Maryland SB 913: Department of Agriculture - Public Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment - Registration, Regulation, and Oversight

Bill Text

EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
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SENATE BILL 913
M4, C2, M5 5lr2001
CF 5lr1999
By: Senator Hettleman
Introduced and read first time: January 28, 2025
Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Department of Agriculture – Public Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment – 2
Registration, Regulation, and Oversight 3

FOR the purpose of requiring the owner of public electric vehicle supply equipment to 4
register with the Secretary of Agriculture on or before certain dates; applying certain 5
provisions of law regarding weights and measures to public electric vehicle supply 6
equipment; requiring the Secretary to establish a program to test the weight and 7
measure of public electric vehicle supply equipment and ensure the equipment 8
conforms to certain standards; requiring the Secretary, in consultation with the 9
Public Service Commission, to establish certain reliability, reporting, and consumer 10
standards for public electric vehicle supply equipment; requiring the Secretary to 11
develop and establish procedures and processes for inspecting and decommissioning 12
public electric vehicle supply equipment; and generally relating to public electric 13
vehicle supply equipment. 14

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 15
Article – Agriculture 16
Section 11–204.2, 11–204.6, and 11–208.1 17
Annotated Code of Maryland 18
(2016 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 19

BY adding to 20
Article – Agriculture 21
Section 11–501 through 11–509 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 5. Electric 22
Vehicle Supply Equipment” 23
Annotated Code of Maryland 24
(2016 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 25

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 26
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 27

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Article – Agriculture 1

11–204.2. 2

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, unless registered with the 3
Secretary under § 11–204.3 or § 11–204.4 of this subtitle OR § 11–502 OF THIS TITLE, a 4
weight and measure may not be used or possessed for current use for: 5

(1) Buying or selling any commodity or object; 6

(2) Hire or award; 7

(3) Computing any charge or payment for services rendered on the basis of 8
weight and measurement; or 9

(4) Determining any weight and measure for a charge. 10

(b) This section does not apply to counting scales. 11

11–204.6. 12

(a) (1) There is a [“Weights and Measures Fund”] WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 13
FUND. 14

(2) All fees collected under §§ 11–204.3, 11–204.4, and 11–204.7 of this 15
subtitle AND § 11–502 OF THIS TITLE shall be credited to the Fund. 16

(3) The Fund shall be used to defray the expenses of administering this 17
title. 18

(b) (1) The Fund shall be used for the purposes stated in this title. 19

(2) At the end of a fiscal year, any unspent or unencumbered balance in the 20
Fund may not revert to the General Fund of the State, but shall remain in the Weights and 21
Measures Fund. 22

11–208.1. 23

(a) THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO VIOLATIONS UNDER SUBTITLE 5 OF 24
THIS TITLE. 25

(B) Instead of pursuing criminal charges provided in this article, the Secretary 26
may impose on any person who violates this title a civil penalty of: 27

(1) For a first violation, not more than $500; 28

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(2) For a second violation, not more than $1,000; or 1

(3) For a third or subsequent violation, not more than $2,000. 2

[(b)] (C) Penalties collected by the Secretary under this section shall be paid into 3
the General Fund of the State. 4

[(c)] (D) The Secretary shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the 5
provisions of this section. 6

SUBTITLE 5. ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT. 7

11–501. 8

(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 9
INDICATED. 10

(B) “ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT” MEANS A UNIT THAT: 11

(1) CONTROLS THE POWER SUPPLY TO ONE OR MORE ELECTRIC 12
VEHICLES THROUGH A CONNECTED POINT AT WHICH CURRENT IS TAKEN TO 13
CHARGE A BATTERY OR ANY OTHER ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE IN AN ELECTRIC 14
VEHICLE; AND 15

(2) IS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING, AT A MINIMUM: 16

(I) LEVEL 2 CHARGING; OR 17

(II) DIRECT CURRENT FAST CHARGING. 18

(C) “PRIVATE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT” MEANS ELECTRIC 19
VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT THAT IS AVAILABLE TO AND ACCESSIBLE BY ONLY THE 20
OWNER OF THE EQUIPMENT AND IS NOT AVAILABLE TO OR ACCESSIBLE BY THE 21
PUBLIC. 22

(D) “PUBLIC ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT” MEANS ELECTRIC 23
VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT THAT: 24

(1) IS AVAILABLE TO AND ACCESSIBLE BY THE PUBLIC TO CHARGE AN 25
ELECTRIC VEHICLE FOR A FEE; AND 26

(2) MAY BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ONLY DURING A SPECIFIC 27
PERIOD OF TIME. 28

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(E) “PUBLIC FUNDS” MEANS ANY FINANCIAL COMPENSATION FROM THE 1
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE STATE, OR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR UTILITY 2
RATEPAYERS. 3

(F) “SHARED PRIVATE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT” MEAN