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                                   6836
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             November 8, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  parking  in
   electric vehicle charging spaces
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1202 of the vehi-
 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 679  of  the  laws  of  1970,
 subparagraph k as amended by chapter 267 of the laws of 1998, is amended
 to read as follows:
   1. Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
   a.  On  the roadway side of any vehicle stopped, standing or parked at
 the edge or curb of a street;
   b. On a sidewalk;
   c. Within an intersection, except when permitted by official signs  or
 parking  meters  on the side of a highway opposite a street which inter-
 sects but does not cross such highway;
   d. On a cross walk;
   e. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within  thirty  feet
 of  points  on  the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone,
 unless a different distance is indicated by official signs, markings  or
 parking meters;
   f.  Alongside  or  opposite  any street excavation or obstruction when
 stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
   g. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or with-
 in a highway tunnel, unless otherwise indicated by official signs, mark-
 ings or parking meters;
   h. On any railroad tracks;
   i. In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including cross-
 overs, except in an emergency;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   j. On a state expressway highway or state  interstate  route  highway,
 including  the  entrances  thereto and exits therefrom, which are a part
 thereof, except in an emergency[.];
   k.  Engage  in  the  retail  sale  of  frozen desserts as that term is
 defined in subdivision thirty-seven of section  three  hundred  seventy-
 five  of  this  chapter  directly to pedestrians on any highway having a
 speed limit in excess of thirty miles per hour. Nothing herein shall  be
 construed  to  prohibit  the operator of such vehicle from stopping such
 vehicle off such highway, in a safe manner,  for  the  sole  purpose  of
 delivering  such  retail product directly to the residence of a consumer
 or to the business address of a customer of such retailer[.];
   L. IN A SPACE DESIGNATED AS PROVIDED  IN  THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH  FOR  THE
 EXCLUSIVE PURPOSE OF CHARGING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE AT AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE
 CHARGING  STATION,  UNLESS SUCH VEHICLE IS AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CONNECTED
 TO SUCH CHARGING STATION. PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  AN  ELECTRIC  MOTOR
 VEHICLE  DISCONNECTED  FROM THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION FOR NO
 MORE THAN THIRTY CONTINUOUS MINUTES WHILE STOPPED, STANDING OR PARKED IN
 SUCH DESIGNATED SPACE SHALL NOT  BE IN VIOLATION OF  THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH.
 PARKING SPACES DESIGNATED FOR THE EXCLUSIVE PURPOSE OF CHARGING AN ELEC-
 TRIC  VEHICLE  AT  AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION SHALL BE CLEARLY
 IDENTIFIED, AND SUCH DESIGNATION SHALL INCLUDE  CONSPICUOUS  AND  PERMA-
 NENTLY  INSTALLED  ABOVE  GRADE SIGNS WHICH SHALL BE POSITIONED FROM THE
 PARKING SPACE SURFACE AT A HEIGHT OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE  FEET  NOR  MORE
 THAN  SEVEN  FEET  AND  WHICH IDENTIFY SUCH SPACE AS AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE
 CHARGING STATION, INDICATE THAT SUCH SPACE IS ONLY FOR ELECTRIC  VEHICLE
 CHARGING  AND  INCLUDE ANY DAY OR TIME RESTRICTIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, THE TERM "ELECTRIC VEHICLE" SHALL MEAN A MOTOR  VEHI-
 CLE  THAT IS PROPELLED AT LEAST IN PART BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR AND ASSOCI-
 ATED POWER ELECTRONICS WHICH PROVIDE ACCELERATION TORQUE  TO  THE  DRIVE
 WHEELS  SOMETIME  DURING  NORMAL VEHICLE OPERATION, AND THAT DRAWS ELEC-
 TRICITY FROM A BATTERY OR HYDROGEN FUEL CELL THAT IS  CAPABLE  OF  BEING
 RECHARGED FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY, SUCH THAT THE EXTERNAL
 SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY CANNOT BE CONNECTED TO THE VEHICLE WHILE THE VEHI-
 CLE IS IN MOTION, AND THE TERM "ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION" SHALL
 MEAN  THE  EQUIPMENT  NEEDED  TO CONVEY ELECTRIC POWER FROM THE ELECTRIC
 GRID OR ANOTHER POWER SOURCE TO AN ONBOARD MOTOR VEHICLE ENERGY  STORAGE
 SYSTEM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.