Bill Text: NY S02274 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires certain state owned and operated parking garages, open parking lots and other parking facilities to install and maintain charging stations for plug-in electric vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S02274 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02274-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          2274
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 23, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations
        AN ACT to amend the executive law,  in  relation  to  requiring  certain
          state  owned and operated parking garages, open parking lots and other
          parking facilities to install and maintain charging stations for plug-
          in electric vehicles
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 201-b
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 201-b. Electric vehicle charging stations. 1.  Any  parking  garage,
     4  open parking lot and other parking facility owned and/or operated by the
     5  state  of  New  York,  that offers between fifty and two hundred parking
     6  spaces for the purposes of public use, state employee use  and  pay-per-
     7  usage,  is  hereby  required to install electric charging stations in at
     8  least ten percent of the total number of parking spaces offered by  such
     9  facility.
    10    2.  Any  parking  garage,  open parking lot and other parking facility
    11  owned and/or operated by the state of New York, that  offers  more  than
    12  two hundred parking spaces for the purposes of public use, state employ-
    13  ee  use and pay-per-usage, is hereby required to install electric charg-
    14  ing stations in at least twenty percent of the total number  of  parking
    15  spaces offered by such facility.
    16    3.  Pursuant to subdivisions one and two of this section, open parking
    17  lots and other open parking facilities shall be  capable  of  supporting
    18  electric  vehicle  charging  stations  through an electrical raceway, no
    19  smaller than one inch, capable of providing a minimum supply of 11.5 kVA
    20  to an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) from an  electric  supply
    21  panel.   The electric supply panel serving such parking spaces must have
    22  at least 3.1 kW of available capacity for each charging stall  connected
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01879-01-9

        S. 2274                             2
     1  to  it with the raceway. Such raceway and all components and work appur-
     2  tenant thereto shall be in accordance with  state,  city  and  municipal
     3  electrical code.
     4    4.  Pursuant  to  subdivisions  one  and  two of this section, parking
     5  garages  shall  be  capable  of  supporting  electric  vehicle  charging
     6  stations  through  an  electrical  raceway  to the electric supply panel
     7  serving the garage that shall be capable of providing a minimum  of  3.1
     8  kW  of  electrical  capacity to each charging stall connected to it with
     9  the raceway. Such raceway and all components and work appurtenant there-
    10  to shall be in accordance with  state,  city  and  municipal  electrical
    11  codes.
    12    5. The office of general services shall be responsible for the instal-
    13  lation  of  any electric vehicle supply equipment.  If such installation
    14  shall require the state to make  upgrades  to  a  facility's  electrical
    15  supply equipment to safely and sufficiently power and operate the charg-
    16  ing  stations,  the  office of general services, if able, shall increase
    17  the electrical capacity of the existing system by installing new  compo-
    18  nents  as necessary. If the office of general services is unable to make
    19  such technical upgrades to a facility, the state  may  contract  with  a
    20  licensed  electrician  or  similar service provider to upgrade the elec-
    21  trical capacity of said facility.
    22    6. The office of general services shall be responsible for the mainte-
    23  nance, general upkeep and repair of any electric vehicle  supply  equip-
    24  ment. If the office of general services is unable to complete such main-
    25  tenance  or  repairs, the state may contract with a licensed electrician
    26  or similar repair service to complete the necessary work on said  equip-
    27  ment.
    28    7.  To  ensure that electric vehicles that require the use of charging
    29  stations are  the  only  vehicles  allowed  to  utilize  parking  spaces
    30  equipped  with  electric vehicle supply equipment, the office of general
    31  services, or other appropriate agency, is required to install signage to
    32  advise drivers of such parking restrictions.
    33    8. State, city and/or municipal policing  authorities  and/or  parking
    34  enforcement  are  hereby authorized to issue citations or take any other
    35  appropriate action in the event of a violation of subdivision  seven  of
    36  this  section  in  accordance  with existing vehicle and traffic law and
    37  parking restrictions imposed by any parking facility in which the  elec-
    38  tric vehicle supply equipment is located.
    39    9. The state of New York shall assume all costs of installing, operat-
    40  ing and maintaining any electric vehicle supply equipment, including the
    41  cost of utilities associated with the charging of vehicles. The state of
    42  New  York is also prohibited from charging an individual, who is author-
    43  ized by this section, in any way, for the use of such  electric  vehicle
    44  supply equipment offered by a state owned and/or operated parking facil-
    45  ity.
    46    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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