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                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
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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:

   Section 1. Section 24 of the general construction law, as  amended  by
 chapter 347 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
   § 24. Public holidays; half-holidays. The term public holiday includes
 the following days in each year:  the first day of January, known as New
 Year's  day;  the  third  Monday  of January, known as Dr. Martin Luther
 King, Jr. day; the twelfth day of February, known as Lincoln's birthday;
 the third Monday in February, known as Washington's birthday; THE  TENTH
 DAY OF MARCH, KNOWN AS HARRIET TUBMAN DAY; the last Monday in May, known
 as  Memorial  day;  the  second  Sunday  in June, known as Flag day; the
 fourth day of July, known as  Independence  day;  the  first  Monday  in
 September,  known  as  Labor day; the second Monday in October, known as
 Columbus day; the eleventh day of November, known as Veterans' day;  the
 fourth  Thursday in November, known as Thanksgiving day; and the twenty-
 fifth day of December, known as Christmas day, and if any of  such  days
 except  Flag  day  is  Sunday,  the  next  day  thereafter; each general
 election day, and each day appointed by  the  president  of  the  United
 States  or  by the governor of this state as a day of general thanksgiv-
 ing, general fasting and prayer, or other general religious observances.
 The term half-holiday includes the period from noon to midnight of  each
 Saturday which is not a public holiday.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 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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