Bill Text: NY S02220 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires at least one electric charging station available to the public for every one hundred fifty 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 - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S02220 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S02220-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2220 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 20, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni- cations AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring at least one electric charging station for every one hundred fifty thou- sand 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 charging station for every one hundred fifty 8 thousand New York state residents. The construction and development of 9 such electric vehicle charging stations shall comply with the provisions 10 of article eight of the labor law, including the payment of a wage of 11 not less than the prevailing wage in the locality where such electric 12 vehicle charging station is located. The authority shall annually post 13 on their website a report on those activities undertaken pursuant to 14 this subdivision, including but not limited to: the total number of 15 electric vehicle charging stations in operation pursuant to such author- 16 ization, the locations of such charging stations, and the total costs to 17 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. LBD02152-01-1