New York Assembly Bill A07129 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7129 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring electric vehicle charging stations and electric vehicle ready parking spaces in certain state properties The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 201-b 2 to read as follows: 3 § 201-b. Electric vehicle charging stations. 1. For the purposes of 4 this section, the term "parking facility" shall mean a parking garage, 5 parking structure, or open parking lot that is paved and striped to 6 designate individual parking spaces for vehicles and which has fifty 7 parking spaces or more. 8 2. Any parking facility owned and operated by the state of New York, 9 that offers between fifty and two hundred parking spaces for the 10 purposes of public use, state employee use and pay-per-usage, is hereby 11 required to install electric charging stations in at least ten percent 12 of the total number of parking spaces offered by such facility. 13 3. Any parking facility owned and operated by the state of New York, 14 that offers more than two hundred parking spaces for the purposes of 15 public use, state employee use and pay-per-usage, is hereby required to 16 install electric charging stations in at least twenty percent of the 17 total number of parking spaces offered by such facility. 18 4. Each electric vehicle charging station required pursuant to this 19 section shall support electric vehicle charging with a minimum of forty 20 amperes and two hundred eight volts of electrical capacity. Such elec- 21 tric vehicle charging stations and all other components and work appur- 22 tenant thereto shall be in accordance with all applicable state, county, 23 city, town, or village electrical codes. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10308-01-5 
 A. 7129 2 1 5. The office of general services shall be responsible for the instal- 2 lation of any electric vehicle supply equipment and charging stations. 3 If such installation shall require the state to make upgrades to any 4 electrical supply equipment to safely and sufficiently power and operate 5 such charging stations, the office of general services shall increase 6 the electrical capacity of the existing system by installing new compo- 7 nents as necessary. If the office of general services is unable to make 8 such technical upgrades to a facility, the office may contract with a 9 licensed electrician or similar service provider to upgrade the elec- 10 trical capacity of said facility. Such contracted work shall comply with 11 the provisions of article eight of the labor law, including the payment 12 of a wage of not less than the prevailing wage in the locality where 13 such parking facility is located. 14 6. The office of general services shall be responsible for the mainte- 15 nance, general upkeep and repair of any electric vehicle supply equip- 16 ment and charging stations. If the office of general services is unable 17 to complete such maintenance or repairs, the office may contract with a 18 licensed electrician or similar repair service to complete the necessary 19 work on said equipment. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding 21 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the 22 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary 23 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized 24 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.