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                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  prohibiting
   parking, standing, or stopping within ten feet of a bus stop
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section
 1202 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter  206  of  the
 laws  of  2020,  is amended and a new subparagraph m is added to read as
 follows:
   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

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 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[.];
   M. WITHIN TEN FEET OF ANY BUS STOP.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.