2014 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 24 - Highways
Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority
Section 24-12-37.1 - Additional penalties – Toll evaders.

§ 24-12-37.1 Additional penalties – Toll evaders. – (a) Any toll evader who fails or refuses to pay or prepay the required toll, and such violation may be evidenced by video or photograph, shall be required to pay a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) and shall pay the toll amount due and an administrative fee of six dollars ($6.00) or may have his or her driver's license suspended for up to six (6) months for the violation, or both. A toll evader under this subsection shall receive a traffic violation summons which shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Traffic Tribunal. The administrative fee and toll amount due under this subsection shall be remitted to the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority.

(b) "Toll Evader" means, for the purposes of this section, any person who: (1) Uses any project and fails or refuses to pay the required toll; (2) Does not accept an unpaid toll invoice from the authority upon entering the toll plaza area or uses the project without obtaining an unpaid toll invoice prior to using the project; and (3) Whose actions can be reasonably construed as a deliberate attempt to avoid paying the toll.

History of Section.
(P.L. 2011, ch. 383, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 405, § 2.)