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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 3160 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 771 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 3160 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT ADDING REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE |
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| 19 | 19 | | CHARGING PARKING SPACES TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 21 | 21 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 23 | 23 | | That subsection (a) of section 29-252 of the general statutes be 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | amended to require that the State Building Inspector and the Codes 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | and Standards Committee revise the State Building Code to require 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | new construction and buildings undergoing substantial rehabilitation 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | of parking areas or electrical systems to have electric vehicle ready 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | parking spaces, which have the appropriate electric wiring for future 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | installation of an electric charging station, and electric vehicle capable 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | parking spaces, which have an electric panel with space to install 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | appropriate electric service, as follows: (1) A one-to-three family home 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | must have at least one electric vehicle ready parking space; (2) a home 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | for more than three families or a commercial building with between 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | two and ten parking spaces must have at least fifty per cent of their 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | spaces electric vehicle capable and at least twenty per cent electric 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | vehicle ready, rounded to the nearest larger number; and (3) a multi-14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | unit residential or commercial building with at least eleven parking 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | spaces must have at least forty per cent of their spaces electric vehicle 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | capable, including twenty per cent electric vehicle ready, rounded to 17 Proposed Bill No. 771 |
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| 42 | 42 | | LCO No. 3160 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | the nearest larger number. 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 46 | 46 | | To update the State Building Code to require new construction and |
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| 47 | 47 | | buildings undergoing substantial rehabilitation of parking areas or |
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| 48 | 48 | | electrical systems to have electric vehicle ready parking spaces and |
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| 49 | 49 | | electric vehicle capable parking spaces. |
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