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Senate Bill S2220

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires at least one electric charging station for every one hundred fifty thousand New York state residents

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2021-S2220 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3326
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1005, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8100, A10023
2023-2024: S749
2025-2026: S5825

2021-S2220 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires at least one electric charging station available to the public for every one hundred fifty thousand New York state residents; requires construction and development of such stations to comply with article 8 of the labor law including payment of the prevailing wage.

2021-S2220 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2220 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2220
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring  at
   least  one electric charging station for every one hundred fifty thou-
   sand New York state residents

   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] TO design,
 finance, develop, construct, install, lease, operate and maintain  elec-
 tric  vehicle  charging  stations  throughout  the  state for use by the
 public, WITH AT LEAST ONE CHARGING STATION FOR EVERY ONE  HUNDRED  FIFTY
 THOUSAND  NEW  YORK STATE RESIDENTS. THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF
 SUCH ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS
 OF ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE LABOR LAW, INCLUDING THE PAYMENT OF  A  WAGE  OF
 NOT  LESS  THAN  THE PREVAILING WAGE IN THE LOCALITY WHERE SUCH ELECTRIC
 VEHICLE CHARGING STATION IS LOCATED. The authority shall  annually  post
 on  their  website  a  report on those activities undertaken pursuant to
 this subdivision, including but not limited  to:  the  total  number  of
 electric vehicle charging stations in operation pursuant to such author-
 ization, the locations of such charging stations, and the total costs to
 the authority associated with such activities.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02152-01-1

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