Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-102

§1002 Golden Gate Bridge Tolls; Government Traffic and Personnel in Performance of Office Business Not Subject to Tolls

Title 15 › CHAPTER 19 — MISCELLANEOUS › § 1002

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Government vehicles, military and naval personnel and their dependents, and civilian employees of the Army and Navy on government business can be charged Golden Gate Bridge tolls, but not higher than the tolls for similar traffic. When military or naval personnel or Army/Navy civilian employees are on official duty and must use the bridge, they and the vehicles they are using may cross free, subject to section 1003.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §1002

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Tolls may be charged for the passage or transit over the Golden Gate Bridge of Government traffic, of military or naval personnel and their dependents, and of civilian employees of the Army and Navy traveling on Government business, but such tolls shall not be in excess of the tolls charged for the passage or transit of other like traffic over such bridge: Provided, however, That subject to the provisions of section 1003 of this title, military and naval personnel, and civilian employees of the Army and Navy, when such personnel or employees are engaged in the performance of official duties requiring the use of such bridge, together with the conveyances being used by them in the performance of such duties, shall have the use of such bridge free of toll.

Legislative History

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Effective Date

Act Mar. 14, 1944, ch. 92, § 4, 58 Stat. 116, provided: “The provisions of this Act [sections 1002 to 1004 of this title] shall take effect thirty days after the date of its enactment.”

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 1002

Title 15, Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102