Bill Text: NY A04642 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 53-5)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-04 - referred to governmental operations [A04642 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A04642-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4642

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 4, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  KELLES,  SIMON,  K. BROWN,  JACOBSON, STECK,
          SEAWRIGHT, SIMONE, ROSENTHAL, STERN, DURSO, NOVAKHOV, RAGA,  RAJKUMAR,
          KIM,  BARRETT,  ANDERSON,  GLICK, LUNSFORD, EPSTEIN, SHIMSKY, MAMDANI,
          BICHOTTE HERMELYN,  DINOWITZ,  SANTABARBARA,  TAYLOR,  CLARK,  PAULIN,
          SHRESTHA,  LAVINE,  R. CARROLL,  FORREST,  SLATER, CUNNINGHAM, SAYEGH,
          OTIS,  DE LOS SANTOS,  WOERNER,  REYES,  WEPRIN,  BRAUNSTEIN,  CONRAD,
          GONZALEZ-ROJAS,  HUNTER,  CRUZ,  ZINERMAN, BENEDETTO, JACKSON, RIVERA,
          TAPIA, STIRPE,  JONES,  DILAN,  PHEFFER AMATO,  FALL,  EACHUS,  RAMOS,
          BENDETT, ALVAREZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
          mental Operations

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive law, in relation to requiring certain
          state owned and operated 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. For the purposes of
     4  this section, the term "parking facility" shall mean a  parking  garage,
     5  parking      structure, or open parking lot that is paved and striped to
     6  designate   individual parking spaces for vehicles and which  has  fifty
     7  parking spaces or more.
     8    2.  Any  parking facility owned and operated by the state of New York,
     9  that offers between  fifty  and  two  hundred  parking  spaces  for  the
    10  purposes  of public use, state employee use and pay-per-usage, is hereby
    11  required to install electric charging stations in at least  ten  percent
    12  of  the  total number of parking spaces offered by such facility or have
    13  electric vehicle charging infrastructure that provides a minimum  number
    14  of  kilovolt-amps  (kVA)  equal  to  ten percent of the number of actual
    15  parking spaces multiplied by 6.6 which may be satisfied via the  instal-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06145-02-5
        A. 4642                             2

     1  lation  of  level two, direct current fast chargers, or a combination of
     2  both.
     3    3.  Any  parking facility owned and operated by the state of New York,
     4  that offers more than two hundred parking spaces  for  the  purposes  of
     5  public  use, state employee use and pay-per-usage, is hereby required to
     6  install electric charging stations in at least  twenty  percent  of  the
     7  total number of parking spaces offered by such facility or have electric
     8  vehicle  charging infrastructure that provides a minimum number of kilo-
     9  volt-amps (kVA) equal to twenty percent of the number of actual  parking
    10  spaces  multiplied by 6.6 which may be satisfied via the installation of
    11  level two, direct current fast chargers, or a combination of both.
    12    4. Each electric vehicle charging station required  pursuant  to  this
    13  section  shall support electric vehicle charging with a minimum of forty
    14  amperes and two hundred eight volts of electrical capacity.  Such  elec-
    15  tric  vehicle charging stations and all other components and work appur-
    16  tenant thereto shall be in accordance with all applicable state, county,
    17  city, town, or village electrical codes.
    18    5. The office of general services shall be responsible for the instal-
    19  lation of any electric vehicle supply equipment and  charging  stations.
    20  If  such  installation  shall  require the state to make upgrades to any
    21  electrical supply equipment to safely and sufficiently power and operate
    22  such charging stations, the office of general  services  shall  increase
    23  the  electrical capacity of the existing system by installing new compo-
    24  nents as necessary. If the office of general services is unable to  make
    25  such  technical  upgrades  to a facility, the office may contract with a
    26  licensed electrician or similar service provider to  upgrade  the  elec-
    27  trical capacity of said facility. Such contracted work shall comply with
    28  the  provisions of article eight of the labor law, including the payment
    29  of a wage of not less than the prevailing wage  in  the  locality  where
    30  such parking facility is located.
    31    6.  The  office of general services may be responsible for the mainte-
    32  nance, general upkeep and repair of any electric vehicle  supply  equip-
    33  ment  and charging stations. If the office of general services is unable
    34  to complete such maintenance or repairs, the office may contract with  a
    35  licensed electrician or similar repair service to complete the necessary
    36  work on said equipment.
    37    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
    38  the date upon which it shall have become a law.