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.) Click here to see the committee vote

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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