136-89.218. Procedures for contesting liability for unpaid open road toll.
(a) Informal Review. - A person who receives a bill for an unpaid open road toll and who disputes liability for the toll may contest the toll by sending to the Authority a request for review of the toll. The person may include a sworn affidavit described in G.S. 136-89.212 that establishes that someone else had the care, custody, and control of the motor vehicle subject to the toll when the toll was incurred. The person must send the request for review to the Authority within 30 days of the date of the bill sent by the Authority. A person who does not send a request for review to the Authority within this time limit waives the right to a review. If a person sends a timely request for review to the Authority, the Authority may not collect the disputed toll and any processing fee added to the bill for the toll until the conclusion of the review process in this section.
(b) Administrative Hearing. - If the Authority conducts an informal review under subsection (a) of this section and determines that the person who requested the review is liable for the toll, the Authority must send the person a notice informing the person of the Authority's determination. The person may contest this determination by filing a petition for a contested case hearing at the Office of Administrative Hearings in accordance with Article 3 of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes.
(c) Judicial Review. - Article 4 of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes governs judicial review of a final decision made in a contested case authorized under subsection (b) of this section. (2008-225, s. 2; 2010-133, s. 7.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 6H - Public Toll Roads and Bridges.
§ 136-89.180 - Legislative findings.
§ 136-89.182 - North Carolina Turnpike Authority.
§ 136-89.183 - Powers of the Authority.
§ 136-89.183A - Accelerated Pilot Toll Bridge Project.
§ 136-89.183B - Accelerated Herbert CBonner Bridge Replacement Project.
§ 136-89.183C - Accelerated Yadkin River Veterans Memorial Bridge Replacement Project.
§ 136-89.184 - Acquisition of real property.
§ 136-89.185 - Taxation of property of Authority.
§ 136-89.187 - Conversion of free highways prohibited.
§ 136-89.188 - Use of revenues.
§ 136-89.189 - Turnpike Authority revenue bonds.
§ 136-89.190 - Sale of Turnpike Authority revenue bonds.
§ 136-89.191 - Cost participation by Department of Transportation.
§ 136-89.192 - Applicability of formula.
§ 136-89.193 - Annual plan of work; annual and quarterly reports.
§ 136-89.194 - Laws applicable to the Authority; exceptions.
§ 136-89.195 - Internet report of funds expended.
§ 136-89.196 - Removal of tolls.
§ 136-89.197 - Maintenance of nontoll routes.
§ 136-89.198 - Authority to toll existing interstate highways.
§ 136-89.199 - Designation of high-occupancy toll and managed lanes.
§ 136-89.211 - Tolls for use of Turnpike project.
§ 136-89.212 - Payment of toll required for use of Turnpike project.
§ 136-89.213 - Administration of tolls and requirements for open road tolls.
§ 136-89.214 - Bill for unpaid open road toll.
§ 136-89.216 - Civil penalty for failure to pay open road toll.
§ 136-89.217 - Vehicle registration renewal blocked for unpaid open road toll.
§ 136-89.218 - Procedures for contesting liability for unpaid open road toll.