Bill Text: TX HB5120 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to standards for certain electric vehicle charging stations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-08 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB5120 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5120-Comm_Sub.html
88R22327 CXP-D | |||
By: Patterson | H.B. No. 5120 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 5120: | |||
By: Canales | C.S.H.B. No. 5120 |
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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 in this state that is made available to the public | ||
and 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. |