Bill Text: NY S06301 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires distribution centers which are 50,000 sq. ft. or more to be equipped with electric vehicle charging stations as determined by the secretary of state and NYSERDA.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-30 - referred to energy [S06301 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06301-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6301

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 12, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
          cations

        AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation  to  code  requirements  for
          heavy distribution centers

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The energy law is amended by adding a new section 11-111 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 11-111. Special code requirements for heavy distribution centers. 1.
     4  Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the
     5  following meanings:
     6    (a) "Electric vehicle charging station"  shall  mean  a  station  that
     7  delivers  electricity from a source outside an electric vehicle into one
     8  or more electric vehicles. An  electric  vehicle  charging  station  may
     9  include several charge points simultaneously connecting several electric
    10  vehicles  to  the station and any related equipment needed to facilitate
    11  charging plug-in electric vehicles.
    12    (b) "Heavy  distribution  center"  shall  mean  a  facility  that  (i)
    13  contains  at  least fifty thousand square feet of total floor space that
    14  is used for warehouse activities; and (ii) has as  its  primary  purpose
    15  the  temporary  storage, sorting, and redistribution of goods to fulfill
    16  e-commerce orders by receiving shipments  of  goods  from  one  mode  of
    17  transport  and  redistributing  those  goods  via  a delivery vehicle. A
    18  "heavy distribution center" shall not include any facility  where  goods
    19  are  manufactured  or  assembled on site and temporarily stored prior to
    20  distribution, or any facility that has as its primary purpose the tempo-
    21  rary storage of food products for wholesale distribution.
    22    (c) "Last mile delivery"  shall  refer  to  the  final  portion  of  a
    23  parcel's  journey from a heavy distribution center to a consumer or end-
    24  user.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09534-03-3
        S. 6301                             2

     1    (d) "Parcel hub" shall mean a sorting facility at  which  parcels  are
     2  received, sorted, and distributed for last mile delivery.
     3    (e)  "Person"  means  an  individual,  partnership,  limited liability
     4  company, society, association, joint stock company, corporation, estate,
     5  receiver, trustee, assignee, referee or any other  person  acting  in  a
     6  fiduciary  or  representative  capacity, whether appointed by a court or
     7  otherwise, any combination of individuals and any other form of unincor-
     8  porated enterprise owned or conducted by two or more persons.
     9    (f) "Warehouse operator" shall mean any person that  conducts  day-to-
    10  day  operations  at  a  heavy  distribution center, including operations
    11  conducted through the use of third-party contractors.
    12    2. Electric vehicle charging stations in heavy  distribution  centers.
    13  (a) All heavy distribution centers subject to the state energy conserva-
    14  tion  construction code as described in paragraph (b) of subdivision one
    15  of section 11-103 of this article shall be equipped with electric  vehi-
    16  cle charging stations on and after the effective date of this section.
    17    (b)  The secretary of state, in consultation with the president of the
    18  New  York  state  energy  research  and  development  authority,   shall
    19  prescribe  the  required  number or numbers of electric vehicle charging
    20  stations per heavy distribution center in the code in a  manner  propor-
    21  tional to the size and needs of such warehouses.
    22    3. Any warehouse operator found in violation of the provisions of this
    23  section  shall  be liable for the penalties prescribed in section 11-108
    24  of this article.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    26  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
    27  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    28  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    29  completed on or before such effective date.