Assembly Bill A7209A

                             
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                                  7209--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 21, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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, SUBJECT
 TO  AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED THEREFOR. SUCH PROGRAM MAY BE INCORPORATED INTO
 THE OFFICIAL  BUSINESS  DIRECTIONAL  SIGN  PROGRAM  IMPLEMENTED  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF THIS SECTION. THE OFFI-
 CIAL BUSINESS ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE  STATION  DIRECTIONAL  SIGN  PROGRAM
 GUIDELINES  SHALL  INCLUDE  THE  INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SIGNAGE
 DESIGNATING WHERE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE CHARGING AND
 REFUELING STATIONS ARE LOCATED WITHIN THREE MILES OF  AN  INTERSTATE  OR
 PRIMARY HIGHWAY SYSTEM 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 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
 DURING NORMAL VEHICLE OPERATION AND DRAWS ELECTRICITY  FROM  A  HYDROGEN
 FUEL  CELL OR FROM A BATTERY WHICH IS CAPABLE OF BEING RECHARGED FROM AN
 EXTERNAL SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY; OR  OTHERWISE  OPERATES  WITHOUT  DIRECT
 EMISSION OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law and apply to signage installed or  maintained  by  the
 department of transportation on or after such effective date.