senate Bill S5820

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the New York state energy research and development authority to study and make recommendations regarding the state's electric vehicle inventory and vehicle infrastructure

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

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 16, 2019 signed chap.676
Dec 10, 2019 delivered to governor
Jun 18, 2019 returned to senate
passed assembly
ordered to third reading rules cal.263
substituted for a4937
Jun 14, 2019 referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
delivered to assembly
passed senate
ordered to third reading cal.1401
committee discharged and committed to rules
May 15, 2019 referred to energy and telecommunications

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S5820 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4937
Law Section:
Public Authorities

S5820 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the New York state energy research and development authority to study and make recommendations regarding the state's electric vehicle inventory and improvements to the state's electric vehicle infrastructure.

S5820 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S5820 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5820

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 15, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
  cations

AN  ACT  to  direct  the  New York state energy research and development
  authority to study and  make  recommendations  regarding  the  state's
  electric  vehicle  inventory  and improvements to the state's electric
  vehicle infrastructure

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  1.  The  New  York  state energy research and development
authority (NYSERDA) is hereby directed to prepare a report containing an
inventory of the state's electric vehicles and electric vehicle  infras-
tructure  for  submission  to  the  governor, temporary president of the
senate and the speaker of the assembly. Such report shall be related  to
improvements,  alterations, and upgrades to the state's electric vehicle
infrastructure to incentivize, accelerate, and encourage the purchasing,
use, and ownership of electric vehicles to  further  the  state's  clean
energy goals.
  2. The report shall:
  (a)  analyze  the  potential environmental and policy benefits derived
from expanding the state's inventory of electric vehicles  and  electric
vehicle infrastructure;
  (b) identify current electric vehicle infrastructure, including public
electric vehicle charging stations;
  (c)  evaluate  gaps  in  the  current electric vehicle infrastructure,
including geographic areas lacking access  to  public  electric  vehicle
charging stations;
  (d)  evaluate incentives to encourage purchasing, use and ownership of
electric vehicles in the state;
  (e) evaluate the feasibility of transitioning to a primarily  electric
state-owned vehicle fleet; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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