Requires all newly-constructed electric vehicle charging stations available for public use which are capable of accepting payment to accept all major credit cards.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3247
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 24, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. COONEY, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommu-
nications
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to electric
vehicle charging stations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 9-a of section 1005 of the public authorities
2 law, as amended by chapter 618 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 9-a. As deemed feasible and advisable by the trustees, to design,
5 finance, develop, construct, install, lease, operate and maintain elec-
6 tric vehicle charging stations throughout the state for use by the
7 public. Such electric vehicle charging stations shall include spaces
8 that are large enough to accommodate wheelchair accessible electric
9 vehicles, including but not limited to, vans and minivans. The authority
10 shall annually post on their website a report on those activities under-
11 taken pursuant to this subdivision, including but not limited to: the
12 total number of electric vehicle charging stations in operation pursuant
13 to such authorization, the locations of such charging stations, and the
14 total costs to the authority associated with such activities. The
15 authority, in consultation with the New York state energy and research
16 development authority, the department of transportation, and any other
17 relevant state or local agency or department, shall require that all
18 newly constructed electric vehicle charging stations available for
19 public use which are capable of accepting payment shall accept all major
20 credit cards as defined in section five hundred twenty-one of the gener-
21 al business law.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
23 manner as chapter 618 of the laws of 2024 takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03283-01-5
