STATE OF NEW YORK
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7577
IN SENATE
April 18, 2000
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Introduced by Sens. DOLLINGER, COPPOLA, DUANE, GENTILE, KRUGER, MARCHI,
MARKOWITZ, MONTGOMERY, SANTIAGO, A. SMITH, M. SMITH, T. STAVISKY --
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 a holiday
for Frederick Douglass
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 347 of the laws of 1984, 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 fourteenth day of February, known as Frederick Douglass day; the
8 third Monday in February, known as Washington's birthday; the last
9 Monday in May, known as Memorial day; the second Sunday in June, known
10 as Flag day; the fourth day of July, known as Independence day; the
11 first Monday in September, known as Labor day; the second Monday in
12 October, known as Columbus day; the eleventh day of November, known as
13 Veterans' day; the fourth Thursday in November, known as Thanksgiving
14 day; and the twenty-fifth day of December, known as Christmas day, and
15 if any of such days except Flag day is Sunday, the next day thereafter;
16 each general election day, and each day appointed by the president of
17 the United States or by the governor of this state as a day of general
18 thanksgiving, general fasting and prayer, or other general religious
19 observances. The term half-holiday includes the period from noon to
20 midnight of each Saturday which is not a public holiday.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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