Florida Senate - 2020                                     SB 452
       
       
        
       By Senator Rodriguez
       
       
       
       
       
       37-00647-20                                            2020452__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to electric vehicle charging stations;
    3         creating s. 339.287, F.S.; defining the term “master
    4         plan for electric vehicle charging stations” or
    5         “master plan”; requiring the Department of
    6         Transportation, in coordination with the Office of
    7         Energy within the Department of Agriculture and
    8         Consumer Services and the Florida Clean Cities
    9         Coalitions, or other appropriate entities, to develop
   10         and adopt by a specified date a master plan for
   11         electric vehicle charging stations on the state
   12         highway system; specifying goals and objectives of the
   13         master plan; requiring the master plan to be updated
   14         annually by a specified date; providing an effective
   15         date.
   16          
   17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   18  
   19         Section 1. Section 339.287, Florida Statutes, is created to
   20  read:
   21         339.287 Electric vehicle charging stations; master plan
   22  requirements.—
   23         (1) As used in this section, the term “master plan for
   24  electric vehicle charging stations” or “master plan” means a
   25  comprehensive plan of the department which describes current and
   26  future plans for the development of electric vehicle charging
   27  stations on the state highway system.
   28         (2) The department, in coordination with the Office of
   29  Energy within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
   30  Services and the Florida Clean Cities Coalitions designated by
   31  the United States Department of Energy, or other appropriate
   32  public or private entities, shall develop and adopt a master
   33  plan for electric vehicle charging stations on the state highway
   34  system by July 1, 2021.
   35         (3) The goals and objectives of the master plan include,
   36  but are not limited to, all of the following:
   37         (a) Identify optimal locations on the state highway system
   38  for the development of electric vehicle charging stations as a
   39  means of facilitating electric vehicle short-range and long
   40  range travel and adequately serving evacuation routes in this
   41  state.
   42         (b) Identify locations that would serve existing electric
   43  vehicles or encourage the expansion of electric vehicle use in
   44  this state.
   45         (c) Evaluate and compare the types of electric vehicle
   46  charging stations available at present and in the future,
   47  including the technology and infrastructure incorporated in such
   48  stations, for the purpose of identifying any advantages to
   49  developing a particular type of station.
   50         (d) Evaluate the economic potential for electric vehicle
   51  charging stations in this state and consider strategies to
   52  develop that potential, including, but not limited to, methods
   53  of building partnerships with local governments, other state and
   54  federal entities, electric utilities, the business community,
   55  and the public in support of electric vehicle charging stations.
   56         (e) Identify specific projects that will accomplish the
   57  goals and objectives of this section.
   58         (4) After its adoption, the master plan shall be updated
   59  annually by July 1.
   60         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.