Bill Text: TX HB1420 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 1420

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the installation and operation of electric vehicle charging stations installed or funded by the Texas Department of Transportation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to Transportation [HB1420 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1420-Introduced.html

	88R5970 CXP-D

	By: Shaheen	H.B. No. 1420



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the installation and operation of electric vehicle
	charging stations installed or funded by the Texas Department of
	Transportation.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 203, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 203.113 to read as follows:
	Sec. 203.113. INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF CERTAIN
	ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS. The department shall ensure
	that an electric vehicle charging station installed or funded by
	the department:
	(1) is capable of sending and receiving information
	through a communications network;
	(2) is capable of responding to a signal from the
	electric grid by:
	(A) starting or stopping a charge; or
	(B) increasing or decreasing the rate of
	electricity flow; and
	(3) has at least one user interface that allows a user
	to operate the charging station in accordance with Subdivisions (1)
	and (2).
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.