STATE OF NEW YORK
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8598
IN SENATE
June 17, 2020
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Introduced by Sens. PARKER, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation to designating
June nineteenth as 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 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 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 second Monday in October, known as Columbus day;
12 the eleventh day of November, known as Veterans' day; the fourth Thurs-
13 day in November, known as Thanksgiving day; and the twenty-fifth day of
14 December, known as Christmas day, and if any of such days except Flag
15 day is Sunday, the next day thereafter; each general election day, and
16 each day appointed by the president of the United States or by the
17 governor of this state as a day of general thanksgiving, general fasting
18 and prayer, or other general religious observances. The term half-holi-
19 day includes the period from noon to midnight of each Saturday which is
20 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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