EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO TOLL VIOLATION ENFORCEMENT POLICIES
Posted By: Lindsay HodgesRelease Date:6/24/2009
ORLANDO - The Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority's (OOCEA) Board today adopted new toll violation enforcement policies to better serve its customers while allowing for more efficient collection of unpaid tolls.
Beginning July 1, 2009, the Authority will issue an Unpaid Toll Notice (UTN) to vehicles with three or more violations in a calendar month. This UTN will cover the cost of the unpaid tolls as well as a small administrative fee for collection. If the customer does not pay the UTN or file a dispute in a timely manner, a registration hold can be placed on the license plate. In rare cases, a Uniformed Traffic Citation can be issued. The Expressway Authority will have a process in place to allow customers to resolve, dispute or appeal violations.
This new policy should greatly reduce the reliance on the court system in processing Uniform Traffic Citations for toll violations. Further, in most cases, customers will no longer be issued Uniformed Traffic Citations, which could result in points assessed to a customer’s driver’s license, and, in limited cases, a suspended driver’s license.
All E-PASS and SunPass customers are encouraged to take a moment to ensure their account information is updated, including mailing address and current license plate, as required by their User Agreements.
It is important to note these new toll violation enforcement policies only apply to those roads owned and operated by the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority. Customers traveling on other toll facilities should take note of the toll violation policies governing those expressways.
The Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority, established in 1963 by the Florida Legislature, is responsible for the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of a 105-mile limited-access expressway system to serve the metropolitan Orlando area. The Expressway Authority’s system includes SR 408 (Spessard Lindsay Holland East-West Expressway), SR 528 (Martin B. Anderson Beachline Expressway), SR 414 (John Land Apopka Expressway), SR 417 (Central Florida GreeneWay) and SR 429 (Daniel Webster Western Beltway). The Expressway Authority was the first to bring Electronic Toll Collection to Florida with the inception of E-PASS in 1994. Today, there are more than 500,000 E-PASS transponders in use.