Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73
§1003 Authorization for free travel on Golden Gate Bridge; issuance, presentation, and acceptance; other authorization devices
Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 19— - MISCELLANEOUS › § 1003
Summary
Members of the Army or Navy can cross the Golden Gate Bridge without paying if they show and hand over a signed authorization at the toll lane. The Army and Navy pick officers to sign those papers, and the Bridge District will accept the signed authorizations as proof. The Bridge District can also accept other kinds of proof if it agrees. The Army, Navy, and Bridge District can make agreements to make this work smoothly and fairly.
Full Legal Text
Title 15, §1003
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(a)The use of the Golden Gate Bridge free of toll, provided for in section 1002 of this title, shall be granted upon the presentation and surrender at the toll lanes of an authorization certifying that the traffic in question is entitled to such right. Such authorization shall be issued and signed by any military or naval officer designated for such purpose in accordance with regulations which shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy, respectively. The names and signatures of officers so designated shall be furnished to the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, and thereafter authorizations signed by them shall be accepted by such bridge and highway district as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), such right to use the Golden Gate Bridge free of toll may be established by any other device or means which may be acceptable to the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District; and the Secretary of the Army and the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, and the Secretary of the Navy and the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, may enter into any appropriate agreements to secure the effective, convenient, and just exercise of such right.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act
July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. section 205(a) of act
July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3011 to 3013 continued the military Department of the Army under the administrative supervision of a Secretary of the Army.
Executive Documents
Secretary of the Air Force For transfer of certain functions relating to finance and fiscal matters, insofar as they pertain to Secretary of the Air Force, from Secretary of the Army to Secretary of the Air Force, see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order Nos. 25, Oct. 14, 1948, and 40 [App. B(61)], July 22, 1949.
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Citation
15 U.S.C. § 1003
Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73