Bill Text: NY A08409 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Requires electric vehicle charging stations to be installed at gasoline stations in an amount equal to or greater than the number of new gas dispensing motor fuel pumps being installed at such gasoline station; prohibits building permits from being issued when the number of electric vehicle charging stations is not equal to or greater than the number of new gas dispensing motor fuel pumps being installed at such gas station.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-07 - print number 8409a [A08409 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08409-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8409--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    October 20, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- recommitted to the Committee
          on Consumer Affairs and Protection in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
          sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring elec-
          tric vehicle charging stations to be installed at gasoline stations in
          an  amount  equal  to or greater than the number of new gas dispensing
          motor fuel pumps being installed

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

     1    Section  1.    The  general  business  law  is amended by adding a new
     2  section 396-xx to read as follows:
     3    § 396-xx. Gasoline station; dealer; electric vehicle charging  station
     4  required. 1. Definitions. As used in this section:
     5    (a) "gasoline station"  shall mean a premises or facility greater than
     6  fifteen  hundred  square feet with operational gas dispensing motor fuel
     7  pumps that dispense motor fuel available for general public retail sale.
     8    (b) "dealer" shall mean any person owning or operating a  premises  or
     9  facility  with  one  or more operational gas dispensing motor fuel pumps
    10  that dispense motor fuel available for general public retail sale.
    11    (c) "electric vehicle charging station" shall mean a level two  charg-
    12  ing  station that delivers electricity from a source outside an electric
    13  vehicle into one or more electric vehicles. An electric vehicle charging
    14  station may include  several  charge  points  simultaneously  connecting
    15  several electric vehicles to the station and any related equipment need-
    16  ed  to  facilitate  charging  plug-in electric vehicles.   Each electric
    17  vehicle charging station shall have the ability to deliver a charge load
    18  of no less than 6kW per  station  and  each  electric  vehicle  charging
    19  station shall have non-proprietary chargers capable of charging electric
    20  vehicles from at least three different incorporated auto manufacturers.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11298-05-1

        A. 8409--A                          2

     1    2.  Any  dealer  installing  new operational gas dispensing motor fuel
     2  pumps for the retail sale of motor fuels for use in motor vehicles shall
     3  install electric vehicle charging stations at such gasoline  station  in
     4  an  amount  equal  to  or greater than the number of new operational gas
     5  dispensing motor fuel pumps being installed at such gasoline station.
     6    3. No building permit shall be issued to a dealer if the documentation
     7  submitted  for such building permit does not reflect the installation of
     8  electric vehicle charging stations in an amount equal to or greater than
     9  the number of new operational gas  dispensing  motor  fuel  pumps  being
    10  installed at such gasoline station.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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