Assembly Bill A8409A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires electric vehicle charging stations to be installed at gasoline stations in an amount equal to or greater than the number of new gas dispensing motor fuel pumps being installed

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  • Delivered to Governor
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2021-A8409 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §396-xx, Gen Bus L

2021-A8409 - Summary

Requires electric vehicle charging stations to be installed at gasoline stations in an amount equal to or greater than the number of new gas dispensing motor fuel pumps being installed at such gasoline station; prohibits building permits from being issued when the number of electric vehicle charging stations is not equal to or greater than the number of new gas dispensing motor fuel pumps being installed at such gas station.

2021-A8409 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8409
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring elec-
   tric vehicle charging stations to be installed at gasoline stations in
   an amount equal to or greater than the number of  new  gas  dispensing
   nozzles being installed at such gasoline station
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.   The general business law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 396-xx to read as follows:
   §  396-XX.  GASOLINE  STATIONS;  ELECTRIC  VEHICLE  CHARGING  STATIONS
 REQUIRED. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A) "DEALER" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON OWNING OR OPERATING A  PREMISES  OR
 FACILITY WITH FOUR OR MORE GAS DISPENSING NOZZLES FOR THE RETAIL SALE OF
 MOTOR FUELS FOR USE IN MOTOR VEHICLES.
   (B)  "ELECTRIC  VEHICLE  CHARGING  STATION"  SHALL MEAN A STATION THAT
 DELIVERS ELECTRICITY FROM A SOURCE OUTSIDE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE INTO  ONE
 OR  MORE  ELECTRIC  VEHICLES.  AN  ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION MAY
 INCLUDE SEVERAL CHARGE POINTS SIMULTANEOUSLY CONNECTING SEVERAL ELECTRIC
 VEHICLES TO THE STATION AND ANY RELATED EQUIPMENT NEEDED  TO  FACILITATE
 CHARGING PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
   2.  ANY  DEALER  INSTALLING  NEW GAS DISPENSING NOZZLES FOR THE RETAIL
 SALE OF MOTOR FUELS FOR USE IN MOTOR  VEHICLES  SHALL  INSTALL  ELECTRIC
 VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AT SUCH GASOLINE STATION IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO
 OR GREATER THAN THE NUMBER OF NEW GAS DISPENSING NOZZLES BEING INSTALLED
 AT SUCH GASOLINE STATION.
   3. NO BUILDING PERMIT SHALL BE ISSUED TO A DEALER IF THE DOCUMENTATION
 SUBMITTED  FOR SUCH BUILDING PERMIT DOES NOT REFLECT THE INSTALLATION OF
 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN
 THE NUMBER OF NEW GAS DISPENSING NOZZLES BEING INSTALLED AT  SUCH  GASO-
 LINE STATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

2021-A8409A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §396-xx, Gen Bus L

2021-A8409A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires electric vehicle charging stations to be installed at gasoline stations in an amount equal to or greater than the number of new gas dispensing motor fuel pumps being installed at such gasoline station; prohibits building permits from being issued when the number of electric vehicle charging stations is not equal to or greater than the number of new gas dispensing motor fuel pumps being installed at such gas station.

2021-A8409A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8409--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- recommitted to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
   sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring elec-
   tric vehicle charging stations to be installed at gasoline stations in
   an  amount  equal  to or greater than the number of new gas dispensing
   motor fuel pumps being installed
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    The  general  business  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 396-xx to read as follows:
   § 396-XX. GASOLINE STATION; DEALER; ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING  STATION
 REQUIRED. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A) "GASOLINE STATION"  SHALL MEAN A PREMISES OR FACILITY GREATER THAN
 FIFTEEN  HUNDRED  SQUARE FEET WITH OPERATIONAL GAS DISPENSING MOTOR FUEL
 PUMPS THAT DISPENSE MOTOR FUEL AVAILABLE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC RETAIL SALE.
   (B) "DEALER" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON OWNING OR OPERATING A  PREMISES  OR
 FACILITY  WITH  ONE  OR MORE OPERATIONAL GAS DISPENSING MOTOR FUEL PUMPS
 THAT DISPENSE MOTOR FUEL AVAILABLE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC RETAIL SALE.
   (C) "ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION" SHALL MEAN A LEVEL TWO  CHARG-
 ING  STATION THAT DELIVERS ELECTRICITY FROM A SOURCE OUTSIDE AN ELECTRIC
 VEHICLE INTO ONE OR MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES. AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING
 STATION MAY INCLUDE  SEVERAL  CHARGE  POINTS  SIMULTANEOUSLY  CONNECTING
 SEVERAL ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO THE STATION AND ANY RELATED EQUIPMENT NEED-
 ED  TO  FACILITATE  CHARGING  PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES.   EACH ELECTRIC
 VEHICLE CHARGING STATION SHALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DELIVER A CHARGE LOAD
 OF NO LESS THAN 6KW PER  STATION  AND  EACH  ELECTRIC  VEHICLE  CHARGING
 STATION SHALL HAVE NON-PROPRIETARY CHARGERS CAPABLE OF CHARGING ELECTRIC
 VEHICLES FROM AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT INCORPORATED AUTO MANUFACTURERS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11298-05-1

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