By: Hancock S.B. No. 1732
(Patterson)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to standards for certain electric vehicle charging
stations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 14, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 2311 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 2311. ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS
Sec. 2311.001. ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION
STANDARDS. (a) This section applies only to an electric vehicle
charging station that is:
(1) installed after December 1, 2024;
(2) made available to the public; and
(3) not intended primarily for private use.
(b) The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, in
consultation with the Texas Department of Transportation, shall
adopt standards for electric vehicle charging stations that require
the charging stations to be equipped with a standard electric
vehicle charging connector or plug type that is widely compatible
with as many electric vehicles as practicable.
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 1, 2024, the Texas
Department of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt the standards
required by Section 2311.001, Occupations Code, as added by this
Act.
(b) An electric vehicle charging station installed in this
state must be operated in compliance with the standards adopted
under Chapter 2311, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, not
later than January 1, 2030.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.