Bill Text: NY S01097 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates the tenth day of March of each year as a public holiday, to be known as Harriet Tubman day.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S01097 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01097-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1097

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 10, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation to the  desig-
          nation of Harriet Tubman day

          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 tenth
     8  day of March, known as Harriet Tubman day; the last Monday in May, known
     9  as Memorial day; the second Sunday in June, known as Flag day; the nine-
    10  teenth day of June, known as Juneteenth; the fourth day of  July,  known
    11  as  Independence day; the first Monday in September, known as Labor day;
    12  the 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 on which it shall have become a law.


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