 bill no  66 of 2015 the private vehicles (exemption from toll) bill, 2015 by shri prahlad singh patel, mp a billto exempt owners of private vehicles from payment of toll on national highwaysbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the private vehicles (exemption from toll) act, 2015short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appointdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "private vehicle" means a vehicle owned by any person for personal use but does not include a commercial vehicle;5(b) "toll" means a fee charged from a driver or owner of a motor vehicle for using any section of a national highway; and(c) "toll plaza" means a structure built on a national highway for the purpose of collecting toll by the national highway authority of india or by any other entity under the public private partnership 3 no toll shall be charged for using any section of any national highway from a person driving in a private vehicle at any toll plaza10exemption to private vehicles from payment of tollpenalty4 any person who violates the provision of section 3 shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year and fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe recent increase in initiatives of public private partnership model infrastructure projects of highways and other roads have satisfactorily increased the safety and security of passengers and speed of vehicular traffic at the same time, it has created additional burden on private vehicle owners as they have to pay user fee at toll plazas on highways even when they use the vehicle for personal purpose most of the times the heavy vehicular traffic leads to long traffic jams causing significant loss of valuable time along with precious fuel causing stress on individual and nations' economy as we have to import petroleum products the share of amount collected from private vehicles is hardly ten per cent of total amount of toll collections therefore, exemption to private vehicles from payment of user fee will not lead to financial burden on national highways authority of india or the agency concerned under public private partnership to save time, protect valuable natural resources, foreign exchange and also environment, it is necessary to exempt the owners of private vehicles from payment of user fee at toll plazas for using any section of national highways for personal purposehence this billnew delhi;prahlad singh patelfebruary 10, 2015 lok  sabha———— a billto exempt owners of private vehicles from payment of toll on national highways————(shri prahlad singh patel, mp)gmgipmrnd—4774ls(s3)—04-03-2015