Bill Text: TX HB3963 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the placement of electric vehicle charging equipment in state parks.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [HB3963 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3963-Engrossed.html
By: King of Hemphill, Capriglione, Goodwin, | H.B. No. 3963 | |
Canales, Ashby |
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relating to the placement of electric vehicle charging equipment in | ||
state parks. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 2165, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 2165.010 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2165.010. PLACEMENT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING | ||
EQUIPMENT IN STATE PARK. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Charging provider" means a person who provides to | ||
another person the use of electric vehicle charging equipment in a | ||
commercial transaction. | ||
(2) "Electric vehicle charging equipment" means | ||
equipment manufactured for transferring electric energy from | ||
electric supply to an electric vehicle. | ||
(3) "Metering device" means a commercial device used | ||
to measure electric energy transferred by electric vehicle charging | ||
equipment and compute the charge for the transferred energy. | ||
(b) A state agency in charge and control of a state park may | ||
enter into an agreement authorizing a charging provider to place | ||
and maintain electric vehicle charging equipment in the park. | ||
(c) An agreement described by Subsection (b): | ||
(1) must require the charging provider to use a | ||
metering device to determine the cost of electricity transferred to | ||
another person through electric vehicle charging equipment; and | ||
(2) may include any other reasonable requirements on | ||
the use of the state park property. | ||
(d) An agreement executed by the Parks and Wildlife | ||
Department with another person under this section must contain a | ||
provision requiring any cost associated with placing and | ||
maintaining electric vehicle charging equipment, including costs | ||
incurred for electricity, to be paid by the other person. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |