Except as otherwise provided in section thirty-five of this article, when the particular bonds issued for any bridge or bridges and the interest thereon shall have been paid, or a sufficient amount shall have been provided for their payment and shall continue to be held for that purpose, and there are no operating or maintenance expenses outstanding, and any advances made from the state road fund toward the construction, operation and maintenance of such bridge or bridges shall have been repaid, the authority operating such bridge or bridges shall cease the collection of tolls for the use thereof: Provided, That the commissioner may, in his discretion, continue thereafter tolls for a period sufficient to accumulate sufficient funds to pay for major maintenance and repairs foreseeable as being needed on such bridge or bridges in the immediate future: Provided, however, That tolls may be imposed or reimposed on any such bridge or bridges in the manner provided in section twenty-three-b of this article. Thereafter, and as long as the cost of maintaining, repairing and operating such bridge or bridges is being provided for through means other than tolls, no tolls shall be charged for transit thereover and such bridge or bridges shall be free: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any portion of the cost of construction of a toll bridge is financed, with the aid of federal funds under federal-aid road legislation and the share of the cost of such bridge borne by the state or its subdivisions shall have been repaid from tolls, or a fund sufficient for such repayment shall have been provided or set aside for that purpose, tolls for the use of such bridge shall cease and such bridge shall thereafter be maintained and operated as a free bridge.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 17. Roads and Highways
§17-17-1. Tolls Prohibited Except Over Toll Bridges Forming Part of Public Road, etc.
§17-17-2. Bridges Over Ohio, Great Kanawha or Big Sandy Rivers; Corporations for Such Purposes
§17-17-3. Power of Bridge Corporation to Borrow Money, Mortgage or Encumber by Deed of Trust
§17-17-4. When Bridge Deemed a Nuisance; Abatement
§17-17-5. Obstruction of Navigation by Bridge
§17-17-7. Purchase, Construction or Repair of Toll Bridge
§17-17-8. Termination of Privilege to Erect and Maintain Toll Bridge; Toll Rates
§17-17-9. Toll Rates for Troops
§17-17-10. Payment of Toll Prior to Passage; Demand of Excessive Toll; Evading Payment of Toll
§17-17-11. Gatekeeper to Keep Small Change
§17-17-12. Failure to Provide Gatekeeper and to Allow Prompt Passage
§17-17-15. Authority to Purchase or Condemn Toll Bridges; Eminent Domain
§17-17-16. Repair of Toll Bridge Before Purchase
§17-17-17. Construction of Toll Bridge; Purchase of Land, etc., Therefor
§17-17-18. Power of Eminent Domain
§17-17-19. Bridge Revenue Bonds Generally
§17-17-20. Trust Agreement Respecting Bonds
§17-17-21. General Supervision of Bridges Under Jurisdiction of Commissioner
§17-17-23. When Tolls to Cease
§17-17-23a. Transfer of Excess Tolls Collected
§17-17-24. Construction of Article in Relation to State Debt
§17-17-25. Additional and Alternative Method Provided; Permit for Construction of Competitive Bridge
§17-17-26. When Consent of Other Officers and Boards Not Required
§17-17-27. Liberal Construction of §§17-17-13 to 17-17-28
§17-17-28. Provisions of §§17-17-13 to 17-17-28 Separable
§17-17-29. Certain Powers, Duties, etc., of Bridge Commission Transferred to State Road Commissioner
§17-17-31. Same -- Acquisition of Existing Bridges
§17-17-32. Same -- General Powers of Cities and Counties; Bonds Generally; Exemptions From Taxation
§17-17-33. Same -- Creation of Mortgage Lien
§17-17-34. Same -- Retiring Bonds; Remittance to Sinking Fund