Bill Text: NY A09856 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires at least one electric charging station available to the public for every ten thousand New York state residents; requires construction and development of such stations to comply with article 8 of the labor law including payment of the prevailing wage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-24 - referred to energy [A09856 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09856-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9856

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 24, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Energy

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring  at
          least  one  electric  charging station for every ten thousand New York
          state residents

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

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 9-a of section 1005 of the public authorities
     2  law, as added by section 1 of part KK of chapter 58 of the laws of 2019,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    9-a. [As deemed feasible and advisable by the trustees, to] To design,
     5  finance, develop, construct, install, lease, operate and maintain  elec-
     6  tric  vehicle  charging  stations  throughout  the  state for use by the
     7  public, with at least one level three fast charging  station  for  every
     8  ten  thousand New York state residents. The construction and development
     9  of such  electric  vehicle  charging  stations  shall  comply  with  the
    10  provisions of article eight of the labor law, including the payment of a
    11  wage  of  not  less  than the prevailing wage in the locality where such
    12  electric vehicle charging station is located. The authority shall  annu-
    13  ally  post  on  their  website  a  report on those activities undertaken
    14  pursuant to this subdivision, including but not limited  to:  the  total
    15  number  of  electric  vehicle charging stations in operation pursuant to
    16  such authorization, the locations of such  charging  stations,  and  the
    17  total costs to the authority associated with such activities.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




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