§ 14-319-104 - Unencumbered bridges -- Prohibition on collection of tolls.
14-319-104. Unencumbered bridges -- Prohibition on collection of tolls.
(a) All bridges in districts where there has been sufficient money collected to pay all outstanding lawful indebtedness of the district are declared free, and they shall become the sole property of the State of Arkansas and shall be maintained by the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department as is now provided by law.
(b) It shall be unlawful for the commissioners of any bridge district in this state to collect any tolls for the use of any bridge where the bridge district has sufficient money already collected to pay all the lawful outstanding indebtedness of the bridge district.
(c) Any commissioner, agent, or employee of any bridge district in this state which has sufficient tolls collected to pay all outstanding lawful indebtedness of the district who shall collect any tolls in violation of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100). Each day on which tolls are unlawfully collected shall constitute a separate offense.