Bill Text: NY S00023 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Requires the construction of certain parking facilities to be capable of supporting electric vehicle charging stations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-12-28 - APPROVAL MEMO.92 [S00023 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00023-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          23--B
            Cal. No. 123

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. KAPLAN, ADDABBO, BIAGGI, GAUGHRAN, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER,
          MANNION, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
          committed  to the Committee on Finance -- reported favorably from said
          committee, ordered to first and second  report,  ordered  to  a  third
          reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place in the
          order of third reading -- recommitted to the Committee on  Finance  in
          accordance  with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said
          committee, ordered to first and second  report,  ordered  to  a  third
          reading,  passed  by  Senate  and delivered to the Assembly, recalled,
          vote reconsidered, restored to  third  reading,  amended  and  ordered
          reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  state finance law, in relation to requiring the
          construction of certain parking facilities to be capable of supporting
          electric vehicle charging stations

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section
     2  19-a to read as follows:
     3    § 19-a. Parking facilities;  support  for  electric  vehicle  charging
     4  stations.    1.  For  purposes  of  this  section the term "construction
     5  project" shall mean any construction  project  performed  under  private
     6  contract that receives state capital funding.
     7    2.  Any  construction project undertaken in this state where the scope
     8  of such project includes a parking garage, open parking  lot,  or  other
     9  parking facility that offers between fifty and two hundred parking spac-
    10  es shall be capable of supporting electric vehicle charging stations for
    11  a  minimum  of  ten percent of available parking spaces through an elec-
    12  trical raceway to the electric supply panel serving such parking garage,
    13  open parking lot, or other parking facility that  shall  be  capable  of
    14  providing  a  minimum of forty amps and two hundred eight volts of elec-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01758-07-2

        S. 23--B                            2

     1  trical capacity to each charging station connected to the raceway.  Such
     2  raceway  and  all  components  and  work appurtenant thereto shall be in
     3  accordance with all applicable  state,  city  and  municipal  electrical
     4  codes.
     5    3.  Any  construction project undertaken in this state where the scope
     6  of such project includes a parking garage, open parking  lot,  or  other
     7  parking  facility that offers more than two hundred parking spaces shall
     8  be capable of supporting electric vehicle charging stations for a  mini-
     9  mum  of twenty percent of available parking spaces through an electrical
    10  raceway to the electric supply panel serving such parking  garage,  open
    11  parking  lot, or other parking facility that shall be capable of provid-
    12  ing a minimum of forty amps and two hundred eight  volts  of  electrical
    13  capacity to each charging station connected to the raceway. Such raceway
    14  and  all  components and work appurtenant thereto shall be in accordance
    15  with all applicable state, city and municipal electrical codes.
    16    4. Nothing in this section shall require the installation of  electric
    17  vehicle  charging  stations  in  any parking garage, open parking lot or
    18  other parking facility.
    19    5. Any construction project undertaken pursuant  to  subdivisions  two
    20  and  three  of  this section shall comply with the provisions of article
    21  eight of the labor law, including the payment of a wage of not less than
    22  the prevailing wage pursuant to section two hundred twenty of the  labor
    23  law  in  the  locality  where  such parking garage, open parking lot, or
    24  other parking facility is located.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect April  1,  2023  and  shall  apply  to
    26  contracts for new construction entered into on and after such date.
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