238.362. Toll enforcement, authority--toll assessment and collection, methods--notice to be posted near toll facility.
Toll enforcement, authority--toll assessment and collection,methods--notice to be posted near toll facility.
238.362. 1. The commission may authorize transportation corporationswhich operate a toll facility to enforce the payment of tolls against theoperator of a vehicle for the failure of an operator of such vehicle tocomply with the toll collection regulations in accordance with theprovisions of sections 238.365 and 238.367. Such authorizations shall bemade in accordance with rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 536, RSMo.
2. An authorized corporation may use any method for assessing andcollecting tolls, including but not limited to toll tickets, barrier tollfacilities, billing accounts, commuter passes and electronic recording oridentification devices. The display of a recording or identificationdevice issued or authorized by a corporation for these purposes on or nearthe windshield of a motor vehicle shall not be a violation of any law orrule in the state of Missouri, unless the device is attached in a way thatobstructs the driver's clear view of the highway or an intersectinghighway.
3. A corporation operating a toll facility shall post notice on oraround a toll facility in the plain view of drivers of vehicles which readsas follows:
NOTICEFAILURE TO PAY THE REQUIRED TOLL IS A TRAFFIC VIOLATION. TOLLBOOTH OPERATORS WILL REPORT ANY FAILURE TO PAY REQUIRED TOLLS TOLAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WHO WILL ISSUE A TRAFFIC CITATION.
(L. 1997 S.B. 67)