California Health and Safety Code

§ 18941.11

HSC § 18941.11 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 13 · Part 2.5 · Ch. 4

Statute text

(a)(1) Commencing with the next triennial edition of the California Building Standards Code (Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations), the commission and the Department of Housing and Community Development shall research and develop, and may propose for adoption by the commission, mandatory building standards for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations in existing multifamily dwellings, hotels, motels, and nonresidential developments during specified retrofits, additions, and alterations to existing parking facilities for which a permit application is submitted on and after the effective date of those building standards.

(2)For purposes of paragraph (1), notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 17922, Section 17912, or 17958.8, the Department of Housing and Development shall research, develop, and propose for adoption mandatory building standards for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations with low power level 2 or higher electric vehicle chargers in existing parking facilities serving multifamily dwellings, hotels, and motels. The department shall submit the proposed mandatory building standards to the commission for consideration.

(3)For purposes of paragraph (1), the commission shall research, develop, and propose for adoption mandatory building standards for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations with low power level 2 or higher electrical vehicle chargers, including direct current fast chargers, in parking facilities serving existing nonresidential buildings.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 687, Sec. 2. (AB 1738) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2033, by its own provisions.