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kind: "range"
citation: "15 U.S.C. §§ 1005–1007"
title: "15"
from: "1005"
to: "1007"
count: 3
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/1005..1007"
---

# §1005. San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge tolls; Government traffic and personnel on official business exempted; Government personnel on Yerba Buena Island or Treasure Island exempted


Tolls may be charged for the passage or transit over the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge of Government traffic, or military, naval, or civilian 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 1006 of this title](/usc/15/1006.md), military, Coast Guard, and naval personnel, and civilian employees of the Army and Navy and Coast Guard and personnel and employees of the National Ocean Survey, 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: Provided further, That subject to the provisions of [section 1006 of this title](/usc/15/1006.md), military, Coast Guard, and naval personnel, civilian employees of the Army and Navy and Coast Guard and personnel and employees of the National Ocean Survey, and their dependents, when such personnel, employees, or dependents are resident or employed on Yerba Buena Island or Treasure Island, or on any vessel berthed at any point on said islands, together with the conveyances being used by them, when proceeding to or from said islands, shall have the use of such bridge free of toll.


# §1006. Authorization for free travel on San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge; issuance, presentation, and acceptance; other authorization devices

- (a) The use of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge free of toll, provided for in [section 1005 of this title](/usc/15/1005.md), shall be granted upon the presentation and surrender at the toll lanes of an authorization certifying that the traffic or [person](/usc/15/78m.md?p=h-8-E) in question is entitled to such right. Such authorization shall be issued and signed by any officer or official designated for such purpose in accordance with regulations which shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Department having control of the personnel exempted by [section 1005 of this title](/usc/15/1005.md). The names and signatures of officers so designated shall be furnished to the California Toll Bridge [Authority](/usc/15/3051.md?p=1) and thereafter authorizations signed by them shall be accepted by such [authority](/usc/15/3051.md?p=1) as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
- (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of [subsection (a)](#a), such right to use the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge free of toll may be established by any other device or means which may be acceptable to the California Toll Bridge [Authority](/usc/15/3051.md?p=1); and the Secretary of the appropriate Department and the California Toll Bridge [Authority](/usc/15/3051.md?p=1) may enter into any appropriate [agreements](/usc/15/7a.md?p=2) to secure the effective, convenient, and just exercise of such right.

# §1007. Penalties


Whoever secures or attempts to secure the exemption from toll provided for in [sections 1005 to 1007](/usc/15/1005..1007.md) of this title or an authorization referred to in [section 1006 of this title](/usc/15/1006.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.