Bill Text: NY S07055 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the construction of certain parking facilities to be capable of supporting electric vehicle charging stations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S07055 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S07055-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7055 IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring the construction of certain parking facilities to be capable of supporting electric vehicle charging stations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 2 19-a to read as follows: 3 § 19-a. Parking facilities; support for electric vehicle charging 4 stations. 1. For purposes of this section the term "parking garage, 5 open parking lot and/or other parking facility" shall mean a parking 6 facility of more than fifty parking spaces. 7 2. Any construction project undertaken in this state that receives 8 state capital funding and the scope of such project includes a parking 9 garage shall be capable of supporting electric vehicle charging stations 10 through an electrical raceway to the electric supply panel serving the 11 garage that shall be capable of providing a minimum of 3.1 kW of elec- 12 trical capacity to each charging station connected to it with the race- 13 way. Such raceway and all components and work appurtenant thereto shall 14 be in accordance with state, city and municipal electrical codes. 15 3. Any construction project undertaken in this state that receives 16 state capital funding and the scope of such project includes an open 17 parking lot and other parking facility shall be capable of supporting 18 electric vehicle charging stations through an electrical raceway, no 19 smaller than one inch, capable of providing a minimum supply of 11.5 kVA 20 to an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) from an electric supply 21 panel. The electric supply panel serving such parking spaces must have 22 at least 3.1 kW of available capacity for each charging station 23 connected to it with the raceway. Such raceway and all components and 24 work appurtenant thereto shall be in accordance with state, city and 25 municipal electrical code. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14525-01-9S. 7055 2 1 4. Nothing in this section shall require the installation of electric 2 vehicle charging stations in any parking garage, open parking lot or 3 other parking facility. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
