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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - PARKING FACILITIES AND | |
PRIVILEGES | |
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Introduced By: Senators Anderson, Calkin, Valverde, Ciccone, Mendes, Ruggerio, F | |
Date Introduced: February 05, 2021 | |
Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 31-28 of the General Laws entitled "Parking Facilities and |
2 | Privileges" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following sections: |
3 | 31-28-10. Installation of electric vehicle charging stations -- Definitions. |
4 | As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: |
5 | (1) "Commercial" includes, but is not limited to, any parking lot servicing box stores, |
6 | grocery markets, strip malls, shopping malls, shopping centers, and hotels or motels. |
7 | (2) "Electric vehicle charging station" (EVCS) means a public parking space that is served |
8 | by either "EV capable" or "EV ready" charging equipment. |
9 | (3) "EV capable" means electrical vehicle charging stations that have electrical panel |
10 | capacity and space to support a minimum 40-ampere, 208/240-volt dedicated branch circuit for |
11 | each EV parking space, and the installation of raceways (enclosed conduit that forms a physical |
12 | pathway for electrical wiring), both underground and surface mounted, to support electric vehicle |
13 | supply equipment (EVSE). |
14 | (4) "EV ready" means a designated parking space with one 40-ampere, 208/240-volt |
15 | dedicated branch circuit for EVSE servicing electric vehicles. The circuit shall terminate in a |
16 | suitable termination point such as a receptacle, junction box, or an EVSE, and be located in close |
17 | proximity to the proposed location of the EV parking spaces. |
18 | (5) "Housing" means any new, existing, or rehabilitated private housing development with |
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1 | more than twenty (20) units that provides residential or public parking. |
2 | (6) "Large employer" means any employer with over one hundred (100) employees located |
3 | in a single complex that owns and operates a parking lot for employee use. |
4 | (7) "Municipal" means any parking lot servicing a municipal building, including but not |
5 | limited to, schools, public safety facilities, town or city hall, library, public administration offices, |
6 | and recreational facilities. |
7 | 31-28-11. Installation of electric vehicle charging stations -- Designated parking |
8 | spaces. |
9 | (a) All new parking lots and existing lots that undergo an expansion of the number of |
10 | parking spaces by fifty percent (50%) or more shall create designated parking spaces for electric |
11 | vehicles. |
12 | (b) Each electric vehicle parking space shall have either an EV-ready or EV-capable public |
13 | level 2, or DC fast charger, or a dual port charger to be shared by two (2) parking spaces. |
14 | (c) Projects awarded or under development prior to January 1, 2022, are exempt from the |
15 | requirements of this section. Beginning January 1, 2022, the installation of electric vehicle charging |
16 | stations and the designation of parking spaces shall be required when there is: |
17 | (1) Construction of a parking lot for a new building or new off-street parking facility; |
18 | (2) An additional parking lot added to an addition for an existing building; or |
19 | (3) A parking lot increased in size to add fifty percent (50%) or more parking spaces. |
20 | (d) Commercial, municipal, large employer, and housing parking lots shall designate |
21 | electrical vehicle parking spaces based on the number of parking spaces provided in accordance |
22 | with the table below. Calculations for the required number of EV spaces shall be rounded up to the |
23 | nearest whole number. |
24 | TOTAL NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES NUMBER OF REQUIRED EV SPACES |
25 | 0-9 0 |
26 | 10-25 1 |
27 | 26-50 2 |
28 | 51-75 4 |
29 | 76-100 5 |
30 | 101-150 7 |
31 | 151-200 10 |
32 | 201 and over 6 percent of total |
33 | (e) Electric vehicle parking restrictions and violations shall be enforced pursuant to ยง 31- |
34 | 21-18. |
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1 | (f) The owner of any facility or business which fails to comply with the provisions of this |
2 | section shall be subject to a penalty set and enforced by the local or state authorities on public or |
3 | private property when the location of the parking spaces is within the purview of the state building |
4 | code, chapter 27.3 of title 23. |
5 | (g) The office of energy resources shall provide recommendations to improve electrical |
6 | vehicle charging infrastructure in underserved communities. In the development of these |
7 | recommendations, the office of energy resources may request and be furnished with information |
8 | from municipalities, electric distribution company, Rhode Island department of transportation, |
9 | community boards and nonprofit representing municipal interest. The office of energy resources |
10 | shall develop these recommendations by January 31, 2022. |
11 | (h) Municipalities shall provide the office of energy resources with semiannual reports on |
12 | the number of installed public charging stations, location of the charging stations, and total number |
13 | of charging stations in the community. The office of energy resources shall make this information |
14 | available to the public on the agency's website. |
15 | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2021. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - PARKING FACILITIES AND | |
PRIVILEGES | |
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1 | This act would require designated the expansion and/or creation of electric vehicle parking |
2 | spaces with charging capabilities by certain businesses, municipalities, and housing developments. |
3 | This act would take effect on July 1, 2021. |
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