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                                   9879
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2020
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  requiring  electric
   vehicle charging stations and electric vehicle capable parking spaces
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 378 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 17-a to read as follows:
   17-A. A. STANDARDS TO REQUIRE NEW CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDINGS  UNDERGO-
 ING SUBSTANTIAL REHABILITATION CONTAINING PARKING AREAS TO HAVE:
   (I)  ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-NINE-LL  OF  THE  REAL
 PROPERTY LAW; AND
   (II) ELECTRIC VEHICLE CAPABLE PARKING SPACES, WHICH HAVE THE APPROPRI-
 ATE WIRING, ELECTRIC PANELS, AND THE APPROPRIATE SPACE TO INSTALL APPRO-
 PRIATE ELECTRIC SERVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION.
   B.  THE NUMBER OF SPACES REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SECTION SHALL
 BE AS FOLLOWS:
   (I) A ONE, TWO OR THREE-FAMILY HOME EQUIPPED WITH A  GARAGE,  DRIVEWAY
 OR  PARKING  LOT  SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE ELECTRIC VEHICLE READY PARKING
 SPACE;
   (II) A HOME FOR MORE THAN THREE FAMILIES,  OR  A  COMMERCIAL  BUILDING
 WITH  BETWEEN  TWO  AND  TEN  PARKING  SPACES, SHALL HAVE AT LEAST FIFTY
 PERCENT OF AVAILABLE PARKING SPACES BE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CAPABLE  PARKING
 SPACES; WHICH SHALL INCLUDE AT LEAST TWENTY-PERCENT OF AVAILABLE PARKING
 SPACES  AS  ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS. IF THERE IS A DECIMAL IN
 THE CALCULATION OF THE PERCENTAGE OF PARKING SPACES, SUCH DECIMAL  SHALL
 BE ROUNDED TO THE NEXT LARGEST WHOLE NUMBER; AND
   (III)  A  MULTI-UNIT  RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL BUILDING WITH AT LEAST
 ELEVEN PARKING SPACES SHALL HAVE AT LEAST  FORTY  PERCENT  OF  AVAILABLE
 PARKING  SPACES  BE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CAPABLE PARKING SPACES, WHICH SHALL
 INCLUDE AT LEAST TWENTY-PERCENT OF AVAILABLE PARKING SPACES AS  ELECTRIC
 VEHICLE  CHARGING  STATIONS. IF THERE IS A DECIMAL IN THE CALCULATION OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD14821-01-0

 A. 9879                             2
 
 THE PERCENTAGE OF PARKING SPACES, SUCH DECIMAL SHALL BE ROUNDED  TO  THE
 NEXT LARGEST WHOLE NUMBER.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.