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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 8 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 576; in 1968, chapter 170; in 1970, chapter 322; in 1973, chapter 215; in 1981, chapter 417; in 1983, chapter 617; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 256<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75794,"section_number":"33.2-613","catch_line":"Free use of toll facilities by certain state officers and employees; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-613\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":75794,"section_number":"33.2-613","catch_line":"Free use of toll facilities by certain state officers and employees; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-613\/"}],"permalink":{"id":206187,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56158,"identifier":"33.2-612","token":"33.2\/II\/6\/33.2-612","url":"\/33.2-612\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-612\/","token":"33.2\/II\/6\/33.2-612","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unlawful for Department of Transportation to permit free passage over certain toll bridges and ferries; exceptions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-612","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except for those persons exempted from tolls under \u00a7 33.2-613<\/a>, it shall be unlawful for the Department<\/span> or any employee thereof to give or permit free passage over any toll bridge, tunnel, or ferry that has been secured through the issuance of revenue bonds<\/span> and which bonds<\/span> are payable from the revenues of such project. Every vehicle shall pay the same toll as others similarly situated. Except as provided in \u00a7 33.2-613<\/a>, the provisions of this section shall apply to vehicles and employees of the state government, local governments, or other political subdivisions and to vehicles and persons of all other categories and descriptions, public, private, eleemosynary, or otherwise.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNLAWFUL FOR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PERMIT FREE PASSAGE OVER CERTAIN\nTOLL BRIDGES AND FERRIES; EXCEPTIONS (\u00a7 33.2-612)\n\nExcept for those persons exempted from tolls under \u00a7 33.2-613, it shall be\nunlawful for the Department or any employee thereof to give or permit free\npassage over any toll bridge, tunnel, or ferry that has been secured through the\nissuance of revenue bonds and which bonds are payable from the revenues of such\nproject. Every vehicle shall pay the same toll as others similarly situated.\nExcept as provided in \u00a7 33.2-613, the provisions of this section shall apply to\nvehicles and employees of the state government, local governments, or other\npolitical subdivisions and to vehicles and persons of all other categories and\ndescriptions, public, private, eleemosynary, or otherwise.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-173.1; 1950, p. 458; 1954, c. 576; 1968, c. 170; 1970,\nc. 322, \u00a7 33.1-251; 1973, c. 215; 1981, c. 417; 1983, c. 617; 2014, c. 805;\n2015, c. 256.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}