89R13158 JAM-D
By: Hall, Middleton S.B. No. 1694
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the source of power for stations and other equipment
used to dispense energy to electric vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2311, Occupations Code, as added by
Chapter 211 (S.B. 1732), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2023, is redesignated as Chapter 2311A, Occupations Code,
and amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 2311A [2311]. ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS
Sec. 2311A.001 [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;
(3) not intended primarily for private use; and
(4) funded through public grants or state rebate
programs.
(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:
(1) equipped with a standard electric vehicle charging
connector or plug type that is widely compatible with as many
electric vehicles as practicable; and
(2) powered only by renewable energy sources.
SECTION 2. Section 2311.0301, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2311.0301. DUTIES OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY PROVIDER.
Unless electric vehicle supply equipment is exempt from the
application of this chapter or has been removed from service, an
electric vehicle supply provider shall:
(1) have electric vehicle supply equipment inspected
as prescribed by commission rule; [and]
(2) maintain electric vehicle supply equipment in
compliance with maintenance specifications, this chapter, and
commission rule; and
(3) ensure that the electric vehicle supply equipment
is powered only by renewable energy sources.
SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025,
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
codes.
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.