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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2530 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3673 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Jennifer Balinsky Armini |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act providing safe, reliable, and equitable access to electric vehicle charging stations. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Jennifer Balinsky Armini8th Essex1/18/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/19/2023Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex1/25/2023Peter Capano11th Essex1/25/2023Carol A. Doherty3rd Bristol1/30/2023Michelle L. Ciccolo15th Middlesex3/14/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2530 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3673 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Armini of Marblehead, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3673) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Jennifer Balinsky Armini and others relative to access to electric vehicle charging stations. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act providing safe, reliable, and equitable access to electric vehicle charging stations. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 Section 16 of chapter 25A of the General Laws, as amended by sections 38 and 39 of |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2chapter 179 of the acts of 2022, is hereby further amended by adding the following subsection:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 (g) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department shall |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4establish safety standards and regulations for electric vehicle charging stations and public electric |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5vehicle charging stations that shall include, but not be limited to: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6 (i) accessibility and availability to the public in urban, suburban and rural areas; |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 (ii) security involving charging stations including: lighting, siting, visibility from |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8onlookers, emergency call boxes, fire prevention and video surveillance; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 (iii) locating charging stations within open areas and accessible to emergency assistance; |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10 (iv) that electric vehicle charging stations are accurately marked; 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11 (v) all electric vehicle charging stations are in a state of good repair; |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12 (vi) requiring qualifications for technicians who install and maintain charging stations; |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13 (vii) certification procedures for charging equipment; |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14 (viii) the number of charging ports, types of charging connectors and the supporting |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15power levels of charging stations; |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16 (ix) payment methods at charging stations; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17 (x) the privacy of customer data and preventing the tampering and illegal surveillance of |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18payment devices. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19 The department shall take into consideration the initial assessment by the |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20intergovernmental coordinating council established in subsection (d) of section 81 of chapter 179 |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21of the acts of 2022 when establishing safety standards and regulations for electric vehicle |
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| 50 | 50 | | 22charging stations. |
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