Bill Text: NY S00749 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Requires at least one electric level three fast charging station available to the public for every five thousand New York state residents on a county level by December 31, 2026; provides for the siting of such charging stations; requires construction and development of such stations to comply with article 8 of the labor law including payment of the prevailing wage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-20 - AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 749B [S00749 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00749-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         749--B
            Cal. No. 553

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 6, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
          cations -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee -- 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

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
          power authority of the state of New York to build at least  one  elec-
          tric  level  three  fast  charging station for every five thousand New
          York state residents by December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six

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

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 9-a of section 1005 of the public authorities
     2  law, as added by section 1 of part KK of chapter 58 of the laws of 2019,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    9-a. [As deemed feasible and advisable by the trustees, to] To design,
     5  finance, develop, construct, install, lease, operate and maintain  elec-
     6  tric  vehicle  charging  stations  throughout  the  state for use by the
     7  public. On or before December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six, the
     8  authority shall construct, and maintain thereafter, at least  one  level
     9  three fast charging station for every five thousand New York state resi-
    10  dents.    The  distribution  of  such level three fast charging stations
    11  shall be spread throughout the state at the county level, so  that  each
    12  county  shall  receive  one  level three charging station for every five
    13  thousand New York state residents located therein.  Siting  of  charging
    14  stations  shall  be prioritized in high traffic areas including, but not
    15  limited to, highway exits, transit hubs, municipal or town  centers,  or
    16  any  other  widely  accessible location the authority deems appropriate.
    17  The construction and  development  of  such  electric  vehicle  charging

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02757-04-4

        S. 749--B                           2

     1  stations  shall comply with the provisions of article eight of the labor
     2  law, including the payment of a wage of not  less  than  the  prevailing
     3  wage  in  the  locality  where such electric vehicle charging station is
     4  located.  The authority shall annually post on their website a report on
     5  those activities undertaken pursuant to this subdivision, including  but
     6  not  limited  to: the total number of electric vehicle charging stations
     7  in operation pursuant to  such  authorization,  the  locations  of  such
     8  charging  stations, and the total costs to the authority associated with
     9  such activities.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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