023, inclusive. The waiver program shall be available, upon request, to individuals whose monthly income is 200 percent of the current poverty guidelines, or less, as updated periodically in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of paragraph (2) of Section 9902 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as determined by the issuing agency or processing agency or their designee. For purposes of verifying an individual’s eligibility, an issuing agency, processing agency, or their designee shall accept the evidence of income specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 40269.5.
(b) Commencing July 1, 2023, in addition to meeting the income criteria described in subdivision (a), an eligible individual who applies for a waiver under this section shall satisfy both of the following conditions:
Terms Used In California Vehicle Code 40269.6
- Department: means the Department of Motor Vehicles except, when used in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 2100) of Division 2 and in Divisions 11 (commencing with Section 21000), 12 (commencing with Section 24000), 13 (commencing with Section 29000), 14 (commencing with Section 31600), 14. See California Vehicle Code 290
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
(1) The applicant shall pay the total amount of all outstanding tolls subject to the penalty waiver, and any related fees, fines, or assessments imposed by the department, not using the payment plan option established pursuant to Section 40269.5.
(2) The issuing agency may require, as a condition of the waiver, that applicant open an account and acquire a transponder or other electronic toll payment device. This paragraph applies only with respect to vehicles registered in California.
(c) Commencing January 1, 2023, an issuing agency, processing agency, or their designee shall do both of the following with respect to the one-time waiver program established pursuant to this section:
(1) Include information about the availability of the one-time waiver program on an internet website related to the issuing agency’s electronic toll collection system.
(2) Direct its customer service center representatives to inform the public about the availability of the program when responding to inquiries about toll evasion violations incurred from March 20, 2020, to January 1, 2023, inclusive.
(d) This section shall become inoperative on September 30, 2024, and, as of January 1, 2025, is repealed.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 969, Sec. 17. (AB 2594) Effective January 1, 2023. Inoperative September 30, 2024, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2025, by its own provisions.)