STATE OF NEW YORK
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Cal. No. 123
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 6, 2021
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Introduced by Sens. KAPLAN, ADDABBO, BIAGGI, GAUGHRAN, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER,
MANNION, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
committed to the Committee on Finance -- 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 -- recommitted to the Committee on Finance in
accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said
committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled,
vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered
reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring the
construction of certain parking facilities to be capable of supporting
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. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section
2 19-a to read as follows:
3 § 19-a. Parking facilities; support for electric vehicle charging
4 stations. 1. For purposes of this section the term "construction
5 project" shall mean any construction project performed under private
6 contract that receives state capital funding.
7 2. Any construction project undertaken in this state where the scope
8 of such project includes a parking garage, open parking lot, or other
9 parking facility that offers between fifty and two hundred parking spac-
10 es shall be capable of supporting electric vehicle charging stations for
11 a minimum of ten percent of available parking spaces through an elec-
12 trical raceway to the electric supply panel serving such parking garage,
13 open parking lot, or other parking facility that shall be capable of
14 providing a minimum of forty amps and two hundred eight volts of elec-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 trical capacity to each charging station connected to the raceway. Such
2 raceway and all components and work appurtenant thereto shall be in
3 accordance with all applicable state, city and municipal electrical
4 codes.
5 3. Any construction project undertaken in this state where the scope
6 of such project includes a parking garage, open parking lot, or other
7 parking facility that offers more than two hundred parking spaces shall
8 be capable of supporting electric vehicle charging stations for a mini-
9 mum of twenty percent of available parking spaces through an electrical
10 raceway to the electric supply panel serving such parking garage, open
11 parking lot, or other parking facility that shall be capable of provid-
12 ing a minimum of forty amps and two hundred eight volts of electrical
13 capacity to each charging station connected to the raceway. Such raceway
14 and all components and work appurtenant thereto shall be in accordance
15 with all applicable state, city and municipal electrical codes.
16 4. Nothing in this section shall require the installation of electric
17 vehicle charging stations in any parking garage, open parking lot or
18 other parking facility.
19 5. Any construction project undertaken pursuant to subdivisions two
20 and three of this section shall comply with the provisions of article
21 eight of the labor law, including the payment of a wage of not less than
22 the prevailing wage pursuant to section two hundred twenty of the labor
23 law in the locality where such parking garage, open parking lot, or
24 other parking facility is located.
25 § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2023 and shall apply to
26 contracts for new construction entered into on and after such date.
