A.__The authority shall establish a system of commuter discounts to provide passenger vehicles with reduced rates that may not exceed 50% of the normal passenger vehicle toll.

B.__The authority is prohibited from imposing variable surcharges based on the time of day.

C.__Reduced rates of fees, fares and tolls must be made to any class of vehicle based upon volume of use.

5.__Use by military. The East-West Highway may be used at any time by the Armed Forces of the United States or the State or any of their allies for defense purposes or preparations free of all tolls and charges.__Such use does not constitute a taking of property without due process as long as any structural damage to the East-West Highway created by that free use, ordinary deterioration or depreciation excepted, is compensated for at cost of repair or replacement.

§1999-A.__Use of highway revenues

1.__Expenditures. Expenditure of all tolls collected from the East-West Highway toll facilities and all other revenues derived from the highway operations is limited to the following purposes:

A.__Maintenance, repair and operation of the East-West Highway and the establishment of reserves required for those purposes, including, without limitations, reserves required or permitted by the resolutions authorizing the issuance of bonds or by the trust indentures relating to those bonds and including any costs specially incurred by the department or any other state agency in connection with the operation of the East-West Highway;

B.__Payment of the cost of any debt incurred by the authority, including, but not limited to, payment of interest and principal on any bonds issued by the authority and payment into any sinking funds required by subsection 2;

C.__Construction or reconstruction to improve the East-West Highway to meet greater traffic demands or improve safety of operation, including reserves for those purposes, as authorized in paragraph E;