STATE OF NEW YORK
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4783
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 23, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee 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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