Bill Text: NY A08608 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to parking in electric vehicle charging spaces; prohibits motor vehicles which are not an electric vehicle from parking in such spaces.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-2)

Status: (Passed) 2020-10-07 - signed chap.206 [A08608 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08608-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8608

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     October 2, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation

        AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to parking in
          electric vehicle charging spaces

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1202 of the vehi-
     2  cle  and  traffic  law,  as  amended by chapter 679 of the laws of 1970,
     3  subparagraph k as amended by chapter 267 of the laws of 1998, is amended
     4  to read as follows:
     5    1. Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
     6    a. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped, standing or  parked  at
     7  the edge or curb of a street;
     8    b. On a sidewalk;
     9    c.  Within an intersection, except when permitted by official signs or
    10  parking meters on the side of a highway opposite a street  which  inter-
    11  sects but does not cross such highway;
    12    d. On a cross walk;
    13    e.  Between  a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet
    14  of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of  a  safety  zone,
    15  unless  a different distance is indicated by official signs, markings or
    16  parking meters;
    17    f. Alongside or opposite any street  excavation  or  obstruction  when
    18  stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
    19    g. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or with-
    20  in a highway tunnel, unless otherwise indicated by official signs, mark-
    21  ings or parking meters;
    22    h. On any railroad tracks;
    23    i. In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including cross-
    24  overs, except in an emergency;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13759-02-9

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     1    j.  On  a  state expressway highway or state interstate route highway,
     2  including the entrances thereto and exits therefrom, which  are  a  part
     3  thereof, except in an emergency[.];
     4    k.  Engage  in  the  retail  sale  of  frozen desserts as that term is
     5  defined in subdivision thirty-seven of section  three  hundred  seventy-
     6  five  of  this  chapter  directly to pedestrians on any highway having a
     7  speed limit in excess of thirty miles per hour. Nothing herein shall  be
     8  construed  to  prohibit  the operator of such vehicle from stopping such
     9  vehicle off such highway, in a safe manner,  for  the  sole  purpose  of
    10  delivering  such  retail product directly to the residence of a consumer
    11  or to the business address of a customer of such retailer[.];
    12    l. In a space designated as provided  in  this  subparagraph  for  the
    13  exclusive purpose of charging an electric vehicle at an electric vehicle
    14  charging  station,  unless such vehicle is an electric vehicle connected
    15  to such charging station. Provided,  however,  that  an  electric  motor
    16  vehicle  disconnected  from the electric vehicle charging station for no
    17  more than thirty continuous minutes while stopped, standing or parked in
    18  such designated space shall not  be in violation of  this  subparagraph.
    19  Parking spaces designated for the exclusive purpose of charging an elec-
    20  tric  vehicle  at  an electric vehicle charging station shall be clearly
    21  identified, and such designation shall include  conspicuous  and  perma-
    22  nently  installed  above  grade signs which shall be positioned from the
    23  parking space surface at a height of not less than five  feet  nor  more
    24  than  seven  feet  and  which identify such space as an electric vehicle
    25  charging station, indicate that such space is only for electric  vehicle
    26  charging  and  include any day or time restrictions. For the purposes of
    27  this subparagraph, the term "electric vehicle" shall mean a motor  vehi-
    28  cle  that is propelled at least in part by an electric motor and associ-
    29  ated power electronics which provide acceleration torque  to  the  drive
    30  wheels  sometime  during  normal vehicle operation, and that draws elec-
    31  tricity from a battery or hydrogen fuel cell that is  capable  of  being
    32  recharged from an external source of electricity, such that the external
    33  source of electricity cannot be connected to the vehicle while the vehi-
    34  cle is in motion, and the term "electric vehicle charging station" shall
    35  mean  the  equipment  needed  to convey electric power from the electric
    36  grid or another power source to an onboard motor vehicle energy  storage
    37  system.
    38    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    39  it shall have become a law.
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