Bill Text: CT HB05530 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Illegal Parking At A Public Electric Vehicle Charging Station.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-15 - Public Hearing 03/19 [HB05530 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-HB05530-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5530
February Session, 2018		LCO No. 2542
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)

AN ACT CONCERNING ILLEGAL PARKING AT A PUBLIC ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 16-19ggg of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2018):

(a) The owner or operator of a public electric vehicle charging station, as defined in section 16-19f, that requires payment of a fee shall provide multiple payment options that allow access by the public.

(b) The owner or operator of a public electric vehicle charging station shall disclose the location and characteristics of each such public electric vehicle charging station, including, but not limited to, the address, voltage and timing restrictions, to the federal database operated by the United States Department of Energy Alternative Fuels Data Center.

(c) No person shall park in a space equipped with a public electric vehicle charging station, unless such person is operating a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle, as defined in section 16-19eee.

(d) The owner or operator of a public electric vehicle charging station may impose restrictions on the amount of time that an electric vehicle may be charged at the charging station.

(e) (1) Owners or operators of public electric vehicle charging stations that require payment of a fee shall not require persons desiring to use such public electric vehicle charging station to pay a subscription fee or otherwise obtain a membership in any club, association or organization as a condition of using such public electric vehicle charging station.

(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (1) of this subsection, owners or operators of public electric vehicle charging stations that require payment of a fee may have different price schedules that are conditioned on a subscription or membership in a club, association or organization.

(f) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (c) of this section shall have committed an infraction.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2018	16-19ggg

Statement of Purpose:

To establish that illegal parking at a public electric vehicle charging station is punishable as an infraction.

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