Skip to content
The COVID Project
  1. Library
  2. State transport, ports and transit authorities
  3. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-077

Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-077 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

FDOT/FTE news release, Mar. 19, 2020: cash not accepted for tolls from noon Mar. 19, 2020 'to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and to help keep toll collectors safe'; all vehicles processed electronically through Toll-By-Plate at the cash rate; $2.50 invoice administrative fee temporarily waived

Florida Department of Transportation's Turnpike Enterprise Will Process All Vehicles Electronically Through Toll-By-Plate - Temporarily, cash payments not accepted

Florida Department of Transportation, Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE); Secretary Kevin J. Thibault · Florida (Florida's Turnpike system statewide) (State)

Open exhibit (PDF, 201 KB)
The COVID Project
Context, not an order

This record is guidance or an announcement kept for context. It is not counted among the orders in force.

The record

Jurisdiction
Florida (Florida's Turnpike system statewide) · Florida
Level
State
Authority
FDOT/FTE toll-collection powers under §§ 338.155 and 338.231
Issued
2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
Effective
2020-03-19 12:00 noon (read as 2020-03-19)
End
Temporary; FDOT restored cash collection at Turnpike plazas in stages later in 2020 (end date not documented in this cluster) (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 19, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Other
Addressees
  • all motorists on Florida's Turnpike system
  • registered owners of non-SunPass vehicles (Toll Enforcement Invoices)
Functions reached
  • DR drivers (cash refused on Florida's principal toll corridor)
  • TV travel (Orlando-Miami tourism corridor)
  • CB customer access
Character
context
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

To help reduce the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and to help keep toll collectors safe, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) will temporarily not accept cash as a form of payment for tolls. Tolls will still be required, but they will be collected through an electronic process. The change will take place starting at noon today.... Vehicles without a SunPass will be billed for toll transactions at the posted cash toll rate and receive a Toll Enforcement Invoice in the mail. The invoice administrative fee ($2.50) will temporarily be waived.

Enforcement

Toll Enforcement Invoice under Fla. Stat. § 338.155; unpaid invoices become toll violations (§ 316.1001; registration hold)

Notes

Binding State agency toll rule from the first week of Florida's emergency; authority operating rule.

Retrieval note

FDOT/FTE news release PDF on letterhead, 'For Immediate Release March 19, 2020'; the filename date (Mar. 20) is off by one day.

A record of The COVID Project. The instrument's text is the source's; the summary fields are The COVID Project's reading of it. Not legal advice.