Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60
§1006 Authorization for Free Travel on San Francisco-oakland Bay Bridge; Issuance, Presentation, and Acceptance; Other Authorization Devices
Title 15 › Chapter 19— MISCELLANEOUS › § 1006
Summary
People allowed to use the San Francisco‑Oakland Bay Bridge without paying must hand over an authorization at the toll booth. The paper has to be issued and signed by an official picked under rules set by the head of the federal agency that employs the exempt person. The officials’ names and signatures are given to the California Toll Bridge Authority, which will accept the papers as proof. The Authority can also accept other kinds of proof, and it can make agreements with the agency head to carry this out.
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 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60