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LR 1359
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Highway, but not to exceed 65 miles per hour or such maximum speed
as is permitted on similar roads in the State, to limit the speed
at any point or place on the East-West Highway, and may regulate
the volume and weight of vehicles admitted to the East-West
Highway.

 
3.__Tolls. Tolls, or the fixing of tolls, is not rulemaking
and is not subject to supervision or regulation by any state
commission, board or agency.__Subject to subsection 4, the
authority may fix and revise from time to time tolls for the use
of the East-West Highway and the different parts or sections of
the East-West Highway; charge and collect those tolls; and
contract with any person, partnership, association or corporation
desiring the use of any part of the East-West Highway, including
the right-of-way adjoining the paved portion.__The tolls must be
so fixed and adjusted as to provide a fund at least sufficient
with other revenues of the East-West Highway, if any, to pay for
each fiscal year:

 
A.__The cost of maintaining, repairing and operating the
East-West Highway and providing and maintaining reasonable
reserves for those costs;

 
B.__The bonds and the interest on those bonds, and all
sinking fund requirements, and other requirements provided
by the resolution authorizing issuance of those bonds or by
the trust indenture or loan or a security agreement as those
bonds, interest, sinking fund requirements and other
requirements become due;

 
C.__Those sums for the purpose of maintaining, constructing
or reconstructing access roads or portions of access roads
that have been requested by the department and in the sole
discretion of the authority are from time to time determined
to warrant the expenditure of East-West Highway revenues;
and

 
D.__The cost of maintaining, constructing or reconstructing
interchanges.

 
The authority may use any method for assessing and collecting
tolls, including but not limited to toll tickets, barrier toll
facilities, billing accounts, commuter passes and electronic
recording or identification devices.__The display of a recording
or identification device issued or authorized by the authority
for these purposes on or near the windshield of a motor vehicle
is not a violation of a law or rule, including but not limited to
Title 29-A, sections 1916 and 2082, unless the device is attached
in a way that obstructs the driver's clear view.


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