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Assembly Bill A10447

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring applications for retail gas station building permits to include electric vehicle charging stations

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2025-A10447 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8906
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §396-xx, Gen Bus L

2025-A10447 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires applications for retail gas station building permits to include one electric vehicle charging station using direct current fast chargers at such gasoline station per four gas dispensing pumps.

2025-A10447 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10447
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   applications  for retail gas station building permits to include elec-
   tric vehicle charging stations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 396-xx to read as follows:
   § 396-XX. RETAIL GAS STATION; DIRECT CURRENT FAST CHARGERS. 1. AS USED
 IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "RETAIL GAS STATION" SHALL MEAN A FILLING STATION WHERE SUCH FUEL
 IS STORED PRIMARILY FOR SALE BY DELIVERY DIRECTLY INTO THE ORDINARY FUEL
 TANK CONNECTED WITH THE ENGINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE TO BE CONSUMED IN  THE
 OPERATION  OF  SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE OR WHERE SUCH FUEL IS STORED PRIMARILY
 FOR SALE BY DELIVERY DIRECTLY INTO THE ORDINARY FUEL TANK CONNECTED WITH
 THE ENGINE OF A VESSEL TO BE CONSUMED IN THE OPERATION OF SUCH VESSEL.
   (B) "DEALER" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON OWNING OR OPERATING  A  RETAIL  GAS
 STATION.
   (C)  "CHARGING  STATION" SHALL MEAN THE AREA IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY
 OF A GROUP OF CHARGERS AND INCLUDES THE CHARGERS, SUPPORTING  EQUIPMENT,
 PARKING  AREAS  ADJACENT  TO THE CHARGERS, AND LANES FOR VEHICLE INGRESS
 AND EGRESS.
   (D) "DIRECT CURRENT FAST CHARGER" SHALL MEAN A  CHARGER  THAT  ENABLES
 RAPID  CHARGING  BY DELIVERING DIRECT-CURRENT ELECTRICITY DIRECTLY TO AN
 ELECTRIC VEHICLE'S BATTERY.
   (E) "ELECTRIC VEHICLE" SHALL MEAN  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE,  AS  DEFINED  BY
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, WHICH IS
 PROPELLED BY ONE OR MORE ELECTRIC MOTORS USING ELECTRIC ENERGY STORED IN
 BATTERIES OR OTHER ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES.
   2.  (A) NO BUILDING PERMIT SHALL BE ISSUED TO A DEALER IF THE DOCUMEN-
 TATION SUBMITTED FOR SUCH BUILDING PERMIT DOES NOT REFLECT THE INSTALLA-
 TION OF AT LEAST ONE ELECTRIC  VEHICLE  CHARGING  STATION  USING  DIRECT
 CURRENT FAST CHARGERS AT SUCH RETAIL GAS STATION PER FOUR GAS DISPENSING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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