It's really irrelevant. The State sold the tokens in exchange for the right to travel on their highway. They can offer to buy them back, but under any normal contract he would not be required to accept their offer.
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Correction to earlier: Even with the discount, you’re still looking at $216 in tokens. Just another case of a guy who pisses and moans about a buck. Now if the guy had a Fast Pass and got mailed a ticket (as has happened here), I’d totally be on his side.