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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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749--B
Cal. No. 553
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 6, 2023
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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:
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. On or before December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six, the
8 authority shall construct, and maintain thereafter, at least one level
9 three fast charging station for every five thousand New York state resi-
10 dents. The distribution of such level three fast charging stations
11 shall be spread throughout the state at the county level, so that each
12 county shall receive one level three charging station for every five
13 thousand New York state residents located therein. Siting of charging
14 stations shall be prioritized in high traffic areas including, but not
15 limited to, highway exits, transit hubs, municipal or town centers, or
16 any other widely accessible location the authority deems appropriate.
17 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.
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1 stations shall comply with the provisions of article eight of the labor
2 law, including the payment of a wage of not less than the prevailing
3 wage in the locality where such electric vehicle charging station is
4 located. The authority shall annually post on their website a report on
5 those activities undertaken pursuant to this subdivision, including but
6 not limited to: the total number of electric vehicle charging stations
7 in operation pursuant to such authorization, the locations of such
8 charging stations, and the total costs to the authority associated with
9 such activities.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
