NY State Senate Bill 2023-S749B

Senate Bill S749B

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires at least one electric level three fast charging station for every five thousand New York state residents

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 07, 2024	committed to rules
May 20, 2024	amended on third reading (t) 749b
Mar 04, 2024	advanced to third reading
Feb 28, 2024	2nd report cal.
Feb 27, 2024	1st report cal.553
Feb 22, 2024	print number 749a
Feb 22, 2024	amend (t) and recommit to energy and telecommunications
Jan 03, 2024	referred to energy and telecommunications
Jan 06, 2023	referred to energy and telecommunications

Votes

- Feb 27, 2024 - Energy And Telecommunications Committee Vote
  S749B
  
  5
  
  Aye
  
  3
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Energy And Telecommunications Committee Vote: Feb 27, 2024
      
      aye (5)
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Hinchey
      
      Kennedy
      
      Mannion
      
      Parker
      
      nay (3)
      
      Borrello
      
      Mattera
      
      O'Mara
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Kavanagh

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

2023-S749 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1005, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S8100
2021-2022: S2220

2023-S749 - Summary

Requires at least one electric level three fast charging station available to the public for every five thousand New York state residents on a county level by December 31, 2026; provides for the siting of such charging stations; requires construction and development of such stations to comply with article 8 of the labor law including payment of the prevailing wage.

2023-S749 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S749

SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring at
least one electric charging station for every one hundred fifty thousand
New York state residents

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To establish a minimum number of publicly available electric vehicle
charging stations per residents.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends subdivision 9-a of section 1005 of the public authori-
ties law to mandate that the New York Power Authority be responsible for
the installation and operation of electric vehicle charging stations per
every 150,000 residents in the state.

Section 2 provides the effective date

 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):

This amendment adds a prevailing wage requirement.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Consumer surveys have shown that one of the biggest barriers to the
adoption of electric vehicles is inadequate charging infrastructure.
With overreliance on fossil fuels worsening our climate crisis, electric
vehicles must increasingly play a role in our daily lives.  The New York
Power Authority has an existing statutory goal to install publicly
available electric vehicle chargers. This legislation attaches a minimum
number of stations for residents to ensure that the resulting infras-
tructure truly increases the viability of electric vehicle ownership in
New York.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.2220 of 2021-22: Referred to Energy and Telecommunications

S.8100-A of 2020: Referred to Energy and Telecommunications

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately after becoming law.

2023-S749 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    749
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring  at
   least  one electric charging station for every one hundred fifty thou-
   sand 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 CHARGING STATION FOR EVERY ONE  HUNDRED  FIFTY
 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  annually  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 author-
 ization, 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.
                                                            LBD02757-01-3

2023-S749A - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1005, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S8100
2021-2022: S2220

2023-S749A - Summary

2023-S749A - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S749A

SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To establish a minimum number of publicly available electric vehicle
charging stations per residents.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends subdivision 9-a of section 1005 of the public authori-
ties law to mandate that the New York Power Authority be responsible for
the installation and operation of level three fast electric vehicle
charging stations per every 10,000 residents in the state. Also, adds a
prevailing wage requirement.

Section 2 provides the effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Consumer surveys have shown that one of the biggest barriers to the
adoption of electric vehicles is inadequate charging infrastructure.
With overreliance on fossil fuels worsening our climate crisis, electric
vehicles must increasingly play a role in our daily lives.  The New York
Power Authority has an existing statutory goal to install publicly
available electric vehicle chargers. This legislation attaches a minimum
number of fast chagrining stations for residents to ensure that the
resulting infrastructure truly increases the viability of electric vehi-
cle ownership in New York.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.749 of 2023: Referred to Enerav and Telecommunications

S.2220 of 2021-22: Referred to Energy and Telecommunications

S.8100-A of 2020: Referred to Energy and Telecommunications

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately after becoming law.

2023-S749A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  749--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
   cations -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 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.
                                                            LBD02757-02-4

2023-S749B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1005, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S8100
2021-2022: S2220

2023-S749B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S749B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S749B

SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
power authority of the state of New York to build at least one electric
level three fast charging station for every five thousand New York state
residents by December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To establish a minimum number of publicly available electric vehicle
charging stations per residents.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends subdivision 9-a of section 1005 of the public authori-
ties law to mandate that the New York Power Authority be responsible for
the installation and operation of level three fast electric vehicle
charging stations per every 5,000 residents in the state. Also, adds a
prevailing wage requirement.

Section 2 provides the effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Consumer surveys have shown that one of the biggest barriers to the
adoption of electric vehicles is inadequate charging infrastructure.
With overreliance on fossil fuels worsening our climate crisis, electric
vehicles must increasingly play a role in our daily lives.  The New York
Power Authority has an existing statutory goal to install publicly
available electric vehicle chargers. This legislation attaches a minimum
number of fast charging stations for residents to ensure that the
resulting infrastructure truly increases the viability of electric vehi-
cle ownership in New York.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.749 of 2023: Referred to Energy and Telecommunications

S.2220 of 2021-22: Referred to Energy and Telecommunications

S.8100-A of 2020: Referred to Energy and Telecommunications

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately after becoming law.

2023-S749B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  749--B
     Cal. No. 553
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
   cations -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee -- reported favorably from said  committee,  ordered
   to  first  and  second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and
   ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
   power authority of the state of New York to build at least  one  elec-
   tric  level  three  fast  charging station for every five thousand New
   York state residents by December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six
 
   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. ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, THE
 AUTHORITY SHALL CONSTRUCT, AND MAINTAIN THEREAFTER, AT LEAST  ONE  LEVEL
 THREE FAST CHARGING STATION FOR EVERY FIVE THOUSAND NEW YORK STATE RESI-
 DENTS.    THE  DISTRIBUTION  OF  SUCH LEVEL THREE FAST CHARGING STATIONS
 SHALL BE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE STATE AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, SO  THAT  EACH
 COUNTY  SHALL  RECEIVE  ONE  LEVEL THREE CHARGING STATION FOR EVERY FIVE
 THOUSAND NEW YORK STATE RESIDENTS LOCATED THEREIN.  SITING  OF  CHARGING
 STATIONS  SHALL  BE PRIORITIZED IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, HIGHWAY EXITS, TRANSIT HUBS, MUNICIPAL OR TOWN  CENTERS,  OR
 ANY  OTHER  WIDELY  ACCESSIBLE LOCATION THE AUTHORITY DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
 THE CONSTRUCTION AND  DEVELOPMENT  OF  SUCH  ELECTRIC  VEHICLE  CHARGING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD02757-04-4
 S. 749--B                           2
 
 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 annually 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.

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