Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

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

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 19— - MISCELLANEOUS › § 1006

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

People who are allowed free travel under section 1005 can cross the San Francisco‑Oakland Bay Bridge without paying if they show and hand over an authorization at the toll lane. The head of the department that oversees those people makes rules and picks officials to sign these authorizations. Those officials’ names are given to the California Toll Bridge Authority, which will accept their signed passes as proof. The Authority can also accept other kinds of proof if it agrees. The department head and the California Toll Bridge Authority may make agreements to make using and accepting these authorizations easy, fair, and effective.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §1006

Commerce and Trade — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The use of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge free of toll, provided for in section 1005 of this title, shall be granted upon the presentation and surrender at the toll lanes of an authorization certifying that the traffic or person 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. The names and signatures of officers so designated shall be furnished to the California Toll Bridge Authority and thereafter authorizations signed by them shall be accepted by such authority as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (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; and the Secretary of the appropriate Department and the California Toll Bridge Authority may enter into any appropriate agreements to secure the effective, convenient, and just exercise of such right.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 1006

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73