{"id":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-051","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (Commonwealth instrumentality; 552-mile toll system)","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"AVIATION-SURFACE","eco":"","issuer":"Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission","authority":"36 P.S. § 652d, § 652e (Commission\u0027s power to fix tolls and to make rules for the operation of the turnpike); Act 44 of 2007","instrument":"Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission suspension of cash toll collection statewide effective 8 p.m., Mar. 16, 2020 (temporary safety measure; converted to permanent all-electronic tolling in June 2020)","title":"PA Turnpike Temporarily Will Not Accept Cash To Safeguard Employee and Traveler Health","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-16 20:00","end":"made permanent (all-electronic tolling) in June 2020 (Ex. 052 recites \u0022last month\u0027s permanent conversion\u0022 as of July 21, 2020); cash never resumed","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2020-07-21","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER","EMP"],"addressees":["all motorists using the Pennsylvania Turnpike; toll collection employees"],"clause":"\u0022The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is alerting motorists that cash will not be accepted at any interchange statewide beginning tonight at 8 p.m. This is a temporary safety measure to keep travelers moving with no need to stop at tollbooths or interact with tolling personnel during the COVID-[19 emergency].\u0022 \u0022Cash customers should NOT stop at tollbooths; they\u0027ll be invoiced by mail starting at 8 p.m.\u0022 Tolls \u0022will be assessed electronically via E-ZPass or the PA Turnpike TOLL BY PLATE program as vehicles travel at posted speed limits through tolling points\u0022 and non-E-ZPass customers \u0022will be charged the \u0027cash\u0027 toll rate.\u0022","enforcement":"75 Pa.C.S. § 6110 and 36 P.S. § 652 (toll evasion; TOLL BY PLATE invoicing and registration suspension under 75 Pa.C.S. § 1380)","functions":["OP toll collection operations converted overnight; toll collectors\u0027 positions eliminated (about 500 positions, June 2020)","WF","CB motorists and motor carriers (billing by plate; cash-rate surcharge)"],"notes":"A State instrumentality\u0027s COVID-19 order changing the manner of commerce on the Commonwealth\u0027s principal toll road for the whole period; the March 16 measure was later made permanent, which is itself the continuing consequence of a COVID-19 order.","sourceUrl":"https://www.paturnpike.com/press/2020/20200316132828.htm","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200402000945/https://www.paturnpike.com/press/2020/20200316132828.htm","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":236567,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE","url":"/library/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-051","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-051","citation":"Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission suspension of cash toll collection statewide effective 8 p.m., Mar. 16, 2020 (temporary safety measure; converted to permanent all-electronic tolling in June 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-051)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-053"]}