lu the K,·rala Highway Pwtectxon Act, I999 (6of2000),- (I) m sectiOn 2 after clause (1), the iollowmg clause shall be inserted, namely:- "(Ia) "Kerala Road Fund" means the Kerala Road Fund establiShed unde1 section 6 of the Kerala Road I• und Act, 2001 '';
(2) after section II, the followmg section shall be mscrtcd, namely: ' "IIA Fees for servz.ces or berze}1ts rendered on /ughways.-(1) Tne Government may, be notificaUon m the Gazette levy fees at :.uch rates as may be laid down by rules made in this behalf for services or benefits ,rendered m relations to the use oi fernes, permanent blldges, the cost of construcUon of each of wluch 1s more than thirty five lakh~ rupec..s, · temporary bndges and tunnels on highways and the use of sections of highw,q:
Provided that uthc Government is of opimon that it IS necessary in the public mtcrest so to do, 1t may, by like no tificatlon, specify any bridge in relau011 to the use of which fees shall not bcleviable under tl11S sectJon.
(2) Such fees when ~o levied shall be collected in accordance with the rules made unde1 tlus Act and remitted to the Kerala Road Fund established under the Kerala Road Fund Act, 2001.
(3) The Government may levy fees under ~ub-section (I) on all bJ Idges in respect ofwh1chthe realiS<tUon of toll under the provisions of tl1e Kcr<lle~ Tolb Act, 1976 (6 of 1977), 1S completed."