Int. No. 844-A
By Council Members Brewer, Dromm, James, Koppell, Koslowitz, Lander, Levin, Mendez, Palma, Recchia, Vann, Williams, Wills, Mark-Viverito, Rodriguez, Vacca, Rose, Greenfield, Chin, Van Bramer, Gentile, Eugene, Gennaro, Jackson and Halloran
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to an electric vehicle advisory committee.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 1 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-101.5 to read as follows:
§19-101.5 Electric vehicle advisory committee. a. There shall be an advisory committee on electric vehicles in New York city. Committee members shall include the commissioner of the department, who shall serve ex officio and appoint a chairperson, the commissioner of the department of environmental protection, the commissioner of the department of buildings, and the director of the office of long term planning and sustainability, or the designee of each such commissioner or director, at least one representative from the electric vehicle industry appointed by the commissioner of the department, the speaker of the city council or his or her designee, the five borough presidents or their designees and transportation and environmental advocates appointed by the commissioner of the department. The appointed members of the advisory committee shall serve without compensation. The advisory committee shall meet at least twice per year and shall make recommendations on or before February 1 annually, commencing in 2015, on ways to promote the usage of electric vehicles among the general public, which shall include consideration of methods to enhance the availability of electric vehicle charging methods and of parking, regulatory, technical and fiscal issues surrounding the increased use of electric vehicles in New York City.
b. Recommendations of the advisory committee pursuant to subdivision a of this section shall be sent by the committee to the mayor and the speaker of the council and shall be made available on the city's website within ten days of the release of any such recommendations.
c. Appointment of committee members shall occur within one hundred eighty days of the enactment of this section. The advisory committee shall cease to exist five years following the date of the first meeting of such committee.
§2. This local law shall take effect immediately upon its enactment into law.
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