Section 40250 Of Article 4. Procedure On Toll Evasion Violations From California Vehicle Code >> Division 17. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 4.
40250
. (a) Except where otherwise specifically provided, a
violation of a statute, regulation, or ordinance governing the
evasion of tolls on toll facilities under this code, under a federal
or state statute or regulation, or under an ordinance enacted by a
local authority including a joint powers authority, or a district
organized pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 27000) of
Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code is subject to a civil
penalty. The enforcement of a civil penalty is governed by the civil
administrative procedures set forth in this article.
(b) Except as provided in Section 40264, the registered owner,
driver, rentee, or lessee of a vehicle cited for a toll evasion
violation of a toll facility, under an applicable statute,
regulation, or ordinance shall be jointly and severally liable for
the toll evasion penalty imposed under this article, unless the owner
can show that the vehicle was used without the express or implied
consent of that person. A person who pays a toll evasion penalty, a
civil judgment, costs, or administrative fees pursuant to this
article has the right to recover the same from the driver, rentee, or
lessee.
(c) The driver of a vehicle who is not the vehicle owner but who
uses or operates the vehicle with the express or implied permission
of the owner is the agent of the owner to receive a notice of a toll
evasion violation served in accordance with this article and may
contest the notice of violation.
(d) If the driver of the vehicle is in violation of a statute,
regulation, or ordinance governing toll evasion violations, and if
the driver is arrested pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section
40300) of Chapter 2, this article does not apply.
(e) For the purposes of this article, the following definitions
apply:
(1) "Issuing agency" is an entity, public or private, authorized
to collect tolls.
(2) "Registered owner" is either of the following:
(A) A person described in Section 505.
(B) A person registered as the owner of the vehicle by the
appropriate agency or authority of another state, the District of
Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United States.