Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0988 Compare Versions

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6	7		LC002916
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8	9		S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND
9	10		IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
10	11		JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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13	14		A N A C T
14	15		RELATING TO MOTOR AN D OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND
15	16		PRIVILEGES
16	17		Introduced By: Senators Lombardo, Ruggerio, Pearson, DiPalma, Zurier, Acosta, Gu,
17	18		Britto, F. Lombardi, and DiMario
18	19		Date Introduced: May 15, 2023
19	20		Referred To: Senate Finance
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22	23		It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
23	24		SECTION 1. Chapter 31-28 of the General Laws entitled "Parking Facilities and 1
24	25		Privileges" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following sections: 2
25	26		31-28-11. Installation of electric vehicle charging stations -- Definitions. 3
26	27		As used in this section and § 31-28-12, the following words shall have the following 4
27		-	~~meanings~~: 5
	28	+	meaning: 5
28	29		(1) "Commercial" includes, but is not limited to, any parking lot servicing box stores, 6
29	30		grocery markets, strip malls, shopping malls, shopping centers, and hotels or motels. 7
30	31		(2) "Electric vehicle charging station" (EVCS) means a public parking space that is served 8
31	32		by either "EV capable" or "EV ready" charging equipment. 9
32		-	(3) "EV capable" means ~~electrical vehicle charging stations~~ that have electrical panel 10
33		-	~~capacity and~~ space to support a minimum 40-ampere, 208/240-volt dedicated branch circuit for 11
34		-	~~each EV parking~~ space, and the installation of raceways (enclosed conduit that forms a physical 12
35		-	~~pathway for~~ electrical wiring), both underground and surface mounted, to support electric vehicle 13
36		-	~~supply~~ equipment (EVSE). 14
	33	+	(3) "EV capable" means designated parking spaces that have electrical panel capacity and 10
	34	+	space to support a minimum 40-ampere, 208/240-volt dedicated branch circuit for each EV parking 11
	35	+	space, and the installation of raceways (enclosed conduit that forms a physical pathway for 12
	36	+	electrical wiring), both underground and surface mounted, to support electric vehicle supply 13
	37	+	equipment (EVSE). 14
37	38		(4) "EV ready" means a designated parking space with one 40-ampere, 208/240-volt 15
38	39		dedicated branch circuit for EVSE servicing electric vehicles. The circuit shall terminate in a 16
39	40		suitable termination point such as a receptacle, junction box, or an EVSE, and be located in close 17
40	41		proximity to the proposed location of the EV parking spaces. 18
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43		-	(5) "Housing" means any new, existing, or rehabilitated private housing developments with 1
44		-	more than twenty (20) units, that provide residential or public parking. 2
45		-	(6) "Large employer" means any employer, with over one hundred (100) employees located 3
46		-	in a single complex, that owns and operates a parking lot for employee use. 4
47		-	(7) "Municipal" means any parking lot servicing a municipal building, including, but not 5
48		-	limited to, schools, public safety facilities, town or city hall, library, public administration offices, 6
49		-	and recreational facilities. 7
50		-	(8) "Public funding" means any funds including, but not limited to, funds derived from 8
51		-	federal, state or municipal sources; in-kind remuneration from any federal, state or municipal 9
52		-	source; gifts or grants from any federal, state or municipal source; revenue sharing or other federal, 10
53		-	state or municipal payments of any nature, intergovernmental transfers; tax stabilization 11
54		-	agreements, revenues resulting from the sale of state or municipal bonds; or by the sale or lease of 12
55		-	any property owned by the federal government, the State of Rhode Island, and/or any municipality 13
56		-	of the state. 14
57		-	31-28-12. Installation of electric vehicles vehicle charging stations -- Designated 15
58		-	parking spaces. 16
59		-	(a) All new parking lots and existing lots that undergo an expansion of the number of 17
60		-	parking spaces by fifty percent (50%) or more, shall create designated parking spaces for electric 18
61		-	vehicles. 19
62		-	(b) Each electric vehicle parking space shall have either an EV-ready, or EV-capable public 20
63		-	level 2, or DC fast charger, or a dual port charger to be shared by two (2) parking spaces. 21
64		-	(c) Projects awarded or under development prior to January 1, 2024, are exempt from the 22
65		-	requirements of this section. Beginning January 1, 2024, the installation of electric vehicle charging 23
66		-	stations and the designation of parking spaces shall be required when there is: 24
67		-	(1) Construction of a parking lot for a new building or new off-street parking facility; 25
68		-	(2) An additional parking lot added to an addition for an existing building; or 26
69		-	(3) A parking lot increased in size to add fifty percent (50%) or more parking spaces. 27
70		-	(d) Commercial, municipal, large employer, and housing parking lots shall designate 28
71		-	electrical vehicle parking spaces based on the number of parking spaces provided in accordance 29
72		-	with the following table below. Calculations for the required number of EV spaces shall be rounded 30
73		-	up to the nearest whole number. 31
74		-	TOTAL NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES NUMBER OF REQUIRED EV SPACES 32
75		-	0-9 ........................................................................................................................ 0 33
76		-	10-25 .................................................................................................................... 1 34
	45	+	(5) "EVSE-installed" means EV supply equipment (EVSE) that is fully installed from the 1
	46	+	electrical panel to the parking space. 2
	47	+	(6) "Housing" means any new, existing, or rehabilitated private housing developments with 3
	48	+	more than twenty (20) units, that provide residential or public parking. 4
	49	+	(7) "Large employer" means any employer, with over one hundred (100) employees located 5
	50	+	in a single complex, that owns and operates a parking lot for employee use. 6
	51	+	(8) "Municipal" means any parking lot servicing a municipal building, including, but not 7
	52	+	limited to, schools, public safety facilities, town or city hall, library, public administration offices, 8
	53	+	and recreational facilities. 9
	54	+	31-28-12. Installation of electric vehicles charging stations -- Designated parking 10
	55	+	spaces. 11
	56	+	(a) All new parking lots and existing lots that undergo an expansion of the number of 12
	57	+	parking spaces by fifty percent (50%) or more, shall create designated parking spaces for electric 13
	58	+	vehicles. 14
	59	+	(b) Each electric vehicle parking space shall have either an EV-ready, EV-capable, or 15
	60	+	EVSE-installed public level 2, or DC fast charger, or a dual port charger to be shared by two (2) 16
	61	+	parking spaces. 17
	62	+	(c) Projects awarded or under development prior to January 1, 2024, are exempt from the 18
	63	+	requirements of this section. Beginning January 1, 2024, the installation of electric vehicle charging 19
	64	+	stations and the designation of parking spaces shall be required when there is: 20
	65	+	(1) Construction of a parking lot for a new building or new off-street parking facility; 21
	66	+	(2) An additional parking lot added to an addition for an existing building; or 22
	67	+	(3) A parking lot increased in size to add fifty percent (50%) or more parking spaces. 23
	68	+	(d) Projects after January 1, 2024 requiring one or more EV spaces in accordance with the 24
	69	+	provisions of subsection (e) of this section shall install a minimum of one EVSE-installed parking 25
	70	+	space. 26
	71	+	(e) Commercial, municipal, large employer, and housing parking lots shall designate 27
	72	+	electric vehicle parking spaces based on the number of parking spaces provided in accordance with 28
	73	+	the table below. Calculations for the required number of EV spaces shall be rounded up to the 29
	74	+	nearest whole number. 30
	75	+	TOTAL NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES NUMBER OF REQUIRED EV SPACES 31
	76	+	0-5 …………………………………………………………………………………0 32
	77	+	6-10 ……………………………………………………………………………...... 1 33
	78	+	11-25 ……………………………………………………………………………… 2 34
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79		-	26-50 .................................................................................................................... 2 1
80		-	51-75 .................................................................................................................... 4 2
81		-	76-100 .................................................................................................................. 5 3
82		-	101-150 ................................................................................................................ 7 4
83		-	151-200 .............................................................................................................. 10 5
84		-	201 and over ..................................................................... six percent (6%) of total 6
85		-	(e) Electric vehicle parking restrictions and violations shall be enforced pursuant to the 7
86		-	provisions of §§ 31-21-18 and 31-41.1-4 relating to the fine imposed for electric vehicle charging 8
87		-	station restrictions. 9
88		-	(f) The owner of any facility or business which fails to comply with the provisions of this 10
89		-	section shall be subject to a penalty set and enforced by the local or state authorities on public or 11
90		-	private property when the location of the parking spaces is within the purview of the state building 12
91		-	code, chapter 27.3 of title 23. 13
92		-	(g) The office of energy resources shall provide recommendations to improve electrical 14
93		-	vehicle charging infrastructure in underserved communities. In the development of these 15
94		-	recommendations, the office of energy resources may request and be furnished with information 16
95		-	from municipalities, an electric distribution company, the Rhode Island department of 17
96		-	transportation, community boards and nonprofits representing municipal interests. The office of 18
97		-	energy resources shall develop these recommendations by January 31, 2024. 19
98		-	(h) Municipalities shall provide the office of energy resources with semiannual reports on 20
99		-	the number of installed public charging stations, location of the charging stations, and total number 21
100		-	of charging stations in the community. The office of energy resources shall make this information 22
101		-	available to the public on the agency's website. 23
102		-	(i) The provisions of this section shall only apply to new projects awarded subsequent to 24
103		-	January 1, 2024 that receive any form of public funding. 25
104		-	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2023. 26
	82	+	26-45 ……………………………………………………………………………… 3 1
	83	+	46-65 ……………………………………………………………………………… 4 2
	84	+	66-85 ……………………………………………………………………………… 5 3
	85	+	86-105 …………………………………………………………………………….. 6 4
	86	+	106-150 …………………………………………………………………………… 7 5
	87	+	151-200 ………………………………………………………………………….. 10 6
	88	+	201 and over ……………………………………………… six percent (6%) of total 7
	89	+	(f) Electric vehicle restrictions and violations shall be enforced pursuant to the provisions 8
	90	+	of §§ 31-21-18 and 31-41.1-4 relating to the fine imposed for electric vehicle charging station 9
	91	+	restrictions. 10
	92	+	(g) The owner of any facility or business which fails to comply with the provisions of this 11
	93	+	section shall be subject to a penalty set and enforced by the local or state authorities on public or 12
	94	+	private property when the location of the parking spaces is within the purview of the state building 13
	95	+	code, chapter 27.3 of title 23. 14
	96	+	(h) The office of energy resources shall provide recommendations to improve electric 15
	97	+	vehicle charging infrastructure in underserved communities. In the development of these 16
	98	+	recommendations, the office of energy resources may request and be furnished with information 17
	99	+	from municipalities, an electric distribution company, the Rhode Island department of 18
	100	+	transportation, community boards and nonprofits representing municipal interests. The office of 19
	101	+	energy resources shall develop these recommendations by January 31, 2024. 20
	102	+	(i) Municipalities shall provide the office of energy resources with semiannual reports on 21
	103	+	the number of installed public charging stations, location of the charging stations, and total number 22
	104	+	of charging stations in the community. The office of energy resources shall make this information 23
	105	+	available to the public on the agency's website. 24
	106	+	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2023. 25
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110	113		EXPLANATION
111	114		BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
112	115		OF
113	116		A N A C T
114	117		RELATING TO MOTOR AN D OTHER VEHICLES -- PARKING FACILITIES AND
115	118		PRIVILEGES
116	119		***
117	120		This act would require, beginning January 1, 2024, that new parking lots and existing 1
118	121		parking lots undergoing an expansion of fifty percent (50%) or more of the parking spaces to create 2
119	122		designated electric vehicle parking spaces. The number of required electric vehicle parking spaces 3
120	123		is based on the total number of parking spaces. 4
121	124		This act would take effect on July 1, 2023. 5
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