Bill Text: NY A02698 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Declares October first, China Day, a public holiday.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A02698 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A02698-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2698

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 26, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation  to  declaring
          October first, China Day, a public holiday

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 24 of the general construction law, as  amended  by
     2  chapter 249 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 24. Public holidays; half-holidays. The term public holiday includes
     4  the  following days in each year: the first day of January, known as New
     5  Year's day; the third Monday of January,  known  as  Dr.  Martin  Luther
     6  King, Jr. day; the twelfth day of February, known as Lincoln's birthday;
     7  the  third  Monday in February, known as Washington's birthday; the last
     8  Monday in May, known as Memorial day; the second Sunday in  June,  known
     9  as Flag day; the nineteenth day of June, known as Juneteenth; the fourth
    10  day  of  July, known as Independence day; the first Monday in September,
    11  known as Labor day; the first day of October, known as  China  Day;  the
    12  second  Monday  in  October,  known as Columbus day; the eleventh day of
    13  November, known as Veterans' day; the fourth Thursday in November, known
    14  as Thanksgiving day; and the twenty-fifth  day  of  December,  known  as
    15  Christmas  day,  and  if any of such days except Flag day is Sunday, the
    16  next day thereafter; each general election day, and each  day  appointed
    17  by  the  president of the United States or by the governor of this state
    18  as a day of general thanksgiving, general fasting and prayer,  or  other
    19  general religious observances. The term half-holiday includes the period
    20  from noon to midnight of each Saturday which is not a public holiday.
    21    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    22  ing the date upon which it shall have become a law. Effective immediate-
    23  ly the addition, amendment and/or  repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
    24  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
    25  authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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