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The process of estimating what a government unit that did not respond to a request for information would have reported.

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Toll turnpikes and toll roads, toll bridges, ferries, and toll tunnels owned or operated by state or local government agencies. Expenditure for this purpose includes only acquisition, construction, and maintenance of state facilities; it does not include any debt service on toll facility debt or any aid to local governments for toll facilities.

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