Senate amendment makes the following changes to 3rd edition. Provides that in coordinating the interagency task force’s study, the State Energy Office is to include environmental benefits in its cost-benefit analysis, include the cost of environmental considerations in its evaluation of the cost of alternative fueled vehicles, and take into consideration environmental impacts in making its recommendations as a result of the study.
Provides that all of the provisions of Part II, which establish the criteria for the operation of electric vehicle charging stations at state-owned rest stops along the highways, become effective March 1, 2013 (was, effective when the act becomes law). Amends the start date for the Department of Transportation to begin reporting on its implementation of operation of electric vehicle charging stations at state-owned rest stops to January 1, 2014 (was, January 1, 2013).