AN ACT CONCERNING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2011) Not later than July 1, 2012, the State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards Committee shall revise the State Building Code adopted pursuant to section 29-252 of the general statutes to (1) provide for an electric vehicle infrastructure to support any make, model or type of electric vehicle, including a plug-in electric vehicle or an electric vehicle capable of being charged by a forty-ampere, two hundred forty-volt electrical charging circuit, (2) provide for bidirectional charging without significant upgrading, provided electric distribution companies, as defined in section 16-1 of the general statutes, have achieved the capability to draw electricity from electric vehicles connected to the utility grid, and (3) require all new residential and certain commercial construction to have the capacity to support such infrastructure.

Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2011) There is established an account to be known as the "electric vehicle infrastructure support account" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Department of Public Utility Control for the purposes of providing grants to businesses seeking to upgrade infrastructure to support the use of electric and hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles state-wide.

Sec. 3. Subdivision (110) of section 12-412 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011, and applicable to sales on and after July 1, 2011):

(110) (A) On and after January 1, 2008, and prior to July 1, 2010, the sale of any passenger motor vehicle, as defined in section 14-1, that has a United States Environmental Protection Agency estimated city or highway gasoline mileage rating of at least forty miles per gallon.

(B) On and after July 1, 2011, and prior to July 1, 2013, the sale of any hydrogen fuel cell or electric passenger motor vehicle, as defined in section 14-1.

Sec. 4. Subdivision (16) of section 38a-816 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011):

(16) Failure to pay, as part of any claim for a damaged motor vehicle under any automobile insurance policy where the vehicle has been declared to be a constructive total loss, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the settlement amount on such vehicle plus, whenever the insurer takes title to such vehicle, (B) if the insured paid sales tax on such vehicle, an amount determined by multiplying such settlement amount by a percentage equivalent to the current sales tax rate established in section 12-408. For purposes of this subdivision, "constructive total loss" means the cost to repair or salvage damaged property, or the cost to both repair and salvage such property, equals or exceeds the total value of the property at the time of the loss.

Sec. 5. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Level III fast charging station" means a facility for charging electric vehicles with equipment that uses direct current energy from an off-board charger; and (2) "off-board charger" means a device for charging an electric vehicle that is not mounted inside such vehicle.

(b) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall develop a plan to promote the use of electric vehicles in the state and to facilitate the state-wide installation of Level III fast charging stations. Such plan shall identify the resources necessary to promote such state-wide installation. On or before February 1, 2012, the secretary shall submit such plan, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy and technology.