Connecticut HB 5464: AN ACT CONCERNING THE TAX TREATMENT OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS THAT ARE EXPORTED FROM THE STATE.

Bill Text

Substitute House Bill No. 5464

Public Act No. 26-63

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND CONCERNING
VEGETATION MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES, TRANSPORTATION
NETWORK COMPANIES AND RIDER SAFETY, TRAFFIC SIGNAL
MODERNIZATION GRANT PROGRAM, ENCAMPMENTS, MARINE
PILOT LICENSE FEES, MOTOR VEHICLE MECHANICAL
EQUIPMENT, DISTRACTED DRIVING, A TASK FORCE TO STUDY
ACCESS TO PARKING FOR HOME HEALTH AGENCIES AND A
WORKING GROUP TO STUDY USE OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND
TECHNOLOGIES IN SCHOOL BUS FLEETS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 4a-67d of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
passage):
(d) [(1)] On and after January 1, 2030, at least thirty per cent of all
buses purchased or leased by the state shall be zero-emission buses.
[(2) On and after January 1, 2024, the state shall cease to procure,
purchase or lease any diesel-fueled transit bus.]
Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 4b-13a of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
passage):

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(c) No person shall park a vehicle in a parking space equipped with
a state agency electric vehicle charging station unless such person is
charging a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle,
except such person may park a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle or battery
electric vehicle in such a parking space without charging such vehicle at
the discretion of the state agency that designated the state agency
electric vehicle charging station as available for public use.
Sec. 3. Section 4b-77 of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) As used in this section, (1) "electric vehicle charging station" has
the same meaning as provided in section 16-19f, (2) "level two electric
vehicle charging station" means an electric vehicle charging station that
supplies two hundred eight to two hundred forty volt alternating
current, [and] (3) "direct current fast charging station" means an electric
vehicle charging station that utilizes direct current electricity providing
forty kilowatts or greater, and (4) "electric vehicle capable parking
space" means a parking space that has equipment installed during
construction to support future implementation of charging, including,
but not limited to, the raceways and electrical panel space necessary for
the installation of an electric vehicle charging station.
(b) On and after [January 1, 2023] July 1, 2026, the Commissioner of
Administrative Services shall require each new [construction of a] state
facility [, the total project costs of which exceed] that will include public
parking spaces and is projected to cost more than one hundred thousand
dollars [,] to be [installed with level two electric vehicle charging
stations in] constructed such that at least [twenty] eight per cent of the
designated parking spaces for cars [or light duty trucks] at such new
state facility are electric vehicle capable parking spaces.
(c) Not later than January 1, 2029, and every three years thereafter,
the Commissioners of Administrative Services, Transportation and

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Energy and Environmental Protection shall jointly submit
recommendations, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a,
regarding the electric vehicle capable parking space requirements
established in subsection (b) of this section to the joint standing
committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters
relating to government administration, transportation and the
environment. Such recommendations shall propose an appropriate
requirement for future electric vehicle charging infrastructure at new
state facilities. In proposing such appropriate requirement, the
commissioners shall consider: (1) The current public prevalence of
electric vehicles and the market conditions for purchasing such vehicles;
(2) the expected future growth in electric vehicle ownership by state
employees and the public; (3) the current and future utilization of
electric vehicle charging spaces at state facilities; (4) similar
requirements for new construction in neighboring states and in
nationally recognized model building codes; and (5) the state goals for
the reduction of pollution from the transportation sector, including, but
not limited to, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
[(c)] (d) On and after January 1, 2023, a municipality shall require
each new construction of a commercial building or multiunit residential
building with thirty or more designated parking spaces for cars or light
duty trucks to include electric vehicle charging infrastructure that is
capable of supporting level two electric vehicle charging stations or
direct current fast charging stations in at