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Bill 206, Affordable Electric Vehicles and Accessible Charging Act, 2024

Schreiner, Mike

Clancy, Aislinn

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill enacts the Affordable Electric Vehicles and

Accessible Charging Act, 2024 . The Act requires the Minister of

Transportation to establish an electric vehicle strategy that aims to increase

The Act also requires the Minister, as part of the development of the strategy,

to consult with such persons, other levels of government and stakeholders as

the Minister considers appropriate and to report annually on the actions taken

as part of the strategy.

The

Bill amends the Building Code Act, 1992 to provide

that no person shall construct a building for residential occupancy unless they

ensure that charging stations for electric vehicles are installed in accordance

with the building code.

Bill 206 2024

Act to establish an electric vehicle strategy and to make related amendments to

the Building Code Act, 1992

His

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Definition

this Act,

“Minister”

means the Minister of Transportation or such other member of the Executive

Council to whom the administration of this Act is assigned under the Executive Council Act .

Strategy

(1) The

Minister shall establish an electric vehicle strategy that aims to increase the

Content

of strategy

(2) The

strategy shall,

(

a) outline

a plan to implement a network of charging stations for electric vehicles along

highways and in communities across Ontario, including in underserved rural and

remote areas;

(

b) create

a plan to make new and used electric vehicles more affordable by exploring

rebates and other possible incentive programs; and

(

c) implement

a research and development program to advance the goal of supporting charging

reliability, including the standardization of charging stations.

Regulations

(3) The

Minister may make regulations prescribing additional content to be included in

the strategy.

Consultation

(4) As

part of the development of the strategy, the Minister shall consult, in the

manner the Minister considers appropriate, with such persons, other levels of

government and stakeholders as the Minister considers appropriate.

Publication

(5) The

Minister shall publish on a Government of Ontario website the electric vehicle

strategy.

Annual

reporting

The

Minister shall, no later than 12 months after the day this Act comes into force

and every year thereafter, publish on a Government of Ontario website a report

on the actions taken as part of the strategy.

Building Code Act, 1992

(1) The Building Code Act, 1992 is

amended by adding the following section:

Electric vehicle charging

15 No person shall construct a building for

residential occupancy unless they ensure that charging stations for electric

vehicles are installed in accordance with the building code.

(2) Subsection

34 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

6. governing

the installation of charging stations for electric vehicles;

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Affordable Electric

Vehicles and Accessible Charging Act, 2024 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

June 4, 2024

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

June 4, 2024

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

June 4, 2024

Carried

Ordered for Second Reading