By: King of Hemphill, et al.	H.B. No. 821
	(Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini)
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2023;
	April 24, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Business & Commerce; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the
	following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 3; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the placement of electric vehicle charging equipment on
	state property.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 2165, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 2165.010 to read as follows:
	Sec. 2165.010.  PLACEMENT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING
	EQUIPMENT ON STATE PROPERTY. (a) In this section:
	(1)  "Charging provider" means a person who provides to
	another person the use of electric vehicle charging equipment in a
	commercial transaction.
	(2)  "Electric vehicle charging equipment" means
	equipment manufactured for transferring electric energy from
	electric supply to an electric vehicle.
	(3)  "Metering device" means a commercial device used
	to measure electric energy transferred by electric vehicle charging
	equipment and compute the charge for the transferred energy.
	(b)  A state agency in charge and control of state property,
	including a state park, may enter into an agreement authorizing a
	charging provider to place and maintain electric vehicle charging
	equipment on the property.
	(c)  An agreement described by Subsection (b):
	(1)  must require the charging provider to use a
	metering device to determine the cost of electricity transferred to
	another person through electric vehicle charging equipment; and
	(2)  may include any other reasonable requirements on
	the use of the property.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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