Requires the Thruway Authority to provide at least twelve charging stations at each rest area and gas station complex owned, leased or operated by the Thruway Authority.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5035
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 11, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT in relation to requiring the New York State Thruway Authority to
provide at least twelve charging stations at each rest area and gas
station complex owned, leased or operated by the Thruway Authority
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this act is to require the New
2 York State Thruway Authority on each of the rest areas and gas station
3 complexes which are owned, leased or operated by the Authority to
4 provide no less than twelve spaces for electric vehicles to be charged
5 with the two most used level 3 fast charger technologies.
6 § 2. Definitions. As used in this act, the following terms shall have
7 the following meanings:
8 (a) "Electric vehicle" means a motor vehicle subject to registration
9 pursuant to subdivision 6 of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law
10 which is: (i) powered by an electric motor drawing current from
11 rechargeable storage batteries or other portable electrical energy stor-
12 age devices; and (ii) capable of being recharged from an external source
13 of electricity.
14 (b) "Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle" means an electric vehicle that
15 has an internal combustion engine or other propulsion system.
16 (c) "Electric vehicle charger" means a device containing electric
17 vehicle service equipment and software, which, when connected to an
18 electric vehicle, delivers electricity to the electric vehicle.
19 (d) "Level 3 electric vehicle charger" means an electric vehicle char-
20 ger that when connected to an electric vehicle delivers electricity
21 through a DC current. Level 3 chargers are commonly known as the fast
22 chargers.
23 (e) "Electric vehicle service equipment" means equipment, both above
24 and below ground, installed for the purpose of transmitting electricity
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 between the electric vehicle charging station's charging coupler and the
2 electric vehicle's connector.
3 (f) "Electric vehicle service equipment software" means the software
4 programs and other information technologies used to operate the electric
5 vehicle charging equipment.
6 § 3. On each of the rest areas and gas station complexes which are
7 owned, leased or operated by the New York State Thruway Authority, the
8 Authority shall provide no less than twelve spaces for vehicles to be
9 charged with the two most used level 3 fast charger technologies.
10 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
