By: Schwertner S.B. No. 1495
(In the Senate - Filed February 20, 2025; March 6, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
April 16, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11,
Nays 0; April 16, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of an Electric Vehicle Supply
Equipment Advisory Board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter B, Chapter 2311,
Occupations Code, as added by Chapter 1153 (S.B. 1001), Acts of the
88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
SUBCHAPTER B. COMMISSION AND DEPARTMENT POWERS AND DUTIES
SECTION 2. Chapter 2311, Occupations Code, as added by
Chapter 1153 (S.B. 1001), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2023, is amended by adding Subchapter B-1 to read as
follows:
SUBCHAPTER B-1. ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT ADVISORY BOARD
Sec. 2311.0251. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Advisory board" means the Electric Vehicle Supply
Equipment Advisory Board.
(2) "Executive director" means the executive director
of the department.
Sec. 2311.0252. ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERSHIP. (a) The
advisory board consists of nine voting members appointed by the
presiding officer of the commission, with the commission's
approval, as follows:
(1) three members who represent electric vehicle
supply equipment companies;
(2) two members who install or service electric
vehicle supply equipment;
(3) two members who represent the motor fuel retail
industry;
(4) one member who represents a public utility
company; and
(5) one member of the public.
(b) The presiding officer of the commission, with the
approval of the commission, shall appoint two ex officio nonvoting
members of the board. An ex officio member is not counted as a
member for purposes of establishing a quorum. Members appointed
under this subsection must include:
(1) one member who represents the Texas Department of
Transportation; and
(2) one member who represents the Texas Commission on
Fire Protection.
(c) Appointments to the advisory board shall be made without
regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or
national origin of the appointees.
Sec. 2311.0253. TERMS; VACANCIES. (a) Advisory board
members serve six-year terms.
(b) If a vacancy occurs during a member's term, the
presiding officer of the commission, with the commission's
approval, shall appoint a replacement to fill the unexpired term.
Sec. 2311.0254. PRESIDING OFFICER. The presiding officer
of the commission, with the commission's approval, shall appoint
one advisory board member to serve as presiding officer of the board
for a term of two years.
Sec. 2311.0255. ADVISORY BOARD DUTIES. The advisory board
may advise the commission and department on:
(1) the adoption of appropriate standards for the
installation, maintenance, calibration, alteration, operation,
testing, or inspection, as applicable, of electric vehicle supply
equipment; and
(2) other issues affecting electric vehicle charging
stations.
Sec. 2311.0256. MEETINGS; QUORUM. (a) The advisory board
shall meet at the call of the executive director or the presiding
officer of the commission.
(b) A majority of the voting members of the advisory board
constitutes a quorum.
Sec. 2311.0257. EXPIRATION. The advisory board is
abolished and this subchapter expires December 1, 2030.
SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2025, the presiding
officer of the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall
appoint members to the Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Advisory
Board in accordance with Section 2311.0252, Occupations Code, as
added by this Act.
SECTION 4. 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, 2025.
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