                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EXEMPTION FROM PAYMENT OF TOLLS BY CERTAIN STUDENTS, ETC (§ 22.1-187)

It shall be unlawful to collect any toll for the use of any road, highway,
bridge, or ferry in the Commonwealth, except those financed under the
Transportation Development and Revenue Bond Act (§ 33.2-1700 et seq.) or other
act authorizing the construction by the State or a political subdivision thereof
of projects financed by the issuance of bonds payable solely from tolls and
other revenues of the project, (i) by any student or other person using the
road, highway, bridge, or ferry daily for going to or from immediate attendance
upon any school, institution of higher education, or other educational
institution in the Commonwealth, or classes in water safety training conducted
under the auspices of the American Red Cross, or (ii) by the vehicle carrying
the student or other person.
		Any such student or other person or the parent or guardian of any such student
may apply for and receive from the principal of any school, institution of
higher education, or other educational institution in the Commonwealth a card
certifying that the student or other person uses such road, highway, bridge, or
ferry daily for regularly attending such school, institution of higher
education, or educational institution or classes at any such school or
institution. Such card exhibited to the person in charge of any tollgate on any
road, highway, bridge, or ferry in the Commonwealth shall be accepted in lieu of
all charges for the passage through such tollgate of any such student, person,
or the vehicle carrying him when using the road, highway, bridge, or ferry daily
for going to or from immediate attendance at any such school, institution of
higher education, or other educational institution or classes at any such school
or institution.
		Any person using any such card, except for the purpose herein specified, shall
be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 22-277; 1956, c. 237; 1958, c. 465; 1980, c. 559.