NY State Senate Bill 2017-S5909

Senate Bill S5909

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires certain state owned and operated parking garages, open parking lots and other parking facilities to install and maintain charging stations for plug-in electric vehicles

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2017-S5909 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A87
Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Add §201-b, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: A10133
2015-2016: A2109
2019-2020: S2274, A33
2021-2022: S370, A346
2023-2024: S1535, A4871

2017-S5909 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain state owned and operated parking garages, open parking lots and other parking facilities to install and maintain charging stations for plug-in electric vehicles.

2017-S5909 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S5909

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the executive law, in relation to
requiring certain state owned and operated parking garages, open
parking lots and other parking facilities to install and maintain
charging stations for plug-in electric vehicles

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

This bill would require all New York State owned and operated parking
garages, open parking lots and other parking facilities to install and
maintain a set amount of charging stations for Plug-In Electric
Vehicles.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1: Requires any parking garage, open parking lot and other
parking facility owned and/or operated by the State of New York, that
offers between 50 and 200 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 10 percent of the total
number of parking spaces offered by such facility

Section 2: Requires any parking garage, open parking lot and other
parking facility owned and/or operated by the State of New York, that
offers more than 200 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 20 percent of the total number
of parking spaces offered by such facility.

Section 3: Sets forth electrical supply and capacity standards for
Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment in open parking lots and other open
air parking facilities.

Section 4: Sets forth electrical supply and capacity standards for
Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment in parking garages.

Section 5: Provides for the installation of Electric Vehicle Supply
Equipment by the Office of General Services or licensed contracting
agency.

Section 6: Provides for the operation, maintenance and repair of
Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment by the Office of General Services or
licensed contacting agency.

Section 7: Outlines parking restrictions and the installation of
appropriate signage for spaces designated with Electric Vehicle Supply
Equipment.

Section 8: Provides for the enforcement of parking restrictions of
spaces designated with Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment.  a

Section 9: Sets forth that New York State bears all installation,
operating and maintenance costs of Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment.

Section 10: This act shall take effect immediately.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The number of alternative fuel vehicles on the road in both New York
State and across the country has grown significantly over the past
decade. Specifically, Plug-In Electric Vehicles (those that are
powered by an electric fuel cell and can be recharged) are in
increasingly high demand, and market forecast studies conducted by
Navigant Research find that by 2022 2.3 percent of total vehicle sales
in the United States are expected to be Plug-In Electric Vehicles
(PEV's) and that New York State will sell 144,690 PEV's between 2013
and 2022.

Given the large number of PEV vehicles that currently are and will be
on the road by 2020, it is cur duty as a national leader in renewable
energy to provide the citizens of this state, as well as visitors,
with proper resources for them to recharge their vehicles. This bill
will promote individuals who were previously concerned with charging
station limitations within the state to purchase clean energy
vehicles, both boosting the economy through increases in private and
state taxable revenue on the sales of such PEV's. Lastly, this
Legislation will bring New York State up to par with other energy
efficient states such as California and Texas, who are already
installing charging stations in an effort to promote clean and
renewable energy and reduce carbon emissions.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-2016: A2109 - Referred to Governmental Operations
2013-2014: A.10133 - Referred to Governmental Operations

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S5909 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5909
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law,  in  relation  to  requiring  certain
   state  owned and operated parking garages, open parking lots and other
   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.  ANY  PARKING  GARAGE,
 OPEN PARKING LOT AND OTHER PARKING FACILITY OWNED AND/OR 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.
   2.  ANY  PARKING  GARAGE,  OPEN PARKING LOT AND OTHER PARKING FACILITY
 OWNED AND/OR OPERATED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THAT  OFFERS  MORE  THAN
 TWO HUNDRED PARKING SPACES FOR THE PURPOSES OF PUBLIC USE, STATE EMPLOY-
 EE  USE AND PAY-PER-USAGE, IS HEREBY REQUIRED TO INSTALL ELECTRIC CHARG-
 ING STATIONS IN AT LEAST TWENTY PERCENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER  OF  PARKING
 SPACES OFFERED BY SUCH FACILITY.
   3.  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF THIS SECTION, OPEN PARKING
 LOTS AND OTHER OPEN PARKING FACILITIES SHALL BE  CAPABLE  OF  SUPPORTING
 ELECTRIC  VEHICLE  CHARGING  STATIONS  THROUGH AN ELECTRICAL RACEWAY, NO
 SMALLER THAN ONE INCH, CAPABLE OF PROVIDING A MINIMUM SUPPLY OF 11.5 KVA
 TO AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT (EVSE) FROM AN  ELECTRIC  SUPPLY
 PANEL.   THE ELECTRIC SUPPLY PANEL SERVING SUCH PARKING SPACES MUST HAVE
 AT LEAST 3.1 KW OF AVAILABLE CAPACITY FOR EACH CHARGING STALL  CONNECTED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01611-01-7

 S. 5909                             2
 
 TO  IT WITH THE RACEWAY. SUCH RACEWAY AND ALL COMPONENTS AND WORK APPUR-
 TENANT THERETO SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH  STATE,  CITY  AND  MUNICIPAL
 ELECTRICAL CODE.
   4.  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISIONS  ONE  AND  TWO OF THIS SECTION, PARKING
 GARAGES  SHALL  BE  CAPABLE  OF  SUPPORTING  ELECTRIC  VEHICLE  CHARGING
 STATIONS  THROUGH  AN  ELECTRICAL  RACEWAY  TO THE ELECTRIC SUPPLY PANEL
 SERVING THE GARAGE THAT SHALL BE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING A MINIMUM  OF  3.1
 KW  OF  ELECTRICAL  CAPACITY TO EACH CHARGING STALL CONNECTED TO IT WITH
 THE RACEWAY. SUCH RACEWAY AND ALL COMPONENTS AND WORK APPURTENANT THERE-
 TO SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH  STATE,  CITY  AND  MUNICIPAL  ELECTRICAL
 CODES.
   5. THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INSTAL-
 LATION  OF  ANY ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT.  IF SUCH INSTALLATION
 SHALL REQUIRE THE STATE TO MAKE  UPGRADES  TO  A  FACILITY'S  ELECTRICAL
 SUPPLY EQUIPMENT TO SAFELY AND SUFFICIENTLY POWER AND OPERATE THE CHARG-
 ING  STATIONS,  THE  OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES, IF ABLE, 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 STATE  MAY  CONTRACT  WITH  A
 LICENSED  ELECTRICIAN  OR  SIMILAR SERVICE PROVIDER TO UPGRADE THE ELEC-
 TRICAL CAPACITY OF SAID FACILITY.
   6. THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTE-
 NANCE, GENERAL UPKEEP AND REPAIR OF ANY ELECTRIC VEHICLE  SUPPLY  EQUIP-
 MENT. IF THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES IS UNABLE TO COMPLETE SUCH MAIN-
 TENANCE  OR  REPAIRS, THE STATE MAY CONTRACT WITH A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN
 OR SIMILAR REPAIR SERVICE TO COMPLETE THE NECESSARY WORK ON SAID  EQUIP-
 MENT.
   7.  TO  ENSURE THAT ELECTRIC VEHICLES THAT REQUIRE THE USE OF CHARGING
 STATIONS ARE  THE  ONLY  VEHICLES  ALLOWED  TO  UTILIZE  PARKING  SPACES
 EQUIPPED  WITH  ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT, THE OFFICE OF GENERAL
 SERVICES, OR OTHER APPROPRIATE AGENCY, IS REQUIRED TO INSTALL SIGNAGE TO
 ADVISE DRIVERS OF SUCH PARKING RESTRICTIONS.
   8. STATE, CITY AND/OR MUNICIPAL POLICING  AUTHORITIES  AND/OR  PARKING
 ENFORCEMENT  ARE  HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE CITATIONS OR TAKE ANY OTHER
 APPROPRIATE ACTION IN THE EVENT OF A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION  SEVEN  OF
 THIS  SECTION  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH EXISTING VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW AND
 PARKING RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY ANY PARKING FACILITY IN WHICH THE  ELEC-
 TRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT IS LOCATED.
   9. THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL ASSUME ALL COSTS OF INSTALLING, OPERAT-
 ING AND MAINTAINING ANY ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING THE
 COST OF UTILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHARGING OF VEHICLES. THE STATE OF
 NEW  YORK IS ALSO PROHIBITED FROM CHARGING AN INDIVIDUAL, WHO IS AUTHOR-
 IZED BY THIS SECTION, IN ANY WAY, FOR THE USE OF SUCH  ELECTRIC  VEHICLE
 SUPPLY EQUIPMENT OFFERED BY A STATE OWNED AND/OR OPERATED PARKING FACIL-
 ITY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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