Requires at least one electric charging station available to the public for every one hundred fifty thousand New York state residents; requires construction and development of such stations to comply with article 8 of the labor law including payment of the prevailing wage.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10023--A
IN ASSEMBLY
March 4, 2020
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Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- 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 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:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 9-a of section 1005 of the public authorities
2 law, as added by section 1 of part KK of chapter 58 of the laws of 2019,
3 is amended to read as follows:
4 9-a. [As deemed feasible and advisable by the trustees, to] 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, with at least one charging station for every one hundred fifty
8 thousand New York state residents. The construction and development of
9 such electric vehicle charging stations shall comply with the provisions
10 of article eight of the labor law, including the payment of a wage of
11 not less than the prevailing wage in the locality where such electric
12 vehicle charging station is located. The authority shall annually post
13 on their website a report on those activities undertaken pursuant to
14 this subdivision, including but not limited to: the total number of
15 electric vehicle charging stations in operation pursuant to such author-
16 ization, the locations of such charging stations, and the total costs to
17 the authority associated with such activities.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15638-02-0
