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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9135
IN SENATE
April 30, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
cations
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 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 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. The authority shall annually post on their website a report on
8 those activities undertaken pursuant to this subdivision, including but
9 not limited to: the total number of electric vehicle charging stations
10 in operation pursuant to such authorization, the locations of such
11 charging stations, and the total costs to the authority associated with
12 such activities. The authority, in consultation with the New York state
13 energy and research development authority, the department of transporta-
14 tion, and any other relevant state or local agency or department, shall
15 require that all newly constructed electric vehicle charging stations
16 available for public use which are capable of accepting payment shall
17 accept all major credit cards as defined in section five hundred twen-
18 ty-one of the general business law.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15304-01-4
