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Assembly Bill A10637

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires signage on state highways designating where there are zero-emission charging and refueling stations nearby

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2023-A10637 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8951
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Highway Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §88, Hway L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A7209, S4672

2023-A10637 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires signage on state highways designating where there is a zero-emission charging and refueling station that is open and available to the public within three miles of an exit or off-ramp.

2023-A10637 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10637
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 20, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced   by   COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  (at  request  of  M.  of  A.
   Bichotte Hermelyn) -- read once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to installing zero-emission
   charging and refueling station signs on New York state highways
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 88 of the highway law is amended by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 12-a to read as follows:
   12-A.  (A)  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT, UPON FEDERAL
 APPROVAL IF NECESSARY, AN OFFICIAL BUSINESS DIRECTIONAL SIGN PROGRAM  TO
 PROVIDE  DIRECTIONAL  INFORMATION  REGARDING  THE  PRESENCE  OF PUBLICLY
 AVAILABLE ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE CHARGING AND  REFUELING  STATIONS.  SUCH
 PROGRAM  MAY BE INCORPORATED INTO THE OFFICIAL BUSINESS DIRECTIONAL SIGN
 PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  TWELVE
 OF  THIS  SECTION.  THE  OFFICIAL BUSINESS ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE STATION
 DIRECTIONAL SIGN PROGRAM GUIDELINES SHALL INCLUDE THE  INSTALLATION  AND
 MAINTENANCE  OF SIGNAGE DESIGNATING WHERE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ZERO-EMIS-
 SION VEHICLE CHARGING AND REFUELING STATIONS ARE  LOCATED  WITHIN  THREE
 MILES  OF  A  ROADWAY  EXIT OR OFF-RAMP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANUAL ON
 UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.
   (B) THE OFFICIAL BUSINESS ZERO-EMISSION  VEHICLE  STATION  DIRECTIONAL
 SIGN  PROGRAM  SHALL BE INTEGRATED WITH, BUT NOT LIMITED BY, INFORMATION
 CENTERS PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION TEN OF THIS SECTION TO MAXIMIZE  THE
 INFORMATION  MADE  AVAILABLE  IN  THE SPECIFIC INTEREST OF THE TRAVELING
 PUBLIC.
   (C) THE INSTALLATION OF ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE CHARGING  AND  REFUELING
 STATION  SIGNAGE  SHALL  ONLY OCCUR DURING THE REGULAR COURSE OF MAINTE-
 NANCE FOR EXISTING SIGNAGE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SEEK TO SPEED FEDERAL
 APPROVAL OF THE OFFICIAL BUSINESS ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE DIRECTIONAL SIGN
 PROGRAM IF SUCH APPROVAL IS NECESSARY.
   (D) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE" SHALL MEAN  A
 MOTOR  VEHICLE  THAT  IS  PROPELLED  BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR AND ASSOCIATED
 POWER ELECTRONICS WHICH PROVIDE ACCELERATION TORQUE TO THE DRIVE  WHEELS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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