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Assembly Bill A9856

2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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2023-A9856 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1005, Pub Auth L

2023-A9856 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires at least one electric charging station available to the public for every ten 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.

2023-A9856 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9856
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 24, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring  at
   least  one  electric  charging station for every ten thousand 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 LEVEL THREE FAST CHARGING  STATION  FOR  EVERY
 TEN  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  annu-
 ally  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 authorization, 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.
                                                            LBD02757-03-4

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