Bill Text: NY A09173 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires distribution centers which are 50,000 sq. ft. or more to be equipped with electric vehicle charging stations as determined by the secretary of state and NYSERDA.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-07-22 - enacting clause stricken [A09173 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09173-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9173

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 12, 2024
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        Introduced by M. of A. BURGOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Energy

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the energy law, in relation to code requirements for
          heavy distribution centers

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

     1    Section 1. The energy law is amended by adding a new section 11-111 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 11-111. Special code requirements for heavy distribution centers. 1.
     4  Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the
     5  following meanings:
     6    (a)  "Electric  vehicle  charging  station"  shall mean a station that
     7  delivers electricity from a source outside an electric vehicle into  one
     8  or  more  electric  vehicles.  An  electric vehicle charging station may
     9  include several charge points simultaneously connecting several electric
    10  vehicles to the station and any related equipment needed  to  facilitate
    11  charging plug-in electric vehicles.
    12    (b)  "Heavy  distribution  center"  shall  mean  a  facility  that (i)
    13  contains at least fifty thousand square feet of total floor  space  that
    14  is  used  for  warehouse activities; and (ii) has as its primary purpose
    15  the temporary storage, sorting, and redistribution of goods  to  fulfill
    16  e-commerce  orders  by  receiving  shipments  of  goods from one mode of
    17  transport and redistributing those  goods  via  a  delivery  vehicle.  A
    18  "heavy  distribution  center" shall not include any facility where goods
    19  are manufactured or assembled on site and temporarily  stored  prior  to
    20  distribution, or any facility that has as its primary purpose the tempo-
    21  rary storage of food products for wholesale distribution.
    22    (c)  "Last  mile  delivery"  shall  refer  to  the  final portion of a
    23  parcel's journey from a heavy distribution center to a consumer or  end-
    24  user.
    25    (d)  "Parcel  hub"  shall mean a sorting facility at which parcels are
    26  received, sorted, and distributed for last mile delivery.
    27    (e) "Person"  means  an  individual,  partnership,  limited  liability
    28  company, society, association, joint stock company, corporation, estate,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  receiver,  trustee,  assignee,  referee  or any other person acting in a
     2  fiduciary or representative capacity, whether appointed by  a  court  or
     3  otherwise, any combination of individuals and any other form of unincor-
     4  porated enterprise owned or conducted by two or more persons.
     5    (f)  "Warehouse  operator" shall mean any person that conducts day-to-
     6  day operations at a  heavy  distribution  center,  including  operations
     7  conducted through the use of third-party contractors.
     8    2.  Electric  vehicle charging stations in heavy distribution centers.
     9  (a) All heavy distribution centers subject to the state energy conserva-
    10  tion construction code as described in paragraph (b) of subdivision  one
    11  of  section 11-103 of this article shall be equipped with electric vehi-
    12  cle charging stations on and after the effective date of this section.
    13    (b) The secretary of state, in consultation with the president of  the
    14  New   York  state  energy  research  and  development  authority,  shall
    15  prescribe the required number or numbers of  electric  vehicle  charging
    16  stations  per  heavy distribution center in the code in a manner propor-
    17  tional to the size and needs of such warehouses.
    18    3. Any warehouse operator found in violation of the provisions of this
    19  section shall be liable for the penalties prescribed in  section  11-108
    20  of this article.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    22  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    23  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    24  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
    25  completed on or before such effective date.