Relating to the establishment of an Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Advisory Board.

89(R) SB 1495 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

By: Schwertner

S.B. No. 1495

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the establishment of an Electric Vehicle Supply

Equipment Advisory Board.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter B, Chapter 2311,

Occupations Code, as added by Chapter 1153 (S.B. 1001), Acts of the

88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is amended to read as

follows:

SUBCHAPTER B.
COMMISSION AND DEPARTMENT
POWERS AND DUTIES

SECTION 2. Chapter 2311, Occupations Code, as added by

Chapter 1153 (S.B. 1001), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular

Session, 2023, is amended by adding Subchapter B-1 to read as

follows:

SUBCHAPTER B-1. ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT ADVISORY BOARD

Sec. 2311.0251. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:

(1)

"Advisory board" means the Electric Vehicle Supply

Equipment Advisory Board.

(2)

"Executive director" means the executive director

of the department.

Sec.

2311.0252.

ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERSHIP. (a) The

advisory board consists of nine voting members appointed by the

presiding officer of the commission, with the commission's

approval, as follows:

(1)

three members who represent electric vehicle

supply equipment companies;

(2)

two members who install or service electric

vehicle supply equipment;

(3)

two members who represent the motor fuel retail

industry;

(4)

one member who represents a public utility

company; and

(5) one member of the public.

(b)

The presiding officer of the commission, with the

approval of the commission, shall appoint two ex officio nonvoting

members of the board.

An ex officio member is not counted as a

member for purposes of establishing a quorum.

Members appointed

under this subsection must include:

(1)

one member who represents the Texas Department of

Transportation; and

(2)

one member who represents the Texas Commission on

Fire Protection.

(c)

Appointments to the advisory board shall be made without

regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or

national origin of the appointees.

Sec.

2311.0253.

TERMS; VACANCIES. (a) Advisory board

members serve six-year terms.

(b)

If a vacancy occurs during a member's term, the

presiding officer of the commission, with the commission's

approval, shall appoint a replacement to fill the unexpired term.

Sec.

2311.0254.

PRESIDING OFFICER. The presiding officer

of the commission, with the commission's approval, shall appoint

one advisory board member to serve as presiding officer of the board

for a term of two years.

Sec.

2311.0255.

ADVISORY BOARD DUTIES. The advisory board

may advise the commission and department on:

(1)

the adoption of appropriate standards for the

installation, maintenance, calibration, alteration, operation,

testing, or inspection, as applicable, of electric vehicle supply

equipment; and

(2)

other issues affecting electric vehicle charging

stations.

Sec.

2311.0256.

MEETINGS; QUORUM. (a) The advisory board

shall meet at the call of the executive director or the presiding

officer of the commission.

(b)

A majority of the voting members of the advisory board

constitutes a quorum.

Sec.

2311.0257.

EXPIRATION. The advisory board is

abolished and this subchapter expires December 1, 2030.

SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2025, the presiding

officer of the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall

appoint members to the Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Advisory

Board in accordance with Section 2311.0252, Occupations Code, as

added by this Act.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.