NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9820
SPONSOR: Woerner TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to "International Snowmo-
bile Ride Day"
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To memorialize and recognize the positive impacts Snowmobile riding has,
on both family and friends in New York State during the winter months,
by naming the second Saturday in February every year as "International
Snowmobile Ride Day."
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of Section 168-a of the Executive law is
amended to add "the second Saturday in February to be known as Interna-
tional Snowmobile Ride Day."
§ 2 establishes the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Winter can be one of the most beautiful seasons, however, many people do
not get the opportunity to experience winter to the fullest because of
weather limitations. The designation of International Snowmobile Ride
Day would be a great way to allow people the chance to explore winter at
its best. Snowmobiling is fun, easy to learn, and for all ages. More-
over, snowmobile riding is a very effective way for families to spend
the day together, for friends to plan a trip to be with one another
again, or for those inside to get out and try something new.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9820
IN ASSEMBLY
April 9, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to "International Snowmo-
bile Ride Day"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 168-a of the executive law, as
2 amended by chapter 652 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 3. The following days shall be days of commemoration in each year:
5 January sixth, to be known as "Haym Salomon Day", January twenty-sev-
6 enth, to be known as "Holocaust Remembrance Day", February fourth, to be
7 known as "Rosa Parks Day", the second Saturday in February to be known
8 as "International Snowmobile Ride Day", February fifteenth, to be known
9 as "Susan B. Anthony Day", February sixteenth, to be known as "Lithuani-
10 an Independence Day", February twenty-eighth, to be known as "Gulf War
11 Veterans' Day", March fourth, to be known as "Pulaski Day", March
12 eighth, to be known as "International Women's Day", March tenth, to be
13 known as "Harriet Tubman Day", March twenty-ninth, to be known as "Viet-
14 nam Veterans' Day", April ninth, to be known as "POW Recognition Day",
15 April twenty-seventh, to be known as "Coretta Scott King Day", April
16 twenty-eighth, to be known as "Workers' Memorial Day", the first Tuesday
17 in May to be known as "New York State Teacher Day", May seventeenth, to
18 be known as "Thurgood Marshall Day", the first Sunday in June, to be
19 known as "Children's Day", June second, to be known as "Italian Inde-
20 pendence Day", June twelfth, to be known as "Women Veterans Recognition
21 Day", June nineteenth, to be known as "Juneteenth Freedom Day", June
22 twenty-fifth, to be known as "Korean War Veterans' Day", the second
23 Monday in July, to be known as "Abolition Commemoration Day", August
24 twenty-fourth, to be known as "Ukrainian Independence Day", August twen-
25 ty-sixth, to be known as "Women's Equality Day", September eleventh, to
26 be known as "Battle of Plattsburgh Day" and also to be known as "Septem-
27 ber 11th Remembrance Day", September thirteenth, to be known as "John
28 Barry Day" and also to be known as "Uncle Sam Day in the State of New
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 York", September seventeenth, to be known as "Friedrich Wilhelm von
2 Steuben Memorial Day", the third Friday in September to be known as "New
3 York State POW/MIA Recognition Day" except if such date of commemoration
4 cannot be observed due to a religious holiday, such observances shall
5 then be conducted on the second Friday of September, the last Saturday
6 in September, to be known as "War of 1812 Day", the fourth Saturday of
7 September, known as "Native-American Day", the last Sunday in September,
8 to be known as "Gold Star Mothers' Day", October fifth, to be known as
9 "Raoul Wallenberg Day", October eleventh, to be known as "New Netherland
10 Day in the State of New York", October eighteenth, to be known as "Disa-
11 bilities History Day", October twenty-seventh, to be known as "Theodore
12 Roosevelt Day", November ninth, to be known as "Witness for Tolerance
13 Day", November twelfth, to be known as "Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day", the
14 third Tuesday in November to be known as "New York State School-Related
15 Professionals Recognition Day", November thirtieth, to be known as
16 "Shirley Chisholm Day", December third, to be known as "International
17 Day of Persons with Disabilities", December seventh, to be known as
18 "Pearl Harbor Day", December sixteenth, to be known as "Bastogne Day"
19 and that day of the Asian lunar calendar designated as new year to be
20 known as "Asian New Year".
21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
