A 1443: Requires standards for the new construction of commercial electric vehicle charging stations to require such stations to have an external cutoff switch.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1443 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring standards for the new construction of commercial electric vehicle charging stations to require such stations to have an external cutoff switch The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 20 of section 378 of the executive law, as 2 renumbered by section 3 of part RR of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is 3 renumbered subdivision 21 and a new subdivision 20 is added to read as 4 follows: 5 20. Standards requiring new construction of commercial electric vehi- 6 cle charging stations or electric vehicle charging stations which are 7 available to the public to include an external cutoff switch, a sign 8 with the location of and directions to the circuit breaker box, and a 9 brightly labeled sticker placed on the circuit breaker box next to the 10 switch that cuts power to the electric vehicle charging station. A 11 cutoff switch shall be a hand-operated switch which is capable of 12 cutting off all power and electricity to the vehicle without the need of 13 a key or to unlock the device. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03406-01-5