ORS 383.035 Toll payment; failure to pay toll; penalty

A person shall pay a toll established under ORS 383.004.

A person who fails to pay a toll established under ORS 383.004 shall pay to the Department of Transportation the amount of the toll, a civil penalty and an administrative fee established by the tollway operator not to exceed the actual cost of collecting the unpaid toll. The department shall adopt by rule the amount of civil penalty that may be imposed for each violation of subsection (1) of this section.

A civil penalty imposed under this section may be remitted or reduced upon such terms and conditions as the department considers proper and consistent.

In addition to any other penalty, the department shall refuse to renew the motor vehicle registration of a motor vehicle when the registered owner of the motor vehicle has not paid the toll, the civil penalty and any administrative fee charged under this section.

This section does not apply to:

A person who is a member of a category of persons exempted by the Oregon Transportation Commission from paying a toll; or

A person who is a member of a category of persons made eligible by the commission for paying a reduced toll, to the extent of the reduction.

Civil penalties imposed under this section shall be imposed in the manner provided by ORS 183.745.

The department may enter into an agreement with a commission or a commission’s designee under ORS 381.725 (3) to enforce the payment of tolls and other charges for use of an interstate toll bridge.