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kind: "range"
citation: "15 U.S.C. §§ 1002–1004"
title: "15"
from: "1002"
to: "1004"
count: 3
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/1002..1004"
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# §1002. Golden Gate Bridge tolls; Government traffic and personnel in performance of office business not subject to tolls


Tolls may be charged for the passage or transit over the Golden Gate Bridge of Government traffic, of military or naval personnel and their dependents, and of civilian employees of the Army and Navy traveling on Government business, but such tolls shall not be in excess of the tolls charged for the passage or transit of other like traffic over such bridge: Provided, however, That subject to the provisions of [section 1003 of this title](/usc/15/1003.md), military and naval personnel, and civilian employees of the Army and Navy, when such personnel or employees are engaged in the performance of official duties requiring the use of such bridge, together with the conveyances being used by them in the performance of such duties, shall have the use of such bridge free of toll.


# §1003. Authorization for free travel on Golden Gate Bridge; issuance, presentation, and acceptance; other authorization devices

- (a) The use of the Golden Gate Bridge free of toll, provided for in [section 1002 of this title](/usc/15/1002.md), shall be granted upon the presentation and surrender at the toll lanes of an authorization certifying that the traffic in question is entitled to such right. Such authorization shall be issued and signed by any military or naval officer designated for such purpose in accordance with regulations which shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy, respectively. The names and signatures of officers so designated shall be furnished to the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, and thereafter authorizations signed by them shall be accepted by such bridge and highway district as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
- (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of [subsection (a)](#a), such right to use the Golden Gate Bridge free of toll may be established by any other device or means which may be acceptable to the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District; and the Secretary of the Army and the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, and the Secretary of the Navy and the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, may enter into any appropriate [agreements](/usc/15/7a.md?p=2) to secure the effective, convenient, and just exercise of such right.

# §1004. Penalties


Whoever secures or attempts to secure the exemption from toll provided for in [sections 1002 to 1004](/usc/15/1002..1004.md) of this title or an authorization referred to in [section 1003 of this title](/usc/15/1003.md), knowing that he is not entitled thereto, and whoever signs or issues any such authorization certifying to such right of exemption, knowing that such right does not exist, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment for not more than ten days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.