Assembly Bill A7091

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires electric vehicle charging stations and electric vehicle capable parking spaces to accommodate wheelchair accessible electric vehicles

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A7091 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8979
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1005, Pub Auth L

2023-A7091 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires electric vehicle charging stations and electric vehicle capable parking spaces to have handicap accessible spaces that are large enough to accommodate such wheelchair accessible electric vehicles, including but not limited to, vans and minivans.

2023-A7091 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7091
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   electric  vehicle charging stations and electric vehicle capable park-
   ing spaces to accommodate wheelchair accessible electric vehicles

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 9-a of section 1005 of the public authorities
 law, as added by section 1 of part KK of chapter 58 of the laws of 2019,
 is amended to read as follows:
   9-a. As deemed feasible and advisable  by  the  trustees,  to  design,
 finance,  develop, construct, install, lease, operate and maintain elec-
 tric vehicle charging stations throughout  the  state  for  use  by  the
 public.  SUCH  ELECTRIC  VEHICLE  CHARGING STATIONS SHALL INCLUDE SPACES
 THAT ARE LARGE ENOUGH  TO  ACCOMMODATE  WHEELCHAIR  ACCESSIBLE  ELECTRIC
 VEHICLES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, VANS AND MINIVANS. The authority
 shall annually post on their website a report on those activities under-
 taken  pursuant  to  this subdivision, including but not limited to: the
 total number of electric vehicle charging stations in operation pursuant
 to such authorization, the locations of such charging stations, and  the
 total costs to the authority associated with such activities.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11166-01-3

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