 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3247
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 24, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens. COONEY, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommu-
          nications
 
        AN ACT to amend the public authorities  law,  in  relation  to  electric
          vehicle charging stations
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 9-a of section 1005 of the  public  authorities
     2  law,  as  amended by chapter 618 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read
     3  as follows:
     4    9-a. As deemed feasible and advisable  by  the  trustees,  to  design,
     5  finance,  develop, construct, install, lease, operate and maintain elec-
     6  tric vehicle charging stations throughout  the  state  for  use  by  the
     7  public.  Such  electric  vehicle  charging stations shall include spaces
     8  that are large enough  to  accommodate  wheelchair  accessible  electric
     9  vehicles, including but not limited to, vans and minivans. The authority
    10  shall annually post on their website a report on those activities under-
    11  taken  pursuant  to this subdivision, including but not limited to:  the
    12  total number of electric vehicle charging stations in operation pursuant
    13  to such authorization, the locations of such charging stations, and  the
    14  total  costs  to  the  authority  associated  with  such activities. The
    15  authority, in consultation with the New York state energy  and  research
    16  development  authority,  the department of transportation, and any other
    17  relevant state or local agency or department,  shall  require  that  all
    18  newly  constructed  electric  vehicle  charging  stations  available for
    19  public use which are capable of accepting payment shall accept all major
    20  credit cards as defined in section five hundred twenty-one of the gener-
    21  al business law.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    23  manner as chapter 618 of the laws of 2024 takes effect.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03283-01-5
Relates to electric vehicle charging

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