By: Hancock  S.B. No. 1732
         (In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2023; March 16, 2023, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
  April 17, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 17, 2023,
  sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1732 By:  Nichols
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  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 that is:
               (1)  installed after December 1, 2024;
               (2)  made available to the public; and
               (3)  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.
 
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