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(3)__"Pay" means paying a toll by cash, by permitting a
charge against a valid account with the authority or by
any other means of payment approved by the authority at
the time.

 
(4)__"Photo-monitoring system" means a motor vehicle
sensor installed to work in conjunction with a toll
collection facility that automatically produces a
photograph, microphotograph, videotape or other
recorded image of a motor vehicle when the operator of
the motor vehicle fails to pay a toll.

 
(5)__"Registered owner" means a person in whose name a
motor vehicle is registered under the law of a
jurisdiction, including a person issued a dealer or
transporter registration plate.

 
(6)__"Toll" or "tolls" means tolls or other charges
prescribed by the authority for use of the turnpike or
for other services provided to a turnpike patron under
section 1965, subsection 1, paragraph V.

 
(7) "Violation clerk" means an employee of the
authority designated by the authority to enforce
violations and adjudicate appeals relating to those
violations under this subsection.

 
C.__The following procedures must be followed for the
collection of tolls, administrative fees and civil penalties
under this subsection.

 
(1)__The authority shall send a notice of liability by
first-class mail to a person alleged to be liable as a
registered owner under this subsection.__The notice
must be sent to the address of the registered owner on
record with the authority if the registered owner is an
electronic toll collection patron of the authority or,
if no such record exists, the address of the registered
owner on record with the Secretary of State.__A manual
or automatic record of the mailing prepared in the
ordinary course of business of the authority is prima
facie evidence of the mailing of the notice.

 
(2)__A notice of liability must include the name and address of
the person alleged to be liable as a registered owner for the
failure to pay a toll under this subsection, the amount of the
toll not paid, the registration number of the vehicle involved,
the toll collection facility at which the failure occurred and
the date and the approximate time of the failure.__The


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