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2022 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Kilgore
Funding to Expand Electric Vehicle Infrastructure in Rural and Underserved Areas

Item 452 #2h

Item 452 #2h

First Year - FY2023 Second Year - FY2024
Transportation
Department of Transportation FY2023 $15,000,000 FY2024 $0 NGF

Language
Page 472, line 2, strike "$4,575,045,286" and insert "$4,590,045,286".

Page 473, after line 43, insert:

"J. Included in the amounts appropriated in this item $15,000,000 from the Commonwealth Transportation Fund is provided to establish a grant program to expand Electric Vehicle (EV) infrastructure in rural and underserved localities in the Commonwealth. The program may provide grants to locations on any public road or in other public accessible locations, such as parking facilities at public buildings, public schools, and public parks, or in publicly accessible parking facilities owned or managed by a private entity. In providing grants under this paragraph, the Department shall give priority to projects that expand access to electric vehicle charging infrastructure in rural areas; low - and moderate-income neighborhoods; and communities with a low ratio of private parking spaces to households or a high ratio of multi-unit dwellings to single family homes, as determined by the Department."



Explanation

(This amendment provides $15.0 million from the nongeneral fund in fiscal year 2023 to expand Electric Vehicle (EV) infrastructure in rural and underserved localities in the Commonwealth.)