NY State Senate Bill 2021-S9197

Senate Bill S9197

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires that a certain amount of handicapped parking spaces at certain shopping centers or facilities are equipped with electric vehicle charging stations

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May 12, 2022	referred to transportation

2021-S9197 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1203-c, V & T L

2021-S9197 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires in every shopping center or facility that has over one hundred off street parking spaces that at least one percent of the spaces, or five such spaces, whichever is less, shall be a handicapped parking space equipped with an electric vehicle charging station.

2021-S9197 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9197

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
that a certain amount of handicapped parking spaces at certain shopping
centers or facilities are equipped with electric vehicle charging
stations

 
PURPOSE OF THE BILL:

This legislation would require a shopping center with more than 100 off
street parking spaces to dedicate parking for handicapped spaces
equipped with electric vehicle charging stations.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new subdivision 2-a to Section 1203-c of the vehicle
and traffic law to require a shopping center or facility covered by
subdivision one, which has more than 100 off street parking spaces, to
dedicate at least 1% or five spaces whichever is less as handicapped

space that is equipped with an electric vehicle charging station avail-
able for public use.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

As New York sees an increase in the number of electric vehicles on the
road, we must take into consideration those EVs that are driven by indi-
viduals with a handicapped parking permit. Current EV charging stations
are often far from entrances to locations, and are not designed to be
ADA compliant with enough room for accessible access. This legislation
seeks to address this issue to require certain shopping areas to install
handicapped parking with a charging station attached. This is common
sense legislation aimed at moving the discussion forward and assisting
individuals have easier and more readily available access to EV charging
locations.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect in 180 days.

2021-S9197 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9197
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 12, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
   that  a  certain amount of handicapped parking spaces at certain shop-
   ping centers or facilities are equipped with electric vehicle charging
   stations

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1203-c of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A.  ANY  PERSON,  FIRM  OR  CORPORATION  OWNING A SHOPPING CENTER OR
 FACILITY COVERED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION WHICH HAS MORE  THAN
 ONE  HUNDRED OFF STREET PARKING SPACES SHALL DESIGNATED A MINIMUM OF ONE
 PERCENT OF SUCH PARKING SPACES OR FIVE SUCH SPACES, WHICHEVER  IS  LESS,
 AS  A HANDICAPPED SPACE THAT IS EQUIPPED WITH AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARG-
 ING STATION THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15775-03-2

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