Bill Text: NY S09135 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires all newly-constructed electric vehicle charnging stations available for public use which are capable of accepting payment to accept all major credit cards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-30 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S09135 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09135-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9135

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 30, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public authorities law, in relation to 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.  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  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.  The  authority shall annually post on their website a report on
     8  those activities undertaken pursuant to this subdivision, including  but
     9  not  limited  to: the total number of electric vehicle charging stations
    10  in operation pursuant to  such  authorization,  the  locations  of  such
    11  charging  stations, and the total costs to the authority associated with
    12  such activities. The authority, in consultation with the New York  state
    13  energy and research development authority, the department of transporta-
    14  tion,  and any other relevant state or local agency or department, shall
    15  require that all newly constructed electric  vehicle  charging  stations
    16  available  for  public  use which are capable of accepting payment shall
    17  accept all major credit cards as defined in section five  hundred  twen-
    18  ty-one of the general business law.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15304-01-4