A00232 Summary:
| BILL NO | A00232 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Eachus |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §378, Exec L | |
| Requires standards for the new construction of electric vehicle charging stations to require such stations to have an external automatic cutoff switch. | |
A00232 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 232 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring standards for the new construction of electric vehicle charging stations to require such stations to have an external cutoff switch The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 20 of section 378 of the executive law, as 2 renumbered by section 3 of part RR of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is 3 renumbered subdivision 21 and a new subdivision 20 is added to read as 4 follows: 5 20. Standards requiring new construction of permanently installed 6 residential electric vehicle charging stations to include an external 7 cutoff switch. Such requirements shall also apply to the sale or trans- 8 fer of a residence containing a permanently installed electric vehicle 9 charging station. A cutoff switch shall be a hand-operated switch which 10 is capable of cutting off all power and electricity to the vehicle with- 11 out the need of a key or to unlock the device. For permanently 12 installed residential electric vehicle charging stations, such cutoff 13 switch shall be placed outside of the house or garage. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01414-01-5