SB 152 — Enacts provisions relating to electric vehicle charging stations in a common-interest community. (BDR 10-941)

(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 17, 2025) FIRST REPRINT S.B.

Existing law requires the unit-owners’ association of a common-interest community to adopt bylaws and authorizes an association to amend bylaws and prohibits(1) theauthorizes executive board and the governing documents of an association fromto prohibitinginstall a unit’s owner or occupant from installing or maintaining an electric vehicle charging station withinin the physical portion of the common-interest community that the unit’s owner or occupant has a rightcommon toarea occupyunder andcertain usecircumstances; exclusively.

This(2) billauthorizes also:an association to enter into a necessary contract for the installation or maintenance of an electric vehicle charging station in a common area after complying with certain requirements;

(1)and authorizes(3) anprovides associationthat tothe installinstallation and maintenance of an electric vehicle charging station in a common area undershall certainbe circumstances;deemed not to constitute a change in use of the common area, a commercial use of the common area or a capital improvement.

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and (3) provides that thece of installation and maintenance of an electric vehicle charging station in a common area shall be deemed not to constitute a change in use of the common area, a commercial use of the common area or a capital improvement.

- *SB152* – 2 – THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the executive board shall not and the governing documents must not prohibit a unit’s owner or an occupant of a unit from installing or maintaining an electric vehicle charging station within such physical portion of the common-interest community as the owner or occupant has a right to occupy and use exclusively.

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(a) An association may,may without seeking or obtaining approval from the units’ owners, install an electric vehicle charging station in a common area if:

- *SB152_R1* – 2 – (1) The location in the common area is not being used for recreation, including, without limitation, being used as a park, playground or open play space;

and (2) PlacementA majority of the units’ owners, whether present in person or by proxy, do not reject the proposed electric vehicle charging station inby thatvote locationat doesa notregular violatemeeting anyof applicablethe zoningexecutive ordinance,board permitwhere orthe approval.installation of the proposed electric vehicle charging station is an agenda item listed for discussion;

(b)(3) AnThe association may,complies without seeking or obtaining approval from the units’ owners, enter into any necessary contract with any person for the installationprovisions or maintenance of ansubsection electric3 vehicleof chargingNRS station116.345; in a common area.

and (4) Placement of the electric vehicle charging station in that location does not increase any cost to any unit owner or violate any applicable zoning ordinance, permit or approval.

(b) An association may, after complying with the provisions of subparagraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of paragraph (a), enter into any necessary contract with any person for the installation or maintenance of an electric vehicle charging station in a common area.

or 3.(3) A capital improvement.

(The2. provisions of this section do not preclude an association from adopting, and do not preclude the governing documents of an association from setting forth, rules and regulations that reasonably restrict the placement of an electric vehicle charging station.

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The term includes, without limitation, an electric vehicle charging station where several charge points simultaneously connect several electric vehicles to the station and any related equipment needed to facilitate charging electric vehicles,vehicles. - *SB152* – 3 – including, without limitation, solar equipment and equipment for the storage of energy.

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