New York A 6727: Relates to the canvass of absentee, military and special ballots

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A06727 Summary:

BILL NOA06727 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04191

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SPONSORKelles

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COSPNSRRosenthal, Seawright, Simon

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §11-111, Energy L

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Requires distribution centers which are 50,000 sq. ft. or more to be equipped with electric vehicle charging stations as determined by the secretary of state and NYSERDA.

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BILL NOA06727 

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03/11/2025referred to energy

01/07/2026referred to energy

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6727

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. KELLES, ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Energy

 AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to code requirements for
 heavy distribution centers

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The energy law is amended by adding a new section 11-111 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 11-111. Special code requirements for heavy distribution centers. 1.
 4 Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the
 5 following meanings:
 6 (a) "Electric vehicle charging station" shall mean a station that
 7 delivers electricity from a source outside an electric vehicle into one
 8 or more electric vehicles. An electric vehicle charging station may
 9 include several charge points simultaneously connecting several electric
 10 vehicles to the station and any related equipment needed to facilitate
 11 charging plug-in electric vehicles.
 12 (b) "Heavy distribution center" shall mean a facility that (i)
 13 contains at least fifty thousand square feet of total floor space that
 14 is used for warehouse activities; and (ii) has as its primary purpose
 15 the temporary storage, sorting, and redistribution of goods to fulfill
 16 e-commerce orders by receiving shipments of goods from one mode of
 17 transport and redistributing those goods via a delivery vehicle. A
 18 "heavy distribution center" shall not include any facility where goods
 19 are manufactured or assembled on site and temporarily stored prior to
 20 distribution, or any facility that has as its primary purpose the tempo-
 21 rary storage of food products for wholesale distribution.
 22 (c) "Last mile delivery" shall refer to the final portion of a
 23 parcel's journey from a heavy distribution center to a consumer or end-
 24 user.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06569-02-5

 A. 6727 2

 1 (d) "Person" means an individual, partnership, limited liability
 2 company, society, association, joint stock company, corporation, estate,
 3 receiver, trustee, assignee, referee or any other person acting in a
 4 fiduciary or representative capacity, whether appointed by a court or
 5 otherwise, any combination of individuals and any other form of unincor-
 6 porated enterprise owned or conducted by two or more persons.
 7 (e) "Warehouse operator" shall mean any person that conducts day-to-
 8 day operations at a heavy distribution center, including operations
 9 conducted through the use of third-party contractors.
 10 2. Electric vehicle charging stations in heavy distribution centers.
 11 (a) All heavy distribution centers subject to the state energy conserva-
 12 tion construction code as described in paragraph (b) of subdivision one
 13 of section 11-103 of this article shall be equipped with electric vehi-
 14 cle charging stations on and after the effective date of this section.
 15 (b) The secretary of state, in consultation with the president of the
 16 New York state energy research and development authority, shall
 17 prescribe the required number or numbers of electric vehicle charging
 18 stations per heavy distribution center in the code in a manner propor-
 19 tional to the size and needs of such warehouses.
 20 3. Any warehouse operator found in violation of the provisions of this
 21 section shall be liable for the penalties prescribed in section 11-108
 22 of this article.
 23 § 2. This act shall t