Senate Bill S2694A

                             
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                                  2694--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  HOYLMAN-SIGAL,  ASHBY,  BROUK, MAY, MAYER -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee  on  Procurement and Contracts -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive law, in relation to requiring certain
   state owned and operated parking facilities to  install  and  maintain
   charging stations for plug-in electric vehicles
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  201-b
 to read as follows:
   §  201-B.  ELECTRIC  VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION, THE TERM "PARKING FACILITY" SHALL MEAN A  PARKING  GARAGE,
 PARKING      STRUCTURE, OR OPEN PARKING LOT THAT IS PAVED AND STRIPED TO
 DESIGNATE   INDIVIDUAL PARKING SPACES FOR VEHICLES AND WHICH  HAS  FIFTY
 PARKING SPACES OR MORE.
   2.  ANY  PARKING FACILITY OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
 THAT OFFERS BETWEEN  FIFTY  AND  TWO  HUNDRED  PARKING  SPACES  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES  OF PUBLIC USE, STATE EMPLOYEE USE AND PAY-PER-USAGE, IS HEREBY
 REQUIRED TO INSTALL ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS IN AT LEAST  TEN  PERCENT
 OF  THE  TOTAL NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES OFFERED BY SUCH FACILITY OR HAVE
 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT PROVIDES A MINIMUM  NUMBER
 OF  KILOVOLT-AMPS  (KVA)  EQUAL  TO  TEN PERCENT OF THE NUMBER OF ACTUAL
 PARKING SPACES MULTIPLIED BY 6.6 WHICH MAY BE SATISFIED VIA THE  INSTAL-
 LATION  OF  LEVEL TWO, DIRECT CURRENT FAST CHARGERS, OR A COMBINATION OF
 BOTH.
   3. ANY PARKING FACILITY OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE STATE OF  NEW  YORK,
 THAT  OFFERS  MORE  THAN  TWO HUNDRED PARKING SPACES FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 PUBLIC USE, STATE EMPLOYEE USE AND PAY-PER-USAGE, IS HEREBY REQUIRED  TO
 INSTALL  ELECTRIC  CHARGING  STATIONS  IN AT LEAST TWENTY PERCENT OF THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06145-03-5
              

 S. 2694--A                          2
 
 TOTAL NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES OFFERED BY SUCH FACILITY OR HAVE ELECTRIC
 VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT PROVIDES A MINIMUM NUMBER OF  KILO-
 VOLT-AMPS  (KVA) EQUAL TO TWENTY PERCENT OF THE NUMBER OF ACTUAL PARKING
 SPACES  MULTIPLIED BY 6.6 WHICH MAY BE SATISFIED VIA THE INSTALLATION OF
 LEVEL TWO, DIRECT CURRENT FAST CHARGERS, OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
   4. EACH ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION  SHALL SUPPORT ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING WITH A MINIMUM OF FORTY
 AMPERES AND TWO HUNDRED EIGHT VOLTS OF ELECTRICAL CAPACITY.  SUCH  ELEC-
 TRIC  VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AND ALL OTHER COMPONENTS AND WORK APPUR-
 TENANT THERETO SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE, COUNTY,
 CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE ELECTRICAL CODES.
   5. THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INSTAL-
 LATION OF ANY ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT AND  CHARGING  STATIONS.
 IF  SUCH  INSTALLATION  SHALL  REQUIRE THE STATE TO MAKE UPGRADES TO ANY
 ELECTRICAL SUPPLY EQUIPMENT TO SAFELY AND SUFFICIENTLY POWER AND OPERATE
 SUCH CHARGING STATIONS, THE OFFICE OF GENERAL  SERVICES  SHALL  INCREASE
 THE  ELECTRICAL CAPACITY OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM BY INSTALLING NEW COMPO-
 NENTS AS NECESSARY. IF THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES IS UNABLE TO  MAKE
 SUCH  TECHNICAL  UPGRADES  TO A FACILITY, THE OFFICE MAY CONTRACT WITH A
 LICENSED ELECTRICIAN OR SIMILAR SERVICE PROVIDER TO  UPGRADE  THE  ELEC-
 TRICAL CAPACITY OF SAID FACILITY. SUCH CONTRACTED WORK 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 PARKING FACILITY IS LOCATED.
   6.  THE  OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTE-
 NANCE, GENERAL UPKEEP AND REPAIR OF ANY ELECTRIC VEHICLE  SUPPLY  EQUIP-
 MENT  AND CHARGING STATIONS. IF THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES IS UNABLE
 TO COMPLETE SUCH MAINTENANCE OR REPAIRS, THE OFFICE MAY CONTRACT WITH  A
 LICENSED ELECTRICIAN OR SIMILAR REPAIR SERVICE TO COMPLETE THE NECESSARY
 WORK ON SAID EQUIPMENT.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
 the date upon which it shall have become a law.