Assembly Bill A8104

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires standards for the new construction of commercial electric vehicle charging stations to require such stations to have an external cutoff switch

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A8104 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §378, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A1443

2023-A8104 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires standards for the new construction of commercial electric vehicle charging stations to require such stations to have an external cutoff switch.

2023-A8104 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8104
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to requiring standards
   for the new  construction  of  commercial  electric  vehicle  charging
   stations to require such stations to have an external cutoff switch

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 20 of section 378  of  the  executive  law,  as
 renumbered by section 3 of part RR of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is
 renumbered  subdivision  21 and a new subdivision 20 is added to read as
 follows:
   20. STANDARDS REQUIRING NEW CONSTRUCTION OF COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC  VEHI-
 CLE  CHARGING  STATIONS  OR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS WHICH ARE
 AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC TO INCLUDE AN EXTERNAL  CUTOFF  SWITCH,  A  SIGN
 WITH  THE  LOCATION  OF AND DIRECTIONS TO THE CIRCUIT BREAKER BOX, AND A
 BRIGHTLY LABELED STICKER PLACED ON THE CIRCUIT BREAKER BOX NEXT  TO  THE
 SWITCH  THAT  CUTS  POWER  TO  THE  ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION. A
 CUTOFF SWITCH SHALL BE  A  HAND-OPERATED  SWITCH  WHICH  IS  CAPABLE  OF
 CUTTING OFF ALL POWER AND ELECTRICITY TO THE VEHICLE WITHOUT THE NEED OF
 A KEY OR TO UNLOCK THE DEVICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13239-01-3



              

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